Critics Consider The National, Ludacris’s Straits

IN THE NEWS: The AJC’s Meridith Ford gives three stars to rap star Ludacris’s new restaurant, Straits (793 Juniper Street, N.E., Atlanta), while H.M. Cauley reviews The Counter (850 Mansell Road, Roswell) and Twisted Taco (Busbee Parkway, Kennesaw), and Jon Waterhouse visits Food 101 Sandy Springs (4969 Roswell Road, Suite 200, Sandy Springs, www.food101atlanta.com). www.accessatlanta.com […]

Openings Include Fado Irish Pub, Ludacris’s Straits

IN THE NEWS:  Creative Loafing’s Besha Rodell reviews Stella Neighborhood Trattoria (563 Memorial Drive, www.stellaatlanta.com), while Cliff Bostick visits Cantina el Tesoro (129 Church St., Decatur), Eclipse di Luna (764 Miami Circle), and the newly reopened Melting Pot in Midtown (754 Peachtree St.) … Jennifer Zyman details the opening of Supermarket Chicago (5263 Buford Highway, […]

Rapper Ludacris to Open Atlanta Straits Eatery

IN THE NEWS: Restaurateur Chris Yeo and rapper/actor Chris Bridges (aka Ludacris) are teaming up to open an Atlanta Straits restaurant in the former Spice building on Juniper Street, the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports. The pair hope to open the restaurant in April. atlanta.bizjournals.com … The AJC’s Meridith Ford awards three stars to Aquaknox (3280 […]