October 2019
Features
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This couple gave up life in New York to open a BuHi dessert shop—all because of the mango
And we should all be grateful, especially for that mille-crepe cake
The story behind the Gu family’s Buford Highway comeback
Just when it seemed their culinary influence was waning, the Sichuan pros expanded their reach
9 of our favorite late-night dishes on Buford Highway
For when that 4 a.m. hankering for Korean barbecue hits
Sorry mom, but Dominican food is island-inspired perfection
As a Colombian-American, I might catch some heat for saying this
18 things to buy at 6 of our favorite Buford Highway Markets
Pantry staples from Indonesia, Mexico, Vietnam, and beyond
9 of our favorite lunches on Buford Highway
Here’s an idea: a three-course lunch at three restaurants
“When you get a hangover, you go and eat menudo”
A tattoo shop owner tips us off to Buford Highway’s most revitalizing soup
Where to eat breakfast on Buford Highway
From Cantonese to Colombian, Vietnamese to Guatemalan
Your guide to the fruits at Buford Highway Farmers Market
They taste like cooked apple, cotton candy, or caramel custard
The joy of 1 a.m. mapo tofu
John Song grew up eating on Buford Highway. After years away, the food drew him back.
Buford Highway’s psychedelic snack aisles offer a global tour of the munchies
Find ceviche plantain chips, beef-flavored seaweed crackers, and matcha biscuit sticks at the Buford Highway Farmers Market
These breakfast sandwiches are the best way to start your day on Buford Highway
The Barreras’ handmade bolillo rolls draw lines out the door—at 7 a.m.
A Buford Highway dessert for every color of the rainbow
6 of our favorites you can find on Buford Highway
40 nights, 40 dishes: Our favorite dinners on Buford Highway
Everything from simple take-out to high-end omakase
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The Connector
What is the future of Hulsey Yard?
Hulsey Yard, the 70-acre site owned by CSX is a barren sea of concrete. It could bring residential, retail, commercial, and connectivity to an expanse located between some of Atlanta’s hottest neighborhoods.
Your guide to a perfect Atlanta Halloween, according to Adult Swim’s production manager
Eddie Ray, an Adult Swim production manager, is a self-confessed Halloween fanatic. He recommends trying Netherworld, Little Five Points Halloween Parade, 13 Stories Haunted House, and much more.
Don’t Miss List: Our top 5 event picks for October
80 breweries at Decatur Craft Beer Festival, the 49th annual Atlanta Pride Parade and Festival, and celebrate Japanese culture at Anime Weekend Atlanta.
Now 40, the Atlanta Opera continues redefining its audience by mixing old and new
After four decades of arias and curtain calls, the Atlanta Opera finds itself comfortably between two worlds: classic and contemporary.
Gus Kaufman used to wish he wasn’t gay. Now he talks about the liberation of being your true self.
“I always wished, ‘God, make me not a homosexual,’ since I could imagine no life as that. And I told [my LGBTQ] workshop participants, once you accept and cherish who you are, you shine like [a] star.”
The Bite
Review: Little Rey, Ford Fry’s first fast-casual spot, proves there’s little he can’t do
Little Rey is Ford Fry’s 16th restaurant in his empire. Simpler than Superica and the El Felix, his other Tex-Mex blockbusters, this fast-casual spot primarily serves wood-roasted chicken, tacos, and margaritas on tap.
Find the perfect tlayuda (Mexican pizza) at this gas station restaurant
If you happen to be in Tucker—or even if you’re not—you have to go to Taqueria Oaxaqueña de la Guelaguetza. The small Mexican restaurant’s tlayudas are life-changing.
A farmer fled violence in Myanmar to start over in Atlanta. After a destructive flood, he’s starting over again.
Ceu had farmed rice and corn in the Chin state of Myanmar since he was 14. As violence escalated, Ceu fled when he was 36, seeking refuge with his wife and four children in Atlanta. The following year, he discovered Global Growers.
Find great Southern seafood, highbrow and low, at these Atlanta restaurants
From the lowbrow (fish fry) to the highbrow (crab legs and lobster), here are some of our favorite Southern seafood dishes you can find around Atlanta.
The Goods
My Style: Alexandra Dillard Lucie, vice president of merchandising at Dillard’s
Alexandra Dillard Lucie—a vice president of merchandising for Dillard’s (founded by her late grandfather, William T. Dillard)—has been surrounded by fashion her entire life. Now, she and her husband, Craig, who have two children, moved to Atlanta when he became an anchor for WSB.
Half apothecary, half wellness studio: Center your body and soul at L’Artisan Muse
When November Nichols’s favorite meditation candle was discontinued, she set out to make her own, and soon her candles, plush pillows, and lush scents became her recently launched holistic studio and boutique, L’Artisan Muse, at Westside Provisions District.
7 boots to make a statement in this fall
Goodbye, little black bootie; hello, statement boots. From Western to combat, these are the styles to covet this fall.
Blogger Kristin Jackson turned this Smyrna spare room into a sunlit book nook
Architectural details don’t have to be original to the home. Design blogger Kristin Jackson added molding, bookshelves, and a faux fireplace to a spare room in her 1950s ranch in Smyrna, transforming it into a library-like salon.
Miscellaneous
How one march for gay rights launched nearly 50 years of Atlanta Pride
On the first anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riots, roughly 100 Atlantans, frustrated by discriminatory treatment against LGBTQ people on local and national levels, began marching on Peachtree Street.
