Moving to Atlanta: Taste of Atlanta Restaurant Lineup

Common Quarter

ATLANTA (August 19, 2015) – The restaurant roster for this year’s Taste of Atlanta is filled to the brim with the city’s most palatable participants. The annual festival, which is expecting over 90 eateries, will offer a mouthwatering melting pot of the city’s culinary treasures as it makes its tasty return to Midtown at Tech Square Sept. 25-27.

As the Atlanta’s only food festival where attendees can find bites and brews from neighborhoods both inside and outside of the perimeter all in one place, Taste of Atlanta is a true representation of the city’s culinary culture. New to the restaurant scene and festival this year,Community Smith, Noble Fin, Southern Gentleman and Ladybird Grove and Mess Hall will make their debut alongside seasoned restaurant veterans such as Fox Bros Bar-B-Q, Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse and Saltyard. With such a variety of restaurants representing every corner of the city, Taste of Atlanta will have enough fare to fulfill any stomach’s desire!

To allow attendees to pinpoint local favorites and discover new dining treasures at the festival, participating restaurants will once again be organized by neighborhood. This format takes attendees on a culinary journey through Atlanta and highlights the city’s individual neighborhoods and the restaurants that call them home.

Tickets for Taste of Atlanta are on sale now. General admission is $25 in advance and includes 10 Taste Points, the official dining currency of Taste of Atlanta; VIP admission, which includes exclusive access to the VIP Grand Tasting Experience with beer and wine by Hop City (open 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday), 10 Taste Points and a souvenir tasting glass, is $75 in advance. Availability permitting, general admission will be $35 at the gate and VIP admission will be $85. Guests are encouraged to visit the 2015 festival website (tasteofatlanta.com) for the most up-to-date list of participating restaurants and event news!

2015 participating restaurants to date include:

· 1 Kept

· 4^th and Swift*

· Alma Cocina

· American Food & Beverage*

· Andretti Grill

· Article 14

· Arepa Mia*

· Asante

· Atlanta Braves All-Star Grill

· Bangkok Station

· Barcelona Restaurant &
Wine Bar

· Bartaco

· Bellwoods Social House

· Bhojanic

· Bite Bistro and Bar

· Boneheads

· BurgerFi

· Buttermilk Kitchen*

· Clark & Schwenks Seafood & Oyster Bar

· Chai Pani

· Cibo E Beve

· CineBistro

· Coast (John’s Creek)

· Colletta*

· Common Quarter*

· Community Smith

· Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse

· D.B.A Barbecue

· Desta Ethiopian Restaurant

· Diner

· Egg Harbor Café

· El Felix*

· Fado Irish Pub

· FLIP Burger Boutique

· Foundation Social Eatery

· Fox Bros Bar-B-Q

· Grand Champion BBQ

· Gu’s Dumplings

· gusto! Wood Fire Grill

· Gypsy Kitchen

· Gyro Brothers

· Hard Rock Café

· Hugo’s Oyster Bar

· Jim ‘N Nick’s BBQ

· Johnny Rockets

· Ladybird Grove & Mess Hall*

· Maggiano’s Little Italy

· Makan

· Max Lager’s Wood-Fired Grill and Brewery

· Max’s Wine Dive

· Mediterranean Grill

· Morelli’s Ice Cream

· Noble Fin*

· Noche Vinings

· Oak Steakhouse*

· One Eared Stag*

· One Flew South*

· Polaris*

· Portofino*

· Ray’s New York Pizza

· Righteous Que

· Rosebud

· RReal Tacos

· Saltyard

· Smokebelly BBQ

· Smoke Ring

· Southern Ground

· Sprinkles

· St. Cecilia*

· Sugar Shack

· SunO Dessert

· Takorea

· Tassilli’s Raw Reality

· The Atlanta Grill at The Ritz-Carlton*

· The Barrelhouse

· The Big Ketch Saltwater Grill

· The Café at the Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead*

· The Melting Pot

· The Original El Taco

· The Southern Gentleman

· The Sun Dial,
Restaurant, Bar & View*

· Thirteen Pies*

· Thrive

· Tin Drum Asia Cafe

· Trader Vic’s

· True Food Kitchen

· Twin Smokers BBQ

· Twisted Soul

· Veda Juice

· Village Tavern

· Waffle House, Inc.

· Watershed

· White Oak Kitchen & Cocktails*

· Woody’s CheeseSteaks

· Your Pie

· Zola Italian

· 4^th and Swift

· Bhojanic

· Canoe

· Buttermilk Kitchen

· Colletta

· D.B.A Barbecue

· Davio’s Northern Italian

· Fox Bros Bar-B-Q

· Gypsy Kitchen

· Jim ‘N Nicks Bar-B-Q

· Marlow’s Tavern

· Noble Fin

· One Eared Stag

· One Flew South

· Rathbun’s

· Saltyard

· SEED Kitchen

· Seven Lamps

· Shake Shack

· St. Cecilia

· Taqueria del Sol

· The Family Dog

· The Southern Gentlemen

*Friday night restaurant list is subject to change.

General admission tickets for Friday night start at $75. General Admission ticket holders receive access into the event at 7:30 p.m. VIP tickets start at $90 and include early entrance to the event at 6:30 p.m. Visit bit.ly/TOABucketList to purchase tickets. Continue to check bucket list items off at Creative Loafing’s 100 Best Dishes demonstration at the Chef’s Table stage on Saturday, September 26 at 5:30 p.m. Bucket List Bash is presented by US Foods, Springer Mountain Farms, Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort, Gas South, Smithfield, BB&T and Q100.