Cafe and coffee shop Toast Noir Cafe opened this week in Buckhead.
Located at 2770 Lenox Road NE in the former Garnet Gal’s Coffee Shop & Bakery space, Toast Noir Cafe comes from chef Virgil Harper and his business partner, Tamara Young. The pair are behind Toast on Lenox, a popular brunch spot a few doors down from Toast Noir that debuted in 2021. A second location, Toast on 14th, opened in Home Park in 2023.
Young said Toast Noir Cafe is meant to serve as a sister concept to Toast on Lenox, with a selection of coffee drinks, teas, smoothies, juices, pastries, acai bowls, sandwiches, salads and soups.
Credit: Courtesy of Toast Noir
Credit: Courtesy of Toast Noir
Menu highlights include a pastrami sandwich with provolone cheese and spicy mustard; chopped Cobb salad; deviled eggs, ricotta toast with blackberry jam, local honey and lemon zest.
The beverage selection also includes specialty drinks like the Cloud Noir, with a cotton candy cloud suspended above a cup of coffee and a Mocha Bear Latte with teddy bear-shaped ice cubes made out of cold brew, so they don’t dilute the drink as they melt.
While developing the menu, Harper said he was “inspired by the creative atmosphere of cafes and coffee shops, where everybody seems like they’re working on something.”
Credit: Courtesy of Toast Noir
Credit: Courtesy of Toast Noir
Toast Noir’s design, executed by Young, “has a French vibe that’s elegant and comfortable,” she said, with black-and-white walls painted with whimsical scenes and black-and-white subway tiles. Seating options include three seats at a small bar, two at a cafe window, and about 25 more on black leather and velvet benches and at cafe-style tables. Two tables outside seat about eight more guests.
The cafe’s opening hours are 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays.
2770 Lenox Road NE, Atlanta. instagram.com/toastnoircafe
Scroll down to see the full menu for Toast Noir:
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