This week on the Atlanta restaurant scene, a local ice cream shop introduced a limited-edition sundae benefiting a nonprofit organization for Black moms, McDonald's announced a major charitable effort across all of North Georgia and more than a handful of openings and closings were announced.
The Jagger Suite, a new rooftop bar at the Moxy Atlanta Downtown hotel, is now open, complete with a 12-foot tall disco unicorn sculpture. The restaurant and bar is run by a Miami-based group called The Restaurant People, the company behind Rosa Sky in Miami and Nubé in Fort Lauderdale. The Jagger Suite features both indoor and outdoor spaces, flashy decor and "immersive lighting." The cocktail menu features drinks like the Bombshell, a spin on a spicy margarita with pineapple, and the Silver Tongue, a martini with olives stuffed with goat cheese and caviar. The food menu includes items like tuna cannoli garnished with truffle and the Powder Room Mirror, an espresso martini mousse dessert. Hours are 4 p.m. - 2 a.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays, and 4 p.m. - midnight on Sundays.
Big Softie, the local soft-serve ice cream chain, is serving a banana pudding sundae at all locations throughout March. Proceeds will benefit the Black Mamas Matter Alliance. More than 300 McDonald's locations around metro Atlanta and North Georgia will donate 20% of all sales made from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on March 11 to Ronald McDonald House Atlanta. Meals on Wheels Atlanta was honored for its 60 years of service in the Georgia state legislature. The city of Avondale Estates recently received an anonymous $1 million donation which noted it was given "thanks to Waffle House."
Ashland, a new centerpiece restaurant at the recently renovated Loews Atlanta Hotel in Midtown, is now open and combines "classic American steakhouse craftsmanship" with "the refined precision of Japanese sushi." Cosm, the shared-reality sports bar and entertainment venue coming to downtown Atlanta, will open June 10. Pittsburgh Yards, a housing and retail development in southwest Atlanta, recently placed its final restaurant shipping container in its business courtyard and will host six restaurants or other food-related businesses.
On the closings front, Just Loaf'n, a po'boy shop in East Atlanta Village, has permanently closed due to economic conditions and construction issues. Sidechick, the Decatur chicken sandwich restaurant, announced it would close later in the month after more than eight years of business. Tchin Tchin Coffee will close March 28 due to an "unsustainable rent increase."
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution