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South Downtown and Centennial Yards dominate a list where the farthest walk from the stadium gates is still under 20 minutes.
Before the stadium had a name, some of these kitchens were already feeding the neighborhood — one since 1947.
Skip the chains near the arena — the places downtown regulars actually line up for run from a 1918 market hall to a revolving rooftop.
The grocery experiment inside downtown's Olympia Building has performed well enough that the city-backed model is getting a sequel across town.
A running count of the bars, cafes and dining halls that landed downtown before the World Cup — and the ones still on the calendar through 2027.
Downtown’s first full-service grocer in years has rung up 150,000 customers in nine months, with a second store on the way.
The Michelin-recommended Poncey-Highland chef adds a fast-casual chicken concept to the reborn CNN Center food hall while opening a new cocktail patio in his home neighborhood.
The Neapolitan pizzeria will bring its 900-degree wood-fired ovens to the Entertainment District at Centennial Yards in 2028, joining The Irish Exit, Chops Lobster Bar, and The Busy Bee.
A metro Atlanta dining guide keyed to eight nations playing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup — Czech beers in Summerhill, Basque pintxos in Old Fourth Ward, jollof rice on the West End.
A car-free, quarter-mile stretch of Walton Street fills with 20 to 30 food trucks from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on every World Cup match day, one block from the FIFA Fan Festival.
Dough in the Box, El Tesoro, CTR Food Works, a Highland Bakery pop-up and more flipped on their lights across downtown and South Downtown in the days before World Cup kickoff.
The Peoplestown mixed-use complex is timing weekly fitness classes, salsa nights, and FIFA watch parties to the newly opened Southside Trail segment along the Atlanta BeltLine.
The Dead Rabbit Group's acclaimed Irish pub concept lands Downtown on Saturday, June 13 — its first Southern location, complete with a split-flap scoreboard wired to both stadiums and a 45-foot mural linking Atlanta to Ireland.
Retro Grill Atlanta, Dolce Tropical, A Taste of Secrets, and Edgewood Pizza opened June 5 at the 1918 landmark on Edgewood Avenue — landing four minority-owned kitchens just as World Cup crowds pour into downtown.
A South African chicken chain, an Austin outdoor-gear retailer and a second Atlanta Eggslut are all landing at the Krog District this year, alongside the LikeMinds pop-up in the old BrewDog space.
