Food

Bites around town – and the stories behind them.

Metro Atlantans with a hankering for Uzbek cuisine finally have a place to get it

The third location of a popular Brooklyn restaurant, family-owned Laghman Express specializes in the hearty halal dishes—and soft hand-pulled noodles—of Central Asia.

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The Atlanta pastry pop-up that’s raising funds for Palestine

Vinny Pellegri talks to 285 South about the inspiration behind his mutual aid bakery and “Cannolis for Gaza”

In Duluth, a Korean restaurant practices a rare art: making tofu by hand

Owner Suntai Kim apprenticed with a tofu master in Seoul before opening Dubu Gongbang last year in Gwinnett County’s bustling Koreatown area.

Just in time for Ramadan, Yemeni cafes make a cardamom-scented splash in Metro Atlanta

Open late into the evening, Middle Eastern and South Asian coffeehouses serve as alcohol-free “third places” for those who’d rather skip the bar scene. And there’s a big appetite for them.

Opening this weekend, Cocina brings hard-to-find Mexican fare to Summerhill

It’s the latest venture from Luis Enrique Perez, the owner of Chispas Snacks cart—who’s also set to open a taqueria in Peoplestown later this spring.

Everyone is family at Ibu’s Kitchen, a charming, homestyle Indonesian cafe in Tucker

Overseen by Atlanta restaurant veteran Rina Soejoedi, Ibu’s specializes in mostly Indonesian dishes—and is set for an ambitious expansion

A clean slate for the new year: Inside a Korean rice cake shop during the holiday season

On January 1 and the Lunar New Year, many Koreans eat tteokguk, a steaming broth studded with chewy rice cakes. In the winter months, that means a busy kitchen at Gwinnett County’s Nak Won Rice Cake

At Brothers Chimichurry food truck, halal Latin dishes are a family affair

Two brothers-in-law opened the business earlier this year to make Latin American food—grilled meats, empanadas, tostones, and more—accessible to a bigger share of the metro’s Muslim community.

One of the only local sources for the pillowy Bosnian flatbread lepinja, Lawrenceville’s Grand Prix Bakery keeps very busy

The longtime family-owned business bakes bread for restaurants and groceries all over the Atlanta metro

A lifelong love of ice cream, stretching from Palestine to Duluth

Loqman Salem’s new Gwinnett County cafe, Wowbooza, specializes in the chewy, elastic ice cream popular in the Middle East—but rarely found in the U.S.