Openings & Closings

Labeled the "Woodstock of eating" when it debuted in Brooklyn in 2011, weekly food festival Smorgasburg is adding a location in Atlanta in October 2025.

Restaurant chains led both openings and closings around metro Atlanta in June 2025, especially in the sports bar category.

Several new restaurants opened, a famers market found a new home and more news from the Savannah dining scene to know this July.

A couple of Atlanta's new sports bars bend the rules, Brunswick stew will soon officially become a symbol of the state and more from the metro area's restaurant scene.

Doughnut Dollies has closed its shop in Marietta after 10 years in business. At one time, there were three Doughnut Dollies locations in metro Atlanta. All are now closed.

American consumers gave Chick-fil-A top marks, two Decatur restaurants closed and a major conference for hemp beverages is coming to Atlanta.

After five years in Decatur, Cremalosa will move down the road to a new development in Avondale Estates, with plans to open in September. It temporarily closes on June 21.

This is the second time Mellow Mushroom has closed in Decatur. The original was at Commerce Square and the newer store was on West Ponce de Leon Avenue.

A Roswell cookbook author won an international award, a huge cocktail bar is planned for a Johns Creek development and more from the metro Atlanta dining scene.

Mukja Korean Fried Chicken has closed after nearly five years, a Peruvian pop-up sets up at a local brewery for the month and a Burger King employee goes viral.