When Chef Nobu Matsuhisa tells you Atlanta feels like waking up by the ocean—but green—you listen. “It’s a beautiful forest,” he says, describing the view from his room at the Nobu Hotel Atlanta. “When I open the curtains in the morning, it’s like green meditation.” Chef Nobu loves Atlanta.
Chef Arnaldo Castillo is executive chef of Tio Lucho’s in Poncey-Highland in Atlanta. Castillo serves up bold, contemporary Peruvian dishes kissed with Southern charm.
A sound bath in Atlanta is like a deep breath for your spirit—where you close your eyes, lay on the floor and you’re wrapped in the gentle hum of singing bowls, gongs, and chimes.
Here are seven of our favorite new Atlanta spots that prove you can do “high” and “low” with equal amounts of taste and Southern hospitality.
Chef and cookbook author Alex Hitz is a Southern gentleman who lives in New York City, Palm Beach and Atlanta. He’s a Southern treasure and a delightful storyteller.
Emily Blejwas is the author of The Story of Alabama in Fourteen Foods and the Director of the Alabama Folklife Association. She’s an Alabama cultural historian of sorts.
The co-owner of seven restaurants—including Sweet Auburn BBQ, the Michelin-starred Lazy Betty, Tio Lucho’s and Gezzo’s West Coast Burritos—Anita Hsu grew up in Stockbridge, Ga., and attended Woodward Academy in College Park from Kindergarten through graduation.
Joe Salome is a prominent figure in Georgia’s burgeoning hemp industry, and it’s actually his mother who played a pivotal role in shaping his entrepreneurial journey.
Elizabeth Dupree inaugural jewelry line launch at Cherokee Town and Country Club brings out the who’s who of Atlanta society.
These four southern-made pressents stood out as the perfect high-end—but still down home—gift ideas for the holidays.
