Quick Bites: Nava to close, Asylum opens in East Atlanta, and more

• James Camp
• F&B is a reincarnation of the former F.A.B. (above) and Brasserie LeCoze

BuckheadView confirms that Nava is closing and that Ford Fry's latest restaurant is scheduled to fill the space. Fry's yet to be named restaurant "with a Colonial America motif and early American open oven cooking" is projected to open in January.

Asylum, a new full service restaurant and live music venue recently opened in East Atlanta, in the space that formerly housed The Echo Lounge. Asylum's sprawling menu ranges from bar bites like pot stickers, and Frito pie, to burgers, salads, sandwiches, and even a $100 pizza. The Crazy Capobianco is topped with champagne-infused caviar, lobster tail marinated in Cognac, seared duck breast, white truffle oil, and dusted with edible, 24 carat gold flakes.

Following Grace Lee's recent purchase of Las Palmeras Cuban Restaurant, chef Patric Bell (formerly Executive Chef at West Egg Café) announced that he will be on hand to help Lee "reinvent" the Midtown restaurant, now called Cruzado. "I'll be there for a while, expanding the menu, revamping old favorites, and taking it all to the next level," said Bell via Facebook.

Owners of P’cheen International Bistro & Pub recently acquired and reopened Pizzeria Vesuvius on Edgewood Ave. The restaurant closed back in April; a sign in the window cited construction on The Atlanta Streetcar taking place on Edgewood Ave.

F&B is now open at 3630 Peachtree Road near Phipps Plaza. The newest enterprise from owners Fabrice “Fab” Vergez and Cindy Brown (formerly of Brasserie Le Coze and FAB), serves contemporary French and Mediterranean-inspired dishes including a few old favorites from Brasserie Le Coze like roasted skate wing, a lamb sandwich, and white bean soup with truffle oil.

BuckheadPatch reports that two Starbucks locations in Buckhead (1230 West Paces Ferry Road and 1801 Howell Mill Road near Walmart and I-75) have been approved by the Atlanta License Review Board to sell beer and wine.

Here To Serve Restaurants owner chef Tom Catherall will open his 12th location, Noche Alpharetta, in early October. The 80-seat Noche Alpharetta will feature the traditional Noche menu and covered patio.