SocialBites Food Hub Opens in Sandy Springs and More Atlanta Restaurant News

SocialBites will also offer a separate Shareables menu with options to share with groups, including family-sized nachos, Nashville Hot Chicken Cauliflower Bites and queso fries.

Customers can order food from all four concepts at a single register or at individual kiosks. Once the order is placed, the food will be delivered to customers at their table.

On the second floor, guests will find BarSocial, a full bar featuring craft cocktails, wine, beer, alcoholic shakes and mocktails. The space will feature plush, lounge-style seating and can also be transformed into a private event space with a separate entrance and covered outdoor patio.

All concepts are part of the Experiental Brands portfolio, founded by Aziz Hashim. Original Hot Chicken and INKED Tacos both opened on Roswell Road last summer.

SocialBites will also feature giant versions of classic games like Connect 4, thought bubbles on the walls with letters available for people to create their own messages, quiz nights, bingo and live music. The interior will include two big screens showing major sporting events and three terraces, two on the ground floor and one upstairs at BarSocial.

The front patio will feature grass, Adirondack-style chairs and a cornhole board, while the BarSocial patio will feature live music along with their libations.

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Credit: Courtesy of Pachengo’s

Credit: Courtesy of Pachengo’s

Pachengo Mexican Restaurant has closed its doors in the Buckhead Village neighborhood, Rough Draft Atlanta reports. The restaurant opened less than a year ago at 3059 Peachtree Road NE, taking over the space vacated by wine bar Storico Vino.

Pachengo’s was born out of Pietro Gianni and Stephen Peterson, who owned Storico Vino and also operated Storico Fresco in Buckhead, Forza Storico in West Midtown and Yeppa & Co. and Dryver Bar in the Buckhead Village development.

Developed by husband-and-wife chefs Omar and Guadalupe Santamaria, originally from Mexico City, the Pachengo menu features dishes like queso con chorizo, enchiladas suizas, mole, tacos and tostadas, as well as a selection of avocado dips.

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Jamaican Coffee Sangster Cafe opened last month at 4460 Marietta St. in downtown Powder Springs, the Marietta Daily Journal reports.

Owners Bindley and Melissa Sangster roast and serve coffee from their family farm in Jamaica’s Blue Mountains. The café also features products from Douceur de France, which also has locations in Marietta and Roswell, as well as beef patties from Royal Caribbean Bakery in Stone Mountain.

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Long-standing bakery and cafe in Atlanta Henri Bakery and Delicatessen acquired Smyrna Wholesale and Retail Bakery Grateful Bread Co., What Now Atlanta reports. Henri’s Bakery & Deli has five locations in Buckhead, Sandy Springs, Upper Westside, Brookhaven and Peachtree Corners.

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Liquid nitrogen ice cream shop N7 Kream Laboratory opened last week at 121 Center St. in Avondale Estates after closing its Ellenwood location, Decaturish reports. Owner Kelli Bain, also a professor and chemist, incorporates science into the store’s theme.

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Moreau’s famous macaroni, The company, which has locations in McDonough and Jonesboro, is expected to open a location at 3861 Washington Road in East Point, What Now Atlanta reports. Another location in Covington is also in the works.

More restaurant news of the week

Pub @ EAV to open in former Elder Tree space

Sidetracked Wine Co. opens in Chamblee

El Gordo Opens in Uptown Atlanta Development

Emerald City Bagels Opens on the Eastside Beltline

BEY Mediterranean Kitchen & Bar Opens in Roswell

Barista & Baker to open this month in Lawrenceville

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