ASW Distillery
Craft distillery tasting room; additional tasting rooms at Lee + White and The Battery Atlanta.
Antico Pizza Napoletana
The original Hemphill Avenue pizzeria Giovanni Di Palma opened in 2009 and built Little Italia around, with a Bib Gourmand. Worth knowing: its own site claims a Michelin star from 2023, and the guide lists a Bib Gourmand, which is what we publish.
Atlas
One Michelin star inside The St. Regis in Buckhead, with contemporary American cooking under culinary director Freddy Money.
Bacchanalia
Anne Quatrano and Clifford Harrison have run it since 1993, and it holds both a Michelin star and one of Atlanta's two Green Stars. The four-course prix fixe leans on organic produce, much of it from the owners' own farm, Summerland.
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19 spots
Antico Pizza Napoletana
The original Hemphill Avenue pizzeria Giovanni Di Palma opened in 2009 and built Little Italia around, with a Bib Gourmand. Worth knowing: its own site claims a Michelin star from 2023, and the guide lists a Bib Gourmand, which is what we publish.
Atlas
One Michelin star inside The St. Regis in Buckhead, with contemporary American cooking under culinary director Freddy Money.
Bacchanalia
Anne Quatrano and Clifford Harrison have run it since 1993, and it holds both a Michelin star and one of Atlanta's two Green Stars. The four-course prix fixe leans on organic produce, much of it from the owners' own farm, Summerland.
Bomb Biscuit Co.
Erika Council's biscuits started as a Sunday supper pop-up in 2016 and now run to thousands a week, with a Bib Gourmand behind them. Weekend walk-ins are capped at parties of eight. For larger Saturday or Sunday parties, the restaurant tells guests to call ahead.
Estrellita
Filipino cooking in a small Grant Park room, walk-in only, with a Bib Gourmand. A move to a larger South Downtown space on Broad Street was reported for fall 2026, so check before you drive over.
Fishmonger
Part fish market, part counter with one communal table and stools at the windows, with a Bib Gourmand. No reservations; the queue is the format.
Fred's Meat & Bread
A sandwich counter inside Krog Street Market with a Bib Gourmand, sharing the food hall with fellow Bib winner Superica.
Hayakawa
Chef Atsushi Hayakawa closed his Buford Highway sushi room after about 15 years and reopened on the Westside in the Star Metals development, where the star followed him. Two seatings a night, Wednesday through Saturday.
Heirloom Market BBQ
Chef-owners Cody Taylor and Jiyeon Lee bring Southern smoke and Korean flavors together in spicy Korean pork, brisket, and kimchi sides. The small room has limited seating and a strong takeout trade. Heirloom holds a Bib Gourmand in the 2025 MICHELIN Guide American South selection.
Kimball House
Widely regarded as metro Atlanta's best oyster/cocktail program, in a converted rail depot. Dim, high-ceilinged, and as much a date-night room as a bar. Michelin Recommended in 2025, and its bar director won the guide's 2024 Exceptional Cocktails Award for Atlanta.
Lazy Betty
A starred tasting menu that moved out of Candler Park into the old Empire State South space in Midtown in March 2024. Its own homepage still flies the 2023 James Beard semifinalist badge.
Little Bear
A small dinner-only room in Summerhill with a Bib Gourmand and a contemporary American menu that changes with what the kitchen has.
Mujo
A 15-seat cypress counter doing Edomae sushi under executive chef J. Trent Harris, with one Michelin star. The team has a second, grill-driven room opening in Buckhead.
O by Brush
A starred omakase counter hidden inside Brush Sushi, where chef Jason Liang runs Edomae technique through the Taiwanese flavors he grew up with. The omakase is 285 dollars a guest.
Omakase Table
Chef Leonard Yu moved his starred counter from West Marietta Street to Buckhead Landing in March 2025, leaving the old room to Neko, his lower-priced concept. Reservation only, Wednesday through Sunday, and published street numbers for the new address disagree, so go by your reservation confirmation.
Superica
The Krog Street Market original that started the Tex-Mex group, with a Bib Gourmand and weekend brunch from 10 to 3.
The Busy Bee Cafe
Serving since 1947 and, in its own words, one of Atlanta's most iconic Black-owned restaurants, with both a Bib Gourmand and a James Beard America's Classics award. Fried chicken, smothered pork chops and collards, west of downtown.
The Chastain
A Green Star for sustainability rather than a star: local farms, an onsite garden and its own composting, in a room across from the Chastain Park Tennis Center. Executive chef Christopher Grossman cooked at Atlas and at The French Laundry.
Whoopsie's
Tim Faulkner and Hudson Rouse met working at Octopus Bar and opened this cocktail room in the old Hodgepodge Coffee space, now a Bib Gourmand. The menu changes daily and the kitchen runs to midnight.
Open late. Go earlier if you want a calmer room.
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