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Iconic Little Five Points Dive Bar Euclid Avenue Yacht Club Reopens

The bar reopened earlier in June after closing for more than a year and changing ownership. Plus, more Atlanta restaurant news to know

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Beth McKibben is the editor and staff reporter for Eater Atlanta and has been covering food and cocktails locally and regionally for 12 years.

LITTLE FIVE POINTS — Iconic dive bar Euclid Avenue Yacht Club reopened earlier in June after closing for more than a year due to the pandemic. Former owner Donald “Hippie” Hinamon sold the business to Manuel “Manny” Maloof last fall, who owns Grant Park bar Manny’s. Prior to the health crisis, Hinamon and Maloof had been discussing a possible deal with Maloof becoming a major investor in the bar.

It appears not much has changed in terms of the Yacht Club’s layout or decor. Maloof made a few necessary updates to the bar’s plumbing, grease traps, and toilets in the restrooms to make those Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant. Some new dishes may also be added to the menu. Hinamon opened the Yacht Club in 1987 inside a former jewelry store along Euclid Avenue. Over the years, the bar has built up a very loyal band of regulars who come to shoot the breeze over cheap canned beer or dive bar classics like $5 hurricanes. [Instagram/EATL]

VIRGINIA-HIGHLAND — A location of Atlanta-based Morelli’s Ice Cream opened next to Taco Mac on North Highland Avenue. Morelli’s first opened its Ormewood Park shop in 2008, and has since opened locations around Atlanta and at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. There’s now an ice cream stall at the new northwest Atlanta food hall Chattahoochee Food Works. [Official]

ALPHARETTA — A third location of Malaysian street food restaurant Food Terminal, owned by the family behind Sweet Hut Bakery, opens early next year in the former Fuddruckers space on North Point Parkway, What Now Atlanta reports. First opened in 2017 on Buford Highway in Chamblee, a second location opened in 2019 along the Marietta Street Artery in Atlanta. [WNA]

PONCEY-HIGHLANDIlluminarium, the walk-through, virtual reality experience exploring the African continent, opens July 1 on Somerset Terrace off of the Eastside Beltline trail. In addition to the exhibits, Illuminarium also features a bar serving cocktails, beer, and wine and tapas and an all-day, full-service cafe offering salads, flatbreads, rice bowls, paninis, and burgers. [Official]

MERCEDES-BENZ STADIUM — A location of PITA Mediterranean Street Food is now open on the 100 level near section 120 of the stadium. The restaurant includes multiple locations throughout metro Atlanta. [Official]

Chattahoochee Food Works

1235 Chattahoochee Avenue Northwest, , GA 30318 Visit Website

Sweet Hut Bakery & Cafe

5150 Buford Highway, Suite A-100, Doraville, GA 30340 (470) 545-2585 Visit Website

Food Terminal

1000 Marietta Street NorthWest, , GA 30318 (404) 500-2695 Visit Website

Taco Mac

1006 North Highland Avenue Northeast, , GA 30306 (404) 873-6529 Visit Website

Sweet Hut Bakery Cafe

5150 Buford Highway Northeast, , GA 30340 (470) 545-2585 Visit Website

Euclid Avenue Yacht Club

1136 Euclid Avenue Northeast, , GA 30307 (678) 973-0427 Visit Website