Mi Barrio Vacation; Low Country Monday at Ink & Elm

EMORY VILLAGE— Stop by Ink & Elm every Monday night for Low Country Mondays, a weekly special with a menu offering "modern takes on low country classics" including okra gumbo, rabbit boudin, rotating cocktail and beer specials, and much more. Here's the menu. [EaterWire]

GRANT PARK— Memorial Drive Mexican restaurant Mi Barrio has closed for its annual vacation and will reopen in the new year. [EaterWire]

ARBITRARY LISTICLES— Thrillist names its 33 top nationwide restaurant openings of the year. Ford Fry's Buckhead restaurant King + Duke makes the list for having "bad-ass chefs" plus "simple, comforting, fire-kissed cuisine and spot-on cocktails." [Thrillist]