Note to readers

This year, we’ve switched things up a bit. Instead of publishing the Atlanta 50 — our exclusive look at the restaurants that define dining in the metro area — in the spring as we have for the past few years, we’ve decided to move it to the fall, where it will appear in an expanded format.

This new spring guide is filled with beautiful pictures of memorable dishes we’ve sampled around the city. We hope they will get you out exploring these newer restaurants (along with a few overlooked old-timers). Or, at the very least, we hope they make your mouth water.