Culinary class with a James Beard winner. Buckhead Restaurant Week. Tastings of up to 100 beers and wines. This weekend, there's lots of fun, food events happening around town. Add one or all four events to your calendar and be prepared to eat, drink and have a grand ole time. Cheers to the weekend.
Buckhead Restaurant Week: Prepare your taste buds for the return of delicious deals during the seventh annual Buckhead Restaurant Week, which will run from April 16-24. Diners can indulge in prix fixe brunch, lunch and dinner menus priced at $15, $25 and/or $35. Participating restaurants include 1 Kept, Bistro Niko, The Capital Grille, Portofino, Cook Hall, Davio's, Del Frisco's Grille, F&B, Kyma and more.
Culinary class: Southern Divas of the New South will host French-trained southern chef Jennifer Booker and James Beard Award-winning cookbook author Cynthia Graubart as they explore what the new south looks like via cooking demonstrations and a seated dinner. Booker and Graubart will share their modern interpretation of classic southern dishes, the abundance of local products and more during this culinary journey, which begins at 6 p.m. Saturday April 16 at The Cook's Warehouse. Tickets are $69.
1544 Piedmont Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 800-499-0996. www.cookswarehouse.com.
Sip and stroll: During the Spring Cocktail Stroll guests will be able to purchase cocktails priced at $12 and under and enter a raffle to win $200 in Atlantic Station gift cards from 1-5 p.m. Sunday, April 17 at Atlantic Station. Participants can also vote for their favorite cocktail for restaurants including California Pizza Kitchen, Lobby Bar and Bistro, Rosa Mexicana and more.
1380 Atlantic Dr. N.W., Atlanta. 404-410-4010. www.atlanticstation.com.
Discover festival session: Smoke Ring chef and owner Jordan Wakefield will join Vino Venue chef Daniel Rivers for two walk-around tasting sessions filled with southern fare and sips during Cork 'n Pork, which will run from 2-4 p.m. and 5-7 p.m. Sunday, April 17. Up to 100 wines and craft beers will be served, and many will be available for purchase to take home. Tickets, which are $59, include unlimited tastings of food and beverages.
4478 Chamblee Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody. 770-668-0435. www.vino-venue.com.
