Did you miss these July 2025 Atlanta restaurant openings?

Buckhead Reporter 7/31 5:30A Beth McKibben

Check out this brief roundup of recent restaurant openings and announcements of upcoming restaurants you might have missed in July. Via Vice Steak Bar/Facebook. Now Open Pink Lotus 976 Brady Ave.,...

July 31 Quick Bites: Atlanta’s annual Black Restaurant Week, a new book on The Colonnade, more...

Brookhaven Reporter 7/31 12:30A Beth McKibben

Get the 411 on Atlanta s dining scene, including restaurant openings and closings, need-to-know industry intel, and upcoming food events to attend, via Rough Draft s Quick Bites news roundup ,...

Recipe: Elektra’s olive oil pancakes with orange labneh

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 7/30 3:30A Sarra Sedghi

Photo by Andrew Thomas Lee. This week, we re sharing Elektra s recipe for the Forth Hotel restaurant s popular olive oil pancakes with orange labneh and peaches caramelized in honey. These pancakes...

Sandy Springs property taxes to increase despite same millage rate

Sandy Springs Reporter 7/27 3:00A Bob Pepalis

Increasing property values and a growing tax digest will require the City of Sandy Springs to advertise a property tax hike, though the millage rate will remain the same as it’s been since the city’s incorporation 20 years ago. The property taxes...

Explore Brookhaven earns top honors for sustainable tourism efforts

Brookhaven Reporter 7/27 2:56A Logan C. Ritchie

Brookhaven Police Department’s Barry holding a stuffed animal from Explore Brookhaven, Brook the Bear. (Courtesy of Explore Brookhaven) Explore Brookhaven, the city s tourism and marketing arm, has...

This week at the Farmers Market

Brookhaven Reporter 7/24 4:00A Sammie Purcell

Rough Draft Atlanta is partnering with Community Farmers Markets to let you know what’s in season at your local market. Each week, we’ll share a list of ingredients that are farm fresh as well as a...

Quick Bites: Krog Bar’s return, Monday Night Brewing’s expanded Westside taproom, closures in...

Brookhaven Reporter 7/24 12:30A Sarra Sedghi

Peruvian restaurant Las Brasas reopened after a renovation. (Via Las Brasas/Facebook) Restaurant Closures Mascogo Tacos in Decatur will not reopen after being temporarily closed for the first half of...

Brookhaven City Council bids farewell to old city hall

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 7/23 10:08A Logan C. Ritchie

Screenshot Elected officials said their goodbyes to the old city hall when Brookhaven City Council met on Tuesday, July 23 – the last business meeting to be conducted before the opening of Brookhaven...

DeKalb County Tax Office provides resources to understand property tax bills

Brookhaven Reporter 7/23 6:49A Cathy Cobbs

DeKalb County Tax Commissioner Irvin J. Johnson and Chief Deputy Tax Commissioner Nicole M. Golden (standing) discuss property taxes and homestead exemptions at a meeting at the Community Achievement...

Chef Olivia McCoy wants her fine dining pop-up to be an inclusive food experience

Brookhaven Reporter 7/23 6:15A Sarra Sedghi

Chef Olivia McCoy. (Courtesy of Elliott Fuerniss) Chef Olivia McCoy wants to create a fine dining space where all Atlantans can eat, regardless of dietary restrictions or food allergies. And her...

Explore the buzz around banana-infused drinks in Atlanta’s summer menus

Brookhaven Reporter 7/22 7:36A Sarra Sedghi

Cuddlefish s banana chocolate latte (Photo by Chingyao Wang) The summer beverage repertoire has gone bananas, quite literally. The fruit that was once relegated to beachside drinks and smoothies now...

‘Global work on a local level’: DeKalb gets new tuberculosis clinic

Brookhaven Reporter 7/21 5:06A Rebecca Grapevine, Healthbeat At

Dr. Alawode Oladele in front of a new X-ray machine that is part of DeKalb Public Health s new tuberculosis clinic. The county has the highest rate of TB infections among Georgia counties.  (Rebecca...

These regulars are ‘the lifeblood’ of The Colonnade in Atlanta

Brookhaven Reporter 7/21 12:30A Laura Scholz

The bar at The Colonnade is frequented by regulars who sip martinis, vespers, and Manhattans. (Provided by The Colonnade) Open since 1927, The Colonnade has long been a destination in Atlanta for its...

Local NPR and PBS stations call for public support after federal cuts

Reporter Newspapers Brookhaven 7/18 8:15A Logan C. Ritchie

Local NPR and PBS budgets will take a big hit after today s vote by Congressional Republicans to claw back $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.  After passing the House of Representatives with a vote of 216-213, President...

Atlanta author Justin Milrad releases divorce recovery guide “You 2.0”

Brookhaven Reporter 7/18 6:22A Logan C. Ritchie

Justin Milrad, divorce coach and author of You 2.0. (Image provided) Entrepreneur Justin Milrad has published a new book about finding your voice after divorce. The book serves as a manual for turning...