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'Family pizzeria' opens in Roswell plus other top metro Atlanta dining news from the week

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Feb 2, 2018

Here are the stories that made a splash in the Atlanta food world this week:

Pizza at Wild Slice / Photo from the Wild Slice Facebook page

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  • Family-friendly Wild Slice is open in Roswell at 580 E. Crossville Road, ScoopOTP first reported. The restaurant's menu offers a variety of made-to-order pizzas, baked sandwiches, paninis, pastas, salads and gluten-free options. All items are offered in kid-sized portions at half the price. The restaurant says on its website that it "puts equally as much thought into the kids as the adults."

More metro Atlanta dining news from the week:

Explore Lao restaurant Snackboxe Bistro is opening this weekend in Doraville
Explore Golda Kombucha taproom Cultured South will open in the West End this spring
Explore Butter & Cream to open third location off the Eastside Beltline
Explore Smokebelly closed in Buckhead, to be replaced by Mexican concept
Explore Grand Lux Cafe to open in Phipps Plaza this summer
Explore The Dapper Doughnut to open in Lenox Square
Explore Cowtippers staying open in Ansley Park for a few more weeks
Explore Saltyard chef is set to open two new restaurants in West Midtown
Explore Hop City to open new location in West End
Explore BurgerFi closed in Midtown

About the Author

Yvonne Zusel has been with the AJC since 2010. She worked on the digital news and food and dining teams before joining the arts & entertainment team.

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