Quick Bites

Which restaurants will get a coveted star rating as the Michelin Guide expands to Atlanta? The publishing company said in July that anonymous inspectors are already dining at Atlanta restaurants, which will be revealed later this fall. Restaurants are given a one, two, or three-star rating, putting Atlanta eateries in the same league as New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, and Paris.

▼Tickets for the 12th annual Atlanta Food & Wine Festival are officially on sale now. The festival, benefitting Children of Conservation’s school lunch program, will once again be primarily held in Historic Fourth Ward Park on Sept. 20-24, bringing together chefs, mixologists, farmers, and brands. Tickets for the festival are available for purchase at atlfoodandwinefestival.com.

▲A new Chick-fil-A restaurant is planned at Buckhead Place shopping center at the busy intersection of Peachtree and Piedmont roads. Coro Realty, owner of Buckhead Place, wants to build the nearly 6,000 square-foot restaurant at 3234 Peachtree Road, where a shuttered David’s Bridal store now stands. The fast-food restaurant would include 58 parking spaces, but no drive-through due to zoning restrictions.

Underground Atlanta has terminated its lease with Atlanta Brewing Company after the brewery failed to begin construction, according to a report from Urbanzie Atlanta. Atlanta Brewing announced last summer that it would transform the old visitors center space on Upper Alabama Street into an 8,600-square-foot brewery, taproom and restaurant. The company planned to move from its current location in northwest Atlanta. The brewery was supposed to open by the end of 2022, but construction never commenced, leading to the termination of the lease.

Giving Kitchen is celebrating its 10-year anniversary with a new addition. The Atlanta nonprofit, which helps support food industry and hospitality workers in need, recently brought on Brooke Kamke as its first chief operating officer, according to a press release. Kamke has previously held positions at Emory Rollins School of Public Health, Emory Healthcare, and the literacy organization ReadSource.

▲For the team at Muchacho, earning the rank of one of the best breakfast spots in the nation was as much of a surprise to them as it was to anyone else. “We were just as shocked as everyone else when the article came out,” said General Manager Rozie Slaughter. “We were like, what? That’s awesome!” The Travel + Leisure article called Michael Lennox’s Reynoldstown breakfast spot “the perfect cocktail of buzzy atmosphere, yummy food, and delightful beverages.” It was one of 15 restaurants that made the cut.