PHOTOS: Bacchanalia through the years

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PHOTOS: Bacchanalia through the years

Anne Quatrano and Clifford Harrison's Atlanta restaurant Bacchanalia celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2023.

Anne Quatrano and Clifford Harrison's restaurant Bacchanalia celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2023.

The coddled farm egg at Bacchanalia, with spinach, parmesan and maple. CONTRIBUTED BY HENRI HOLLIS

A first course of local sweet corn includes a delicate lace tuile covering the corn pudding and spoonful of paddlefish caviar. CONTRIBUTED BY HENRI HOLLIS

Bacchanalia owners Anne Quatrone and her husband work in the kitchen and pose for a portrait at the restaurant in 2006.
(W.A. BRIDGES JR. / AJC staff)

A third course of cheese at Bacchanalia features Red Cow Parmigiano, a dab of dark date sauce and local Georgia Chanterelle mushrooms. CONTRIBUTED BY HENRI HOLLIS

Foir gras terrine from Chef David Carson of Bacchanalia includes celery, scuppernong grapes and walnut. The tasting options changes daily and seasonally and the large variety of sophisticated options are always chef's choice. (Jenni Girtman/ info@atlantaeventphotography.com)

A large group enjoys a four-course prix fixe meal in a private room at Bacchanalia in Atlanta Wednesday, July 21, 2010.
Bita Honarvar bhonarvar@ajc.com

Veal sweet breads w/roasted turnips. (JOEY IVANSCO / AJC staff photo)

Lamb with spatze at Bacchanalia Restaurant in Buckhead in 1999.

A fourth course at Bacchanalia, the pain au chocolat is paired with sweet, frothy bourbon milk. CONTRIBUTED BY HENRI HOLLIS

100721 Atlanta -- The Bacchanalia kitchen staff prepares the evening's meals at the Atlanta restaurant Wednesday, July 21, 2010.
Bita Honarvar bhonarvar@ajc.com

Bacchanalia in 2014 (Beckysteinphotography.com)

House cured Berkshire lonzino is created with the butter bean, suitana, mustard by Chef David Carson of Bacchanalia. The tasting options changes daily and seasonally and the large variety of sophisticated options are always chef's choice. (Jenni Girtman/ info@atlantaeventphotography.com)

Keith Tomasko works in the kitchen at Bacchanalia in Atlanta Wednesday, July 21, 2010.
Bita Honarvar bhonarvar@ajc.com

Jamison lamb is served with dandelion greens, chickpeas and almond at Bacchanalia. CONTRIBUTED BY HENRI HOLLIS

Pear dish from Bacchanalia in 1999.

Diners enjoy a four-course prix fixe meal at Bacchanalia in Atlanta Wednesday, July 21, 2010.
Bita Honarvar bhonarvar@ajc.com

Bacchanalia chef and owner Anne Quatrano with the key lime tart in 2004. (JEAN SHIFRIN/AJC staff)

Chefs Anne Quatrano and Clifford Harrison, co-owners of Bacchanalia, Floataway Cafe and the Quinones Room, often find comfort in over roasted chicken with bread salad on their days off.

The Chocolate Carmel Tart with Malden Sea Salt desert from Bacchanalia in Midtown in 2015. (PHIL SKINNNER/AJC staff)

Chef David Carson of Bacchanalia prepares his palmetto squab, a young domestic pigeon, with seasonal root vegetables. The tasting options changes daily and seasonally and the large variety of sophisticated options are always chef's choice. (Jenni Girtman/ info@atlantaeventphotography.com)

Loup de Mar with okra & tomato from Bacchanalia in 1999.

Kumamoto oysters with sea urchin, caviar, chowder custard, chervil and phytoplankton in 2013 at Bacchanalia. (BECKY STEIN)

Bare Edison lightbulbs are hung at varous heights around the large, open dining room at Bacchanalia. CONTRIBUTED BY HENRI HOLLIS

House cured Berkshire lonzino is created with the butter bean, suitana, mustard by Chef David Carson of Bacchanalia. The tasting options changes daily and seasonally and the large variety of sophisticated options are always chef's choice. (Jenni Girtman/ info@atlantaeventphotography.com)

Star Provisions Market & Cafe and fine-dining restaurant Bacchanalia share a building and kitchen on Ellsworth Industrial Boulevard in West Midtown. Both concepts are open for takeout during the pandemic. Patrons can eat on the Star Provisions patio as long as they adhere to social distancing protocols. CONTRIBUTED BY ANTON GUDISWITZ

Georgia organic heirloom tomatoes with American buffalo mozzarella from Bacchanalia in 2000.

Beef short ribs w/bacon and lentils in 2007. (JOEY IVANSCO / AJC staff)

Bacchanalia Chef/Owners (l-r front) Clifford Harrison & Anne Quatrano sit at the chefs table in 2000 as their kitchen staff (l-r back) sous chef - Gregory Dunmore, Ex. day chef - Daniel Porubiansky & sous chef - Claudia Nesbit stand at the bar. The glassed in kitchen is in the background.

Lemon buttermilk panna cotta with nectarine from Bacchanalia in West Atlanta in 2000.

Chefs from Bacchanalia transfer a pig from a truck to the kitchen in 2009. Travel writers from the Midwest had just enjoyed a high tea at the Westside restaurant and then witnessed this scene as they exited.
photo credit: ANNETTE THOMPSON

Georgia white shrimp, local Berkshire pork belly, green gazpacho, pepper jelly, pumpkin seed, almond at Bacchanalia in 2014. (Beckysteinphotography.com)

Apple napoleon with cinnamon ice cream at Bacchanalia Restaurant in Buckhead in 19999.

Cheese cart at Bacchanalia in 2001.

A selection of cheese from Star Provisions- Rogue River Blue - cow, Rogue Creamery, Central Point, Oregon. Cumberland - cow, Sequatchie Cove Farm, Sequatchie, Tennessee. Winnimere - cow, Jasper Hill Farm, Greensboro, Vermont. Wabash Cannonball - goat, Capriole Farm, Greenville, Indiana in 2011.

Anne Quatrano and Clifford Harrison in the kitchen of their North Georgia farm house in 2000.

Sings of spring at Atlanta fine dining restaurant Bacchanalia include a dish of Ora King salmon that holds stinging nettles, wild watercress and morel mushrooms. Photo by Joe Schafer.

Zamarano- Cutting Celery, Frisee Boquerones Farm Egg, Brioche from Bacchanalia in 2011. (BECKY STEIN/special)

Bartender Jeff Hagley serves patrons food and drinks at this bar inside Bacchanalia in 2008. PHOTO BY JOHNNY CRAWFORD /STAFF

Petrossian caviar service with Blinis from Bacchanalia in 2000.

Belle chevre raviolis in tomato consomme from Bacchanalia in West Atlanta in 2000.

Wood Grilled Octopus- Blood Orange, Lemon Grass, Spring Herb Veloute in 2013 in Bacchanalia. (BECKY STEIN/special)

Atlanta restaurateur Anne Quatrano holds a takeout order from her fine-dining establishment Bacchanalia. Bacchanalia will reopen May 21, 2020 for on-premise dining after closing briefly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. CONTRIBUTED BY ANTON GUDISWITZ

Bacchanalia’s Mary’s Garden cocktail. Photo credit: The Reynolds Group.

Table setting inside Bacchanalia. Credit: The Reynolds Group, Inc.

In 2000, Bacchanalia features modern art & classic appointments such as a marble bar and shaded lamps.

RE-SCAN 980422 ATLANTA, GA: Southern Chefs-Bacchanalia, Skate Wing w/capers. (JOEY IVANSCO/AJC STAFF)

Warm Valrhona chocolate cake from Bacchanalia in 2002. (WILLIAM BERRY/AJC )

Summerland Farm egg with rye fregulini, butternut squash, smoked oyster mushrooms, black bread and flowering herbs at Bacchanalia in 2013. (BECKY STEIN)

Apples with 4 year old Gouda & chestnut honey from Bacchanalia in 2000.

Anne Quatrano, chef and co-owner of Bacchanalia, Floataway Cafe and Star Provisions.

House cured Berkshire lonzino is created with the butter bean, suitana, mustard at Bacchanalia. / AJC file photo

Anne Quatrano (second from left) helped break ground at the new site for her food market Star Provisions and restaurant Bacchanalia.

Nantucket Bay Scallops With Leeks and Black Truffle Vinaigrette is a simple dish that chef Anne Quatrano says expresses the importance of great ingredients.

Warm Chocolate Cakes With Soft Centers is a warm and gooey dessert that's so popular it's sold in little tins for people to take home and bake.

Blue Crab Fritters With Avocado, Citrus and Hot Pepper Essence is the most popular dish on Bacchanalia’s menu.

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Anne Quatrano and Clifford Harrison's restaurant Bacchanalia celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2023.

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