June 28, 2024
Food & Drink, Guides,
Looking to eat local? These Atlanta restaurants are ones to visit for fresh, farm-to-table fare sourced from top local farms, artisans and purveyors.
Le Bon Nosh
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65 Irby Ave. NW, Ste. 103 / Website
Buckhead’s French-inspired market and restaurant, Le Bon Nosh, offers seasonal breakfast, weekend brunch and lunch offerings crafted with ingredients from local farms. Try signatures like the steak sandwich with arugula, parmesan, aioli, ciabatta and housemade chips, the pickled pepper-topped beet and avocado salad and the shakshouka with oven-baked tomatoes, farm-fresh eggs, feta, cilantro and a fresh baguette.
Bacchanalia
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1460 Ellsworth Industrial Blvd NW, Ste. 1 / Website
Open since 1993, chefs and owners Anne Quatrano and Clifford Harrison helm this New American eatery, which offers a farm-to-table four-course dining experience crafted from seasonal, organic ingredients. Restaurant goers can enjoy offerings like Maine lobster, foie gras terrine, Green Circle chicken and Florida yellowfin tuna. Guests can also add caviar service with farm eggs, creme fraiche, chives, herbs and potato blinis, mignonette and lemon-topped oysters and seafood staples like hamachi crudo and mussel escabeche.
Canoe
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4199 Paces Ferry Road SE / Website
Nestled along the scenic Chattahoochee River, this rustic restaurant and wedding venue rolled into one offers an array of farm-to-table brunch, lunch and dinner dishes like baby arugula salad, oysters on the half-shell and Georges Bank Scallops. Stick around for dessert to try Canoe’s semi-sweet chocolate tart, popcorn ice cream sundae, seasonal sorbet and creme fraiche cake.
5Church
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1197 Peachtree St. NE, Ste. 528; 3379 Peachtree Road NE, Ste. 125 / Website
With locations in Bucktown and Midtown, this local mainstay is one to visit for fresh, seasonal, New American cuisine. To start, try a chef-curated charcuterie board of meats, cheeses, dips and spreads or favorites like the steak tartar and PEI mussels. For your main course, don’t miss out on favorites like the grilled branzino with sauteed veggies, the prime filet mignon and the pomegranate demi glacé-topped seared confit duck leg with kale salad, apricot curry mustard sauce and pistachio crumbles.
Lazy Betty
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999 Peachtree St. NE, Ste. 140 / Website
Midtown’s chic dining destination, Lazy Betty, features a curated multi-course tasting menu, a dedicated vegetarian menu, a beverage menu and a bar menu filled with small bites. Don’t miss out on tasting menu specialties like bluefin tuna rolls, asparagus and ramp-stuffed morels and poached Icelandic cod served with calamari and Buerre Blanc. Diners can also choose from bar menu offerings like caviar and oyster service, seasonal crudites and foie gras donuts.
Milton’s Cuisine & Cocktails
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800 Mayfield Road, Milton / Website
Nestled in a charming 150-year-old farmhouse, this contemporary New Southern eatery serves comfort food favorites crafted with fresh, local ingredients—some of which are grown in the restaurant’s on-site garden, Milton’s Acre. Dine on specialties like prime bavette steak, smoked gouda mac and cheese, Milton’s Acre garden vegetables with olive oil and garlic and grilled pork chops topped with peach bourbon glaze. Pair your meal with inspired cocktail offerings like the 1792 bourbon-infused “Georgia Peach," the Reposado tequila margarita and the “Milton Mule” with peach pickle brine.
Seven Lamps
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3400 Around Lenox Road NE, Ste. 217 / Website
Dig into fresh coastal cuisine, wood-fired favorites and chef-selected specialties at this chic Buckhead eatery, which features a cozy garden courtyard. Seven Lamps’ menu spans elevated fare like Atlantic salmon, house fettuccine carbonara, Maine lobster rolls, sauteed Georgia shrimp and artisan green salad with sea island red peas, arugula, radish, cucumber, pumpkin seeds and cilantro vinaigrette.
The Farmhouse at Serenbe
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10950 Hutchesons Ferry Road, Chattahoochee Hills / Website
When it comes to farm-to-table cuisine, this Chattahoochee Hills dining destination is not to be missed. With locally grown, regional offerings like New Bedford scallops, pan-seared halibut and Westholm wagyu striploin, The Farmhouse at Serenbe sources ingredients from artisanal producers, local farmers and the restaurant’s own garden, Serenbe Farms.
Wisteria
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471 N. Highland Ave. NE / Website
Visit this Inman Park bistro for Southern comfort food favorites from local farmers and purveyors—from Georgia to North Carolina. Start small with the corn and green chili fritters, or go all in with dishes like the herb-crusted grouper, the beef tenderloin and the pan-seared ahi tuna.
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