Washington D.C.-based toast and juice bar chain Toastique is set to open its first location in metro Atlanta.
Slated to open in early fall at 1230 W. Peachtree St. NW in the Hanover Midtown apartment complex, Toastique Atlanta will join locations in D.C., Colorado, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, California, Utah, Texas, North Carolina, Tennessee, Michigan and Virginia.
The menu features a variety of toasts, smoothie bowls, cold-pressed juices, espresso, coffee, juice-based cocktails and grab-and-go options.
Highlights include smoked salmon toast with smoked pastrami salmon, herbed cream cheese spread, arugula, cucumber and capers on sourdough toast; PB Crunch Toast with peanut butter, bananas, strawberries, blueberries, berry jam, granola, peanuts, honey and mint on walnut raisin toast; and Radiance a juice made with grapefruit, orange, blood orange, pineapple and basil.
The 1,790-square-foot restaurant offers counter service and seats 40 guests with a mixture of high-top and regular tables plus banquette seating. Design elements include glass tile, a green and blue color scheme, millwork, gold accents and live greenery, as well as pieces from local artists Taylor B. Douglass and G.W. Harper.
The Midtown location will be owned by franchisee Nicole Wiley, an Atlanta native and a retired officer from the U.S. Air Force and an aircraft engineer program assistant for the Federal Aviation Administration.
Toastique’s opening hours will be 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Mondays-Fridays and 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
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