In spite of the devastating impact of the coronavirus on the restaurant industry, more than 150 restaurants, bars, breweries and coffee shops made their metro Atlanta debuts in 2020.

Click on the points on the map below to read more about the new food and beverage concepts that opened this year.

Kin No Tori Ramen take out is packaged in separate containers and comes with instructions for reheating.
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Mathew Palmer, a former Delta Air Lines employee, at his home in Atlanta on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025.  Palmer was fired less than two weeks after writing a post on social media about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. (Natrice Miller/AJC)