Quick Bites: Pallookaville Junior, Cacao Buckhead update, and more

Atlanta restaurant news roundup

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Avondale Estates corndog paradise Pallookaville Fine Foods is installing a spinoff restaurant in Little Five Points called Pallookaville Junior. The takeout-only eatery, located next to 7 Stages Theatre and Java Lords at 1107 Euclid Ave., will serve an abbreviated menu of the restaurant’s popular carnival-inspired foods. Details as they arise.

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Gus's World Famous Fried Chicken is coming to Atlanta, Eater reports. The rapidly expanding, Memphis, Tennessee-based chain (which has been around since the '50s) will move into Peachtree Center (231 Peachtree St.) Downtown, bringing its highly regarded Southern fried chicken to Atlanta later this year.

Following a fire that abruptly shuttered business at 2817 Peachtree Road in late 2013, Cacao is planning to relaunch its retail presence in Buckhead with a new boutique at the ritzy Buckhead Atlanta development. The high-end, bean-to-bar chocolates, recently dubbed some of the best in the U.S. by Food & Wine magazine, are scheduled to make their debut within a month or so at 3035 Peachtree Road. Owner and chocolatier Kristin Hard will open another Cacao boutique at Inman Quarter (280 Elizabeth St.) before the Buckhead shop opens.


Charleston’s O-Ku sushi is coming to Atlanta, Eater reports. The popular Southern-Asian-fusion restaurant, which famously changes to a dance club at night, was named the Best Sushi Restaurant of 2013 by Travel + Leisure magazine. Its autumn arrival to the Westside Ironworks development will complete a trifecta of Holy City import eateries, which also comprises Oak Steakhouse at Avalon and Minero at Ponce City Market. Details as they arise.

Marco’s Pizza is slated to take over the Virginia-Highland space that previously belonged to Ben and Jerry’s, a long-running institution that closed in late 2011 after 18 years at 798 N. Highland Ave. The fast-casual pizza franchise already operates four additional outposts in the Atlanta metro.


There’s another establishment opening next to chef Nick Melvin’s forthcoming Venkman’s restaurant at 740 Ralph McGill Blvd., a space previously home to Hall’s Atlanta Wholesale Florist. According to developer Chris Connor, as quoted over at What Now, Atlanta, his plans call for a conceptual cafe that transitions to a wine bar in the evenings, but the details are in flux. Venkman’s should open later this year.

Local pizzeria DaVinci's Pizza is opening its fourth metro location in the former home of Mellow Mushroom in Decatur (265 Ponce de Leon Place). Known for old-fashioned pizza-making methods and activities like trivia, the pizzeria serves specialties like the Shrimp Tease, the Italian Meat with prosciutto and pancetta, and the Hawaiian, which is made using fresh-cut pineapple.


In case you missed it, Illegal Food has officially opened in Virginia-Highland at 1044 Greenwood Ave., following the renovation of a cottage that formerly housed Bar Meatball. Fewer than three weeks ago, chef/owner Steven Lingenfelter reached out to fans of the concept to collect $25,000 worth of donations — since renovations proved far more costly than anticipated—with positive results. The freshly opened restaurant — which serves Brasstown Beef burgers, banh mi sandwiches, duck confit terrines, rib rillettes with smoked pimiento cheese, charcuterie, craft beers, cocktails, and more. Since opening, Illegal Food has added an additional night of service, allowing patrons to dine there Wednesday through Saturday, from 6 to 11 p.m.





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