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Culture

58 ON STAGE At Home With History

A short documentary tells how a classic Buckhead mansion lives in the modern world

60 LITERARY Creating a Legacy

A practical guide for generational businesses

62 TASTEMAKER Craft Champion Melissa Martin encourages your DIY decor

63 EVENTS

Places to go and things to do

Family

Cover Story

66 Simply Delicious 101 things to eat, drink and see in Buckhead and beyond

Delicious

76 REVIEW

High Praise

Fia Restaurant at The Burgess Hotel is a global wonder

80 DRINKS

Waste Not Mixologists bring the kitchen into the bar

82 FOODIE JOURNAL

The Art of The Board

From a new Sandy Springs outpost, the Charcuterie Chick offers gourmet boards and educational workshops

84 TASTEMAKER

Cultural Cooking

Nadia Deljou’s Delle Dining merges food, music and heritage

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86 Featured Restaurants

A sampling of great eats in and around Buckhead

Behind The Cover

A spotlight on philanthropic and social gatherings

92 Scene

It’s rare that you don’t see a person, whether a model or a local community member with a cool story, on the cover of Simply Buckhead. But for our foodthemed cover package, we knew it had to be a drop-dead gorgeous image of a mouth-watering dish. We tapped Palo Santo, a sexy new supper club-style restaurant on the Westside led by Mexico City-born chef Santiago Gomez, as the location. Gomez created one of his signature dishes, aged carnaroli rice, colored a verdant green thanks to mellow poblano peppers, topped with palo santo-smoked scallops, Parmigiano Reggiano and black truffles. Photographer Erik Meadows snapped away as the chef orchestrated the perfect plume of smoke for our cover. We dare you not to look at it and crave a bite.