A look back at the week in Atlanta restaurants and food news, Feb. 13-19

In case you missed it, here’s what happened in the Atlanta food and dining scene from Feb. 13-19:

Openings, closings and other news

Explore 14 Atlanta chefs, restaurants in the running for 2016 James Beard Foundation Awards

Explore The Nest Kennesaw, serving beer and barbecue, opens

Explore Restaurant Eugene named a new executive chef

Explore Mrs. Winners rebounds from bankruptcy with new locations

Explore David Durnell of Bocado and Amer died

Explore Ramen Crush pop-up returns to Last Word, 8 Arm

Explore The New York Times weighs in on where you should eat in Atlanta

Explore Sawicki's Meat, Seafood and More in Decatur closes

Explore Candler Park Market to open a new outpost in Grant Park

Explore The Brass Tap opens in Dunwoody

Explore Couple with Home Grown, General Muir ties opening Rising Son in Avondale Estates

Billy Streck and the team behind Cypress Pint and Plate will open Atwoods Pizza in the Biltmore Hotel on Peachtree Street next month, according to What Now Atlanta.

Buttermilk Sky pie shop opened a location at The Gateway in Sandy Springs, according to Tomorrow's News Today.

Nu Jack's Bar will open a location in the former Aquarius Lounge space on Martin Luther King Drive SW in Atlanta, according to What Now Atlanta.

Build-your-own-pizza concept Rise Pies is opening a location in Lenox Square Mall in Buckhead, according to What Now Atlanta.

Recipes and roundups

Explore Find out how to make O4W Pizza's Grandma Pie at home

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Explore Check out which Atlanta dish we're obsessed with this week

Explore Looking at the best sour beers in Georgia

Explore Sweeten your day with these Atlanta donut shops

Restaurant first looks and reviews

Explore il Giallo: Simple Italian pleasure in Sandy Springs

Explore Take a sneak peek at Tom Catherall's new Tom Tom

Cocktails

Explore Find out where to get a Manhattan for free on Leap Day

Explore Sip your way through Atlanta's evolving cocktail scene

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