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{"id":68,"date":"2025-08-29T06:21:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T06:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scoutlivingpcm.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/29\/did-you-miss-these-august-2025-atlanta-restaurant-openings\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T05:00:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T05:00:48","slug":"did-you-miss-these-august-2025-atlanta-restaurant-openings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scoutlivingpcm.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/29\/did-you-miss-these-august-2025-atlanta-restaurant-openings\/","title":{"rendered":"Did you miss these August 2025 Atlanta restaurant openings?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Check out this brief roundup of recent restaurant openings and announcements of upcoming restaurants you might have missed in August.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nVia La Mixteca Tamale House.<\/span>
\n <\/p>\n

Now Open<\/h1>\n

La Mixteca Tamale House<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

1465 Chattahoochee Ave., Underwood Hills<\/em><\/h2>\n

second Atlanta location of critically acclaimed La Mixteca Tamale House<\/a> opened on Chattahoochee Avenue, taking over the former Cafe at Pharr space. Unlike the Piedmont Road location at ghost kitchen Buckhead Eats, the Chattahoochee Avenue location includes seating. The original of La Mixteca Tamale House opened in Suwannee in 2018 and serves a variety of tamales and Oaxacan dishes like tlayudas. <\/p>\n

Monday Night Brewing<\/a><\/strong>
\n670 Trabert Ave., Berkeley Park<\/em><\/p>\n

Monday Night Brewing<\/a> opened its new taproom called The Grove<\/a> in August. Located less than a mile from the 14th Street and Howell Mill Road corridor<\/a>, the broadened space, which sits directly on the Beltline<\/a>, will provide room for 18 more taps and a counter-service restaurant offering a daily coffee service, pastries, sandwiches, and pizza. Monday Night Brewing’s original Westside taproom closed to the public and will begin hosting private events. <\/p>\n

Northern China Eatery<\/a><\/strong>
\n665 Auburn Ave., Old Fourth Ward<\/em><\/p>\n

The Beltline location of Northern China Eatery<\/a> opened this week in the Shoppes at Citizen building<\/a> along the Eastside Trail. The original location of Northern China Eatery on Buford Highway has long been a popular spot for dumplings in Metro Atlanta. Owner Fan Zhang also opened The Dumpling Factory last summer at Westside Paper on West Marietta Street.<\/p>\n

Necessary Purveyor<\/strong><\/a>
\n639 Glen Iris Dr., Old Fourth Ward<\/em><\/p>\n

Miami-based gourmet market and cafe Necessary Purveyor opened<\/a> on the ground floor of the Scout Living hotel on the Ponce City Market property. Starting at 7 a.m. daily, expect breakfast and lunch, along with happy hour, a raw bar with seafood towers, and dinner in the evenings. <\/p>\n

Side Quest<\/strong><\/a>
\n483 Edgewood Ave., Old Fourth Ward<\/em><\/p>\n

Side Quest, a Viet-Lao food<\/a> collaboration between bartender Nik Soukavong and Cynthia Hoang, launched in July above Pisces<\/a> in the Old Fourth Ward. Operating Sunday and Monday evenings from 4-9 p.m., expect dishes like Vietnamese-spiced fried quail with a five-spice dipping sauce, cheesy crab toast, and conch poached in ginger sauce. Cocktails incorporate spirits like soju and cacha\u00e7a and ingredients like mango, fermented melon, and pandan. Side Quest is walk-in only, but features a wait list system that contacts you when a table becomes available during busy service periods. Peek the menu here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Sweet Auburn Brunch<\/strong><\/a>
\n171 Auburn Ave., Sweet Auburn<\/em><\/p>\n

Located at the Piedmont Pad Apartments complex, Sweet Auburn Brunch serves Southern-style dishes from morning until evening, including honey lobster deviled eggs, salmon BLT croissant sandwich, and catfish and grits. Cocktails, beer, and wine are also available.<\/p>\n

Enso Izakaya<\/strong><\/a>
\n6 Olive St., Avondale Estates<\/em><\/p>\n

Enso Izakaya, owned by Chef Leo You<\/a>, opened at Olive & Pine in Avondale Estates. The restaurant serves Japanese noodle dishes, small plates, and yakitori cooked over binchotan charcoal. Check out the menu here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The Pool Turtle<\/strong><\/a>
\n3409 Covington Hwy, Avondale Estates<\/em><\/p>\n

The pool hall, bar, and restaurant opened in August and features more than 20 pool tables, along with darts, cornhole, board games, and video games.<\/p>\n

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\nVia Tispsy Thaiger\/Facebook.
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Tipsy Thaiger<\/a><\/strong>
\n605 Atlanta St., Roswell<\/em><\/p>\n

The Thai restaurant and bar opened in the former Public House space on Atlanta Street across from Roswell’s historic town square. Check out the dinner and cocktail menus here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Thai Candle Seafood & Bar<\/a><\/strong>
\n <\/strong>7140 Avalon Blvd, Alpharetta<\/em><\/p>\n

The new Thai restaurant at Avalon resides next door to the Hotel at Avalon and focuses on Northern Thai dishes.<\/p>\n

Fusion & Grill By Biryani World<\/a><\/strong>
\n1705 Jones Bridge Road, Johns Creek<\/em><\/p>\n

Expect curries, biryani, grilled entrees, and other South Asian and fusion cuisine here, along with a lunch buffet.<\/p>\n

Imix Hot Pot<\/a><\/strong>
\n3350 Steve Reynolds Blvd, Duluth<\/em><\/p>\n

In addition to Chinese-style hot pot<\/a>, the menu at Imix also features stir-fries, dumplings, and noodle dishes.<\/p>\n

VN Sandwich<\/strong><\/a>
\n821 Concord Road, Smyrna<\/em><\/p>\n

This Vietnamese restaurant serves b\u00e1nh m\u00ec, pho, wings, and boba and fruit teas.<\/p>\n

More August openings<\/strong>:
\n• 
Pop-up Pepper’s Hotdogs opens permanent Downtown Atlanta location<\/a>
\n• 
Chef Kevin Rathbun reopens Krog Bar as an intimate pizzeria in Buckhead<\/a>
\n• 
Home Grown owners purchase building, securing Southern diner’s future<\/a>
\n• 
French-Italian restaurant Elise debuts at the Woodruff Arts Center<\/a>
\n• 
Captain B’s Fish Camp returns to Ticonderoga Club for a residency<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nVia White Windmill Bakery and Cafe\/Facebook.<\/p>\n

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Coming Attractions<\/strong><\/h3>\n

White Windmill<\/a> <\/u><\/strong>
\n562 Main St., Lindbergh City Center, Buckhead<\/em><\/p>\n

The Uptown Atlanta location of Korean-French bakery-cafe White Windmill<\/a> near the Lindbergh MARTA station will open on Sept. 6, joining other new restaurants at the transit-oriented complex, including Madre Selva, Bene Korean Steakhouse, El Gordo, and J’ouvert Caribbean Kitchen. <\/p>\n

Eclipse di Luna<\/strong><\/a><\/u>
\n661 Auburn Ave., Old Fourth Ward<\/em><\/p>\n

Eclipse di Luna will open on Labor Day<\/a> at SPX Alley, next door to Pour Taproom on the Eastside Beltline. The tapas restaurant and bar replaces Nina & Rafi, which closed in April. Unlike the three other locations of Eclipse di Luna in Metro Atlanta, the Beltline location is part of a partnership with Rreal Tacos owner Damian Otero. Read more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Azalea Fresh Market<\/strong><\/a><\/u>
\n25 Peachtree St., Downtown<\/em><\/p>\n

The owners of Savi Provisions will open Azalea Fresh Market<\/a> in downtown Atlanta on in early September. Located in the former Walgreens building across from Woodruff Park, the market also includes a kiosk location of Atlanta-based Dope Coffee<\/a>.<\/p>\n

More coming attractions:
\n• 
Veteran Atlanta bartender opening cocktail bar Buddy Buddy in Midtown<\/a>
\n• 
The local pop-ups participating in food festival Smorgasburg Atlanta<\/a>
\n• 
Owner of Whoopsie’s opening an all-day cafe in East Lake<\/a><\/strong>
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k|n<\/a> at Kinship Butchery and Sundry<\/strong>
\n1019 Virginia Ave., Virginia-Highland<\/em><\/p>\n

Over in Virginia-Highland, Chef Myles Moody and sommelier Rachael Pack, the couple behind Kinship Butchery and Sundry, just launched a new four-seat, 12-course tasting menu experience called k|n<\/a> (kin). Starting in September and only taking place on select weekends each month, the two-hour-plus dinner features 12 courses with wine or non-alcoholic beverage pairings for $325 per person. There’s a catch. Reservations via Resy are currently sold out through the end of 2025. But you can add yourself to the waiting list by setting a “Notify” alert on the reservation platform. <\/p>\n

Bellwood Coffee<\/a><\/strong>
\n568 Boulevard, Grant Park<\/em><\/p>\n

The East Atlanta Village location of Bellwood Coffee will close<\/a> at the end of the year ahead of its relocation to Grant Park. Bellwood will take over the former Bennett’s Market space at the corner of Boulevard and Rosalia Street in early 2026. The coffee shop also includes locations in Riverside and on Peachtree Street in southern Buckhead. A location of Bellwood Coffee will open inside the expanded Little Shop of Stories bookstore in Decatur later this year. <\/p>\n

Mellow Mushroom<\/strong><\/a>
\n340 W. Ponce de Leon Ave., Decatur<\/em><\/p>\n

After the franchise location of Mellow Mushroom closed<\/a> earlier this summer in Decatur, the West Ponce pizzeria will reopen this fall and be company-owned and operated. In addition to a refreshed bar and patio and new to-go window, it appears the Decatur location will also feature some new dishes before Mellow Mushroom begins rolling those out nationwide. <\/p>\n

Chubby Cattle<\/a><\/strong>
\n400 Ashford Dunwoody Road, Dunwoody<\/em><\/p>\n

All-you-can-eat, Japanese-style yakiniku barbecue restaurant Chubby Cattle BBQ<\/a> (pictured) will open its second Metro Atlanta location soon. Located on Ashford-Dunwoody Road near Perimeter Mall, expect Japanese A5 Wagyu and American and Australian Wagyu among the meat options for the tabletop grills, along with sushi and seafood selections. Chubby Cattle also includes a location in Duluth.<\/p>\n

J. Alexander’s<\/a><\/strong>
\nBattery Atlanta, Cobb County<\/em><\/p>\n

A location of wood-fired grill and seafood chain J. Alexander’s<\/a> will open at the Battery Atlanta next Spring. <\/p>\n

More 2025 restaurant openings:<\/strong>
\n• 
JULY openings<\/a>
\n• 
JUNE openings<\/a>
\n• 
MAY openings <\/a>
\n• 
APRIL openings<\/a>
\n• 
MARCH openings<\/a>
\n• 
FEBRUARY openings<\/a>
\n• 
JANUARY openings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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