The New York Times 2026 Restaurant List has been released. It features 50 restaurants across the U.S. Among the names in the list is one restaurant from Atlanta, So. Fox.
So. Fox Earns Spot on The New York Times’ 2026 Restaurant List
The New York Times’ 2026 Restaurant List was published on September 15. It is an interactive guide featuring 50 restaurants across the United States.
So. Fox is the only Georgia restaurant included among the 50 selections. The restaurant is located at 1017 N. Highland Ave. NE in Atlanta’s Virginia-Highland neighborhood.
So. Fox was founded by married couple Myles Moody, a chef, and Rachael Pack, a sommelier. The New York Times’ Kim Severson focused on how the restaurant is developing a new approach to Southern cooking. The review highlights the restaurant’s use of Southern ingredients combined with techniques and flavors from elsewhere.
Some of the dishes specifically noted in the article include zipper peas with caviar and dashi, and corn dumplings with Sungold tomatoes, blue crab and bottarga. It also includes fermented peaches with peach-pit-infused marshmallow fluff, peach granita, and purple shiso. The review also focuses on So. Fox’s low-intervention wine list, overseen by Rachael Pack
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About So. Fox
So. Fox is a relatively new restaurant in Atlanta’s Virginia-Highland neighborhood. It is the couple’s first full-service restaurant and builds on the work they have already done at nearby Kinship Butcher & Sundry. Its cuisine focuses on contemporary American with strong Southern and Georgia influences.
Its name, So. Fox, is short for Southern Fox, which is another name associated with the muscadine grape. It is a grape native to the Southeast. Moody planned to incorporate the fruit and even its leaves into the cooking, tying the restaurant’s identity to a distinctly Southern ingredient.
According to an Eater Atlanta report, the restaurant is located in a building that has been part of the Virginia-Highland community for roughly a century. Its interior is a light-filled, minimalist dining room with pale wood and soft textures. It features design elements inspired by Japanese and Scandinavian aesthetics.
