Cocktail den May Peel is open in the newly-opened Hotel Granada in Midtown. The bar, named for Titanic survivor and former resident of the Granada Apartments, Lily May Futrelle (née Peel), is located on the club level below Pom Court, the hotel’s centralized open-air all day dining area.
The dimly-lit May Peel features a menu of cocktails from Rae Doyle, Hotel Granada’s director of food and beverage, Rae Doyle. Offerings include the no joy in mudville with bourbon, cocoa, vanilla, chicory and madeira and the jack rose with Manoir de Montreuil Calvados wine with lemon and grenadine. Non-alcoholic options include the shoe shine, which mixes Lyre’s dark cane non-alcoholic rum, blackberry jam, balsamic, lemon, and ginger.
The menu of small plates from executive chef Jaime Cubias includes zesty cool ranch mixed nuts made with cashews, almonds, walnuts and pumpkin seeds; drunken goat croquettes, which sees crispy potatoes topped with chives, goat cheese and a maple and sherry vinegar reduction; and the shareable Cuban sheet tray sandos.
May Peel’s space features a curved bar, banquettes and tables. Hours are 5 p.m.-midnight Tuesdays-Wednesdays and 5 p.m.-1 a.m. Thursdays-Saturdays.
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Thompson Atlanta – Buckhead hotel at 415 East Paces Ferry Rd NE in Atlanta has made some changes to its onsite dining and event venue experiences, Tesserae and Dirty Rascal.
Tesserae, the hotel’s indoor-outdoor rooftop, is now offering breakfast from 7-11 a.m. and lunch from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Mondays-Fridays; dinner from 5-9 p.m. Sundays-Thursdays and 5-10 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays and weekend brunch service from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays.
The restaurant’s breakfast and brunch menu includes dishes like bananas bread Elvis toast; French toast bread pudding; and hot honey shrimp and grits Benedict. Lunch offerings include burrata and peach salad; lobster club sandwich; Tesserae wedge salad; and coffee-rubbed hanger steak frites. Highlights of the dinner menu include fresh oysters; filet mignon tartare; spiced fried chicken; and Maine lobster mac & cheese.
Tessare also features a full bar.
Dirty Rascal, the restaurant that chef Todd Ginsberg helped to open in late 2021, has closed, with the space now serving as an event venue catering to meetings and private and special events, accommodating up to 100 guests.
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Slim & Husky has closed its first Atlanta location on Howell Mill Road to focus on its eateries in Adair Park and on the Morehouse College campus, WSB-TV reports. The restaurant opened in 2019 with a menu of hip-hop themed pizzas.
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Ken Katz and Jeannette Flores-Katz will relocate their pupuseria and Salvadoran restaurant, La Bodega, from the Met in Adair Park to a space on Sylvan Road in Sylvan Hills, Rough Draft Atlanta reports. The counter-service eatery will also serve as a neighborhood market, selling fresh produce and other items.
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Miami-based restaurant and market Necessary Purveyor will open its first Atlanta location at 639 Glen Iris Drive NE near Ponce City Market, What Now Atlanta reports.
The restaurant will serve breakfast and lunch, offer take-out and have a raw bar and full bar.
More metro Atlanta restaurant news
Damsel closes at the Works in west Midtown
Two Atlanta eateries named to New York Times Best Restaurants list
Pub @ EAV opens in East Atlanta
The General Muir to close in Sandy Springs
Avize opens in early October in west Midtown
Paya Thai to take over Redbird space in west Midtown
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