This is a list of some of my favorite restaurants in Atlanta that I recommend to visitors. Atlanta metro and the surrounding Atlanta area “outside the perimeter” (OTP Atlanta) has so many great locally owned restaurants and this should be a starting point to your food exploration of this area!
• Mary Mac’s Tea Room – southern soul food
• Banshee – chef driven, seasonal & local
• Staplehouse – market with local and seasonal dishes + al fresco dining
• Lazy Betty – tasting menu
• The General Muir – modern delicatessen with brunch, lunch and dinner menus
• Bar Margot – new southern/chef driven at Four Seasons Atlanta
• Holeman & Finch – Burger, charcuterie, gastropub dishes
• Masterpiece – Szechuan (James Beard nominated chef)
• 9292 Korean BBQ
• Kamayan ATL Filipino Restaurant (James Beard nominated chef)
• Omakase Table – tasting menu
• Kimball House – oyster & cocktail
• Heirloom BBQ – traditional bbq with Korean flare
• Ponce City Market – food hall
• Krog St Market – food hall
• Okiboru Tsukemen & Ramen
• El Rey Del Taco – Mexican tacos
• St Cecilia – coastal Italian
• Bon Ton – Cajun/Vietnamese
• Fred’s Meat & Bread at Krog Street Market
• Pollo Primo
• Sotto Sotto – Italian
• Antico Pizza – Neapolitan pizza
• Varuni Napoli – Neapolitan pizza
• A Mano – Italian and house made pasta
• White Bull – Italian
• Grana – Italian and pizzas
• Ria’s Bluebird – breakfast
• Home grown GA – breakfast
• Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q — featured on Burger Beast blog
• Nina & Rafi – Detroit style pizza
• Estrellita – Filipino restaurant
• Royal China – dim sum
• Oriental Pearl – dim sum
• D92 KBBQ – Korean BBQ
• Gu’s Kitchen – Szechuan cuisine
• Han Il Kwan – traditional Korean
• SoKongDong Tofu House
• Bangkok Bold (cloud kitchen takeout & delivery only)
• Thank U Chicken – Korean fried chicken
• Canton Cooks Restaurant – Chinese
• Bobo Garden – Chinese
• Snackboxe Bistro – Lao cuisine & street food
• Miss Gogi KBBQ
• Ming’s BBQ
• LanZhou Ramen – Hand pulled noodles + Taiwanese beef noodles soup
• Woo Nam Jeong Stone Bowl House – Stone Bowl Bibimbap
• So Kong Dong – Korean soups + kbbq combos
• Iron Age – All you can eat KBBQ
• Bite of Korea Restaurant
• Adobo ATL – Filipino food pop-up
* This page will constantly be updated for new favorites, restaurant openings and closures.