Ria Pell’s funeral service to be held at Westview Cemetery on Sat., Nov. 30
A wake will be held at Ria’s Bluebird following the funeral service.
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A funeral service for Ria Pell will be held at Westview Cemetery on Sat., Nov. 30, at 12 p.m. A memorial will be held at Ria’s Bluebird (421 Memorial Drive SW) following the funeral service.
Atlanta lost a true icon over the weekend. Ria Pell, owner of the 14-year-old Memorial Drive diner Ria’s Bluebird, co-founder of the MondoHomo queer music and arts festival, and 2012 winner of Food Network’s reality cooking series “Chopped,” has died. Continue reading ...
On Tues., Dec. 3, the Bluebird will once again be open for business.
Westview Cemetery is located at 1680 Ralph David Abernathy SW. 404-755-6611.
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Ria Pell
Chef Ria Pell died in November 2013. She was the owner of the Memorial Drive diner Ria’s Bluebird, co-founder of the MondoHomo queer music & arts fest., DJ, and 2012 winner on Food Network’s reality cooking series “Chopped”.
Pell was a pillar for Atlanta’s food and punk music scenes, and gay rights activism, who after three years had recently closed down her Inman Park restaurant Sauced to focus her attention on Ria’s Bluebird.