HOT HOT HEAT— ICYMI, East Atlanta Vietnamese restaurant So Ba makes Eater National's list of the 14 hottest ramen shops in the country right now. So Ba just started selling lunchtime-only ramen in a program spearheaded by Mihoko Obunai. [-EN-]
BOOK CLUB— This is pretty cool: The book of short stories that Curbed Atlanta editor, Josh Green, published this year made Creative Loafing's Best of ATL list. It's the "best book by a local author." [CL]
OLD FOURTH WARD— Bantam Pub is now open for lunch starting at 11:30 daily. Find out more on Facebook. [Eaterwire]