Metro Atlanta will soon welcome new restaurants, elevating the dining experience for locals. The upcoming openings include new locations for established restaurant brands and a bookstore-bar concept.
New Dining Concepts Planned Across Metro Atlanta
WhatNow reported on the upcoming restaurant openings across the area last week. This includes Three Dollar Cafe’s expansion and more. Here’s a look at what is opening in Metro Atlanta.
Piccadilly To Go
Piccadilly To Go is opening its new location in Riverdale. The brand will take over the former Del Taco space at 6791 GA-85 in Riverdale. It will mark the brand’s eighth location in the Greater Atlanta area.
Piccadilly To Go is a takeout-focused format of Piccadilly Restaurants. It is a Southern U.S. cafeteria and comfort-food chain that was created as a smaller, more convenient version of that concept. It is designed around takeout, pickup, and drive-thru orders.
An opening date has not yet been announced. The brand’s menu includes fried chicken, Southern fried fish, chicken tenders, chopped beef, and other Piccadilly classics. Here is more information about the brand’s upcoming opening.
Tin Drum Asian Kitchen & Boba Tea Bar
Tin Drum Asian Kitchen & Boba Tea Bar is expanding its presence with a new opening in the Woodstock Mills District. The restaurant will join the 28,000-square-foot development currently under construction in Woodstock. The opening timeline of the new restaurant is yet to be announced.
Tin Drum Asian Kitchen & Boba Tea Bar is a Pan-Asian fast-casual restaurant concept. It combines Asian-inspired food with bubble tea and other beverages. It has grown to 12 locations across the Greater Atlanta area.
The new location will center around the brand’s pan-Asian dishes. It will include ramen, pho, Pad Thai, stir-fries, Hibachi-style dishes, and more. Further information on the restaurant’s upcoming opening is available.
Muchacho
Muchacho is planning a new location in Decatur. It will be the brand’s third location and is expected to open this fall. It will be located at 129 Church Street, but the opening timeline is yet to be announced.
Muchacho is a West Coast-inspired restaurant and coffee shop. It currently operates two locations in Reynoldstown and West Midtown. The concept serves SoCal-style tacos, burritos, bowls, and breakfast dishes.
The new location will also serve the brand’s popular menu. This includes street tacos, surfer burritos, ceviche, churros, margaritas, and more. Learn more about Muchacho’s upcoming opening.
Bourbon + Lit
Bourbon + Lit is a new bookstore and bar concept opening in Atlanta. It will be located at 528 Main Street NE, occupying a 1,820-square-foot space. It will bring coffee, books, and cocktails under one roof.
The new concept will open in Atlanta’s Lindbergh neighborhood. The concept is designed as a space for reading, working, learning and socializing. The business describes the concept as one centered on “curiosity and intellectual engagement.”
The space will seat 40 guests and is expected to operate daily. The beverage menu will include coffee and tea with syrup options such as bourbon vanilla and lavender. More information on Bourbon + Lit’s upcoming opening is available.
Three Dollar Cafe
Three Dollar Cafe is also joining the new Woodstock Mill District development. The sports bar will bring its popular offerings to the development, which is currently under construction. It currently operates 11 locations across the Atlanta area.
The sports bar serves chicken wings, burgers and other American bar food.
The opening timeline of the upcoming location is yet to be announced. The menu will include sandwiches, chicken fingers, wings, quesadillas, fish tacos, and more. Further information on Three Dollar Cafe’s upcoming opening is available.
Cuevacia
Cuevacia is opening in the forthcoming mixed-use development Lulah Hills in Decatur. It is an Oaxacan-inspired concept from Spur Hospitality. The restaurant is expected to open its new location in 2027.
Cuevacia is an upscale Mexican restaurant that focuses on Oaxacan cuisine with northern Mexican influences. The concept’s design draws on the meaning of its name, which roughly translates to ‘empty cave’ or ‘empty tomb.’ Its interior is designed to evoke the historic architecture of Oaxaca.
The new location will take over a 2,600-square-foot jewel box space in the mixed-use development. Its menu will include hand-pressed tortillas, house-made moles, Tetelas, Chilauiles, Tres Leches, and more. Learn more about Cuevacia’s upcoming opening.
Together, the projects represent new restaurant and dining concepts planned across Metro Atlanta.
