MORNINGSIDE — To celebrate Music Midtown this weekend, Piedmont Park-adjacent Varuni Napoli is offering up pizza-and-beer specials Friday and Saturday. For $20, patrons can enjoy one SweetWater draft beer and a specialty pizza, the Sweet Sorrento, which features buffalo mozzarella, two types of tomatoes, Italian parsley pesto, and pecorino Romano. Hours of operation The restaurant will be open Friday from 5:30 to 11 p.m. and Saturday from noon to midnight. [EaterWire]
VIRGINIA-HIGHLAND — D.B.A. Barbecue has added six beer taps dedicated to local brews, and the restaurant will host its Official Beer Program Relaunch Party this Wednesday, September 17. Chef/Partner Matt Coggin will also introduce the D.B.A. Barbecue #BrewTangClan, a group that will get together once a month, taste new local brews, and pick their favorites to be featured on the D.B.A. Barbecue taps. [EaterWire]
EAST ATLANTA — In its latest issue, Cooking Light Magazine honors Angus Brown and Nhan Le as trailblazing chefs with the Night Owl Eating Award for their late-night favorite, Octopus Bar. "Among the globally inspired food, there's a sumptuous take on a lobster roll, piled high with sweet lobster and enriched with a tomalley mayo that harks back to Brown's time spent in New England. It's a product of the duo's 'cooking what we feel like eating' approach." [Cooking Light]
