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DINING

New Italian restaurant headed to Sandy Springs

Tre Vele will be a “modern, elevated Italian restaurant specializing in handmade pasta, as well as other classic Italian dishes.” (Special/Ian Winslade)

BY AMY WENK

A new Italian restaurant called Tre Vele is planned for Sandy Springs.

It’s coming to the City Walk shopping center at Roswell Road and Hammond Drive, taking over the former Three Sheets location. It will occupy 3,500 square feet with a 1,500-square-foot rooftop patio.

The concept is from the team behind Buckhead’s Mission + Market restaurant. That includes brothers Ryan and Jonathan Akly, along with chef and partner Ian Winslade.

Tre Vele will be a “modern, elevated Italian restaurant specializing in handmade pasta, as well as other classic Italian dishes,” according to a press release.

Giancarlo Ruiz, formerly of restaurant Storico Fresco, will serve as executive chef. Ruiz spent 16 years in Florence, Italy.

“Sandy Springs’ food and beverage offerings have transformed so much in the last few years, and we are excited to be a part of the evolution,” partner and co-owner Jonathan Akly said.

Food hall delayed at Ashford Lane

The Hall at Ashford Lane – a new food hall and bar – is planned for Ashford Lane, a mixed-use project with restaurants, retail and office space. It will be located at 4500 Olde Perimeter Way in the former Perimeter Place shopping center, which is being redeveloped.

Ashford Lane’s website says the food hall is expected to open this summer. But according to Director of Agency Leasing Coleman Morris of JLL Atlanta – the retail group tasked with repositioning and leasing the property – the development team for The Hall is starting to see supply chain effects of COVID-19 on construction materials, causing a delay in the building process.

“As of now, they are targeting a fall opening but cannot guarantee that they will open by that date,” Morris said in an email.

The Hall at Ashford Lane is another in a line of food halls that owner Jamal Wilson has opened and plans to open in locations such as Tampa, Fla. and Nashville, Tenn.

According to Morris, the food hall will be about 17,000 square feet.

One tenant has been announced so far. Chef Teresa Acosta won a complimentary vendor space at the food hall. Acosta’s culinary style highlights Cuban, Latin American, and Spanish cuisine.

Morris said when The Hall opens customers will be able to order at the separate restaurant stalls, like you might at Krog Street Market in Atlanta. But at The Hall, customers will have a waiter and be able to mix and match offerings from different stalls.

“People can come in and feel like they’re having a true dining experience by being able to sit at a table and have people wait on them,” Morris said.

— SAMMIE PURCELL

Savi Provisions founder to launch gas station concept

Paul Nair, founder of Savi Provisions, says he’s launching an upscale food and beverage concept at the Arco gas station that’s under construction in Buckhead.

Called UPop, for Urban Provisions Offering Petroleum, it will offer chef-driven prepared foods, beer, wine and liquor. It will also include a bistro with small plates, according to a release. UPop is set to open this summer, said a spokeswoman.

“This will be a higher-end experience,” Nair said in the release. “We are intentionally not using traditional convenience store items or big-name brands. The goal is to offer a highly-curated selection.”

— AMY WENK