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Southern Feed Store is the new East Atlanta Village food hall located in the former Graveyard Tavern space, 1245 Glenwood Ave. The food hall features offerings from Woody’s Cheeseteak, Waffle Bar, Gyro Gyro and Buteco Coffee Bar. Info: sfseav.com. establish the project. Son Brannon assists with winemaking and vineyard management, while daughter Lindsay works on the hospitality side as general manager of the onsite restaurant and event facilities.

At Wolf Mountain, nearly every wine they make is a blend of multiple varietals. “We get loads of rain, hurricanes in the fall during harvest as well as late spring freezes that can do a number on the vines,” Lindsay says of the difficulties of farming in the state.

Azotea Cantina, 245 18th St. in Atlantic Station is the Mexico City-inspired restaurant owned by Colombian-born Diego Velasquez, operator of four outposts of Tacos & Tequilas Mexican Grill. Info: azoteacantina.com.

Alon’s Bakery & Market has opened its third location on level one at Phipps Plaza in Buckhead offering gourmet sandwiches, freshly prepared foods, handmade pastries, and baked goods. Info: alons. com.

Fuku, the fast casual chicken chain from New York, is now offering delivery-only to Atlanta via Uber Eats, DoorDash, GrubHub, and Postmates. Fuku has partnered with REEF Kitchens, a culinary platform that enables food entrepreneurs, local restaurants, and national restaurant brands to open and quickly expand their delivery businesses. Info: eatfuku.com.

Blending gives them the flexibility that if one year a certain varietal doesn’t grow the best, they can blend in another. European styled wine is the goal, but what really makes Wolf Mountain truly unique is their sparkling wine. The family is obsessed with bubbles, so they naturally were inclined to try. All their sparkling wines are made with the traditional method like Champagne. Chardonnay for the sparkling is picked early at Frogtown and the style is always at Brut level.

The restaurant is a must when visiting the area, especially Sunday brunch. They also offer pizzas and charcuterie on the wrap-around porch that you can pair with the multiple flight options. Weddings and special events are a significant part of the winery function. The wedding pavilion has a breathtaking view of the mountains and the property even has a small cottage available for club members and weddings.

Wine Highlight: NV Brut Rosé Sparkling - dosage with claret to give a beautiful salmon pink color. 150 cases produced. The wine is zesty, complex with strawberry notes.

Accent Cellars

Our final visit was Accent Cellars (accentcellars.com) in Dahlonega, which is owned by Tristin Vanhoff from Yonah Mountain and Tyler Barnes who worked at Montaluce Winery.

The winery was founded in 2014 with an original idea to be a custom crush facility for hotels, restaurants and distributors that wanted to produce their own wines. Unfortunately, under

Georgia law it was illegal, so the plan changed, and Accent Cellars was born, simultaneously opening their tasting room and releasing their first vintage in 2017.

The evening was spent tasting every wine they produce with founder Tyler and tasting room host Erica. Although there is no farming on site, their winemaking philosophy is to be as hands-off as possible. Forty percent of their fruit comes from North Georgia but the remaining comes from California or Washington. All of their wines are labeled American wines due to the number of grapes they source, which is a testament to the struggles of consistent farming of local grapes.

Not only were the wines great (including the Chenin Blanc, Grenache, and their best-selling ‘Underdog’ made from Georgia native Chambourcin), the atmosphere and energy of the tasting room was comfortable, inviting, and featured artwork from Tristan’s wife Katie.

Tyler noted that “having a high level of service, a great place to hang out, and a great personality is why we are here. It is all about the personal touch. It is at least or more important than what we are making.”

And he is right.

A guitar player was playing on their covered porch and winery dog Strauss was milling around. Erica said, “we just want to make wine comfortable without a pretentious attitude.” We all agree they nailed it.

Wine Highlight: Accent Cellars

Insider is made from six different varietals of apples from Mercier Orchards. It’s fortified apple cider essentially made in a similar style to sparkling wines – aged on the lees but with no disgorgement and really naturally done. Deliciously refreshing, dry and crisp with tons of green apple flavors.

Turkey Day Out Make reservations now for Thanksgiving

By Collin Kelley

If standing over a hot stove cooking Thanksgiving dinner sounds like a holiday bummer, then consider dining out. Many Intown restaurants will be offering dinein and take-out meals for Turkey Day.

And while turkey and dressing will be on many menus, the bird is not the last word. Why not try Japanese, Turkish, or French food?

Also be sure to check OpenTable.com or with your favorite restaurant to see what their plans are for Thanksgiving.

Incoming

Seabird Oyster Bar: Raw bar and seafood menu coming to the Eastside Trail. (Spring 2022)

Botica: Second location of Chef Mimmo Alboumeh’s Mexican-Spanish concept at Phipps Plaza. (Fall 2022)

South City Kitchen Midtown: Turkey Day reservations are going fast, so get yours today at southcitykitchen.com.

5Church Midtown: A Thanksgiving Buffett is on the menu at 5churchatlanta.com.

STK: The Midtown steakhouse will be serving up Thanksgiving in its dining room and for takeout and delivery. Visit stksteakhouse.com for details.

Tiny Lou’s: Head to the Clermont Hotel for a taste of France on Turkey Day. Reservations are going fast at tinylous.com.

Ray’s in the City: Seafood is on the menu at this Downtown eatery. Reservations at raysrestaurants.com.

Truva: Viginia-Highland restaurant offers up Turkish food at truvahighland.com.

Nakato: This Buckhead favorite will be firing up the hibachi for Thanksgiving. Visit nakatorestaurant.com.

Hard Rock Café: The Downtown tourist favorite is cooking up a Thanksgiving at exploretock.com/hardrockcafeatlanta.

The Sun Dial: Zoom to the top of the Westin Peachtree in Downtown for a special Thanksgiving dinner with a view. Reservations are required at sundialresaturant.com.

Star Provisions: A la carte Thanksgiving to go with all the fixins. To order, visit starprovisions.com.

HOBNOB: Head to this Atlantic Station eatery for Thanksgiving dinner. Reservations at hobnobatlanta.com.

Davio’s: The Phipps Plaza restaurant will be serving its regular menu plus a Thanksgiving feast. Details at davios.com.

Atkins Park Tavern: The pub will be serving up its annual Turkey Day meal. Make reservations at atkinspark.com.

▼Docent Coffee has teamed up with Chef Kevin Gillespie’s Cold Beer to create a walk-up coffee shop, DOCENT x CB, on the Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail, 670 DeKalb Ave. Occupying Cold

Beer’s existing walk-up bar area, the new concept will serve Docent’s full coffee and tea program as well as a curated menu of grab ‘n go breakfast and lunch fare crafted by Gillespie and his team. The shop will be open Wednesday-Friday 7 a.m.-2 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

Wild Heaven Beer has teamed up with Atlanta-based strategic content creators, The Cork Bros, for a unique beer collaboration called DoppelDiggity Doppelbock. A German-style Doppelbock made with a traditional Ghanaian street food called ‘Kelewele’ – fried super-ripe plantain with strong flavors of cloves, ginger, and African spices – DoppelDiggity marks the first collaboration between the two entities.

Rowdy Tiger Rooftop has reopened atop the Renaissance Atlanta Midtown featuring panoramic views, firepit seating, outdoor games, an Instagram-worthy mural and more. Visit rowdytigeratlanta.com for more.

Slutty Vegan, the Atlanta-based vegan burger joint, has launched Slutty Vegan CBD Gummies. Sold at the Edgewood and Jonesboro locations and through Slutty Vegan’s online shop, the vegan gummies are available in two flavors – Mango Margarita and Piña Colada – and contain 10mg of CBD per piece.

◄BRASH Coffee Roasters has stationed the BRASH Beast – a 1968 Citroën converted into a full-service, high-tech coffee truck – at The Veranda, located at the corner of Bolling Way and Buckhead Avenue in Buckhead Village. The Beast is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 9 a.m.-6 p.m. on weekends. The truck functions as a fully operational café, serving a wide variety of coffee including drip and espresso, BRASH Nitro and Flash Brew coffee.

Eshoj Petersen has joined Wylie Hotel as head chef of Mrs. P’s Bar & Kitchen. Originally from the U.S. Virgin Islands, Petersen has over 10 years of culinary experience in Atlanta. Most recently, Petersen served as the sous-chef at Tribeca Restaurant in Buckhead.