Once the fog of childhood nostalgia lifts, many Atlantans are prone to admit that one of the city’s oldest holiday traditions—the riding of Rich’s department store’s famed Pink Pig—was also pretty ...

When I walked in on a Friday night in September, I started to feel like Friday. I was hit with a disco ball reflecting Christmas lights strung across the ceiling and the bar. A 20-foot red alligator ...

The year is 2013, Atlanta is crawling out from economic recession, and James Beard–nominated chef Hector Santiago has ...

Plus: a newly renovated lodge in Highlands, a striking upscale property in Atlanta, and top spots for bachelorette parties.

As the hour grows late, it takes the promise of something special to get this East Pointer to drive out to the northern burbs for a bite. But on a recent Saturday, hunger and curiosity won out, ...

Briarcliff was the mansion and estate of Asa Griggs “Buddy” Candler Jr. (1880–1953), and is now part of the Briarcliff Campus of Emory University. If the house itself wasn’t still standing as proof, ...

Dasha Lebedev is wearing a casual hat with a fish stitched on the brim. She opens the door to her Hapeville studio and reveals a small but mighty candle-making workshop. It’s another day at The ...

Inside Citizen Supply, a collection of artisan shops on the second floor of Ponce City Market, lives a new coffee shop and bar intended to spark a sense of community. The Upper Room, as it’s called, ...

The days are growing shorter and the nights settle in with an ever-sharpening chill, which can only mean that, once again, the most wonderful time of the year has arrived. And Atlantic Station, with ...

The Bakery Atlanta and Scraplanta Creative Reuse workshops offer quirky art projects, from decorating fake cakes to making over-the-top jewelry, to encourage Atlantans to get creative.

Handel’s Midtown features a walk-up window. “We make our ice cream fresh every day in each location,” says Handel’s regional manager Holly Fredrickson. The opening menu features flavors like ...

The historic seaport town teems with fetching storefronts and inviting eateries that beckon one to stroll, stop, and savor.