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Bantam + Biddy open on Crescent Avenue
The second location of Bantam + Biddy from owners Shaun Doty, Lance Gummere and Steve Maxwell opened last week on Crescent Avenue, offering breakfast, lunch and dinner every day, plus an espresso bar. Like the original Ansley Mall location, the menu features pastured poultry and seasonal, organic vegetables. Breakfast items ($5-$14) feature local eggs from JB Farms. The restaurant's lunch and dinner menu includes a "meat-and-two" option ($12-$16), as well as entrees, salads and sandwiches ($8.50-$16). 1050 Crescent Ave., Atlanta. 404-835-6450, bantamandbiddy.com.
Krog Street Market’s new tenants
Paces Properties has announced another round of new tenants coming to the Krog Street Market, the highly anticipated mix of market stalls, restaurants and shops set to open this summer. Among them, several female business owners and chefs, including Asha Gomez of Cardamom Hill, who will open Spice Road Chicken, and Jeni Britton Bauer, who will open another Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams store. Other food spots already announced include Grand Champion BBQ, Little Tart Bake Shop, Gu's Dumplings, the Spotted Trotter, and Fred's Meat & Bread. krogstreetmarket.com.
David Sweeney at Sound Table
Peripatetic chef David Sweeney has landed at Sound Table in the Old Fourth Ward, where he's offering a bar menu every Wednesday (from Jan. 29) through Feb. 19. Navarro Carr will be pairing cocktails and Karl Injex will be curating the sounds. Sweeney, known for his former restaurant Dynamic Dish, has worked at Cakes & Ale in Decatur and presented a popular market-to-table series at Octane Grant Park. At Sound Table, look for the likes of Belgian endive with cashew cream cheese and lamb and toasted millet kibbeh. 483 Edgewood Ave. S.E., Atlanta. 404-835-2534, thesoundtable.com/st-nights.
Gunshow’s new cocktail cart
Food isn't the only thing presented dim sum-style at Gunshow, chef Kevin Gillespie's innovative Glenwood Park restaurant. Now there's a rolling cocktail cart that features drinks mixed to order using juices and ingredients from the kitchen. Look for two different cocktails priced at $8 each, including a smoked old fashioned with Belle Meade whiskey, flamed cinnamon stick and orange oil, and as many as four different choices soon. 924 Garrett St., Atlanta. 404-380-1886, gunshowatl.com.
