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Where to Cure Your Hangover on New Year's Day in Atlanta

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January 1: It's a date associated with new beginnings, resolutions, and head-throbbing hangovers. For those who fail to practice moderation on December 31, the first order of business in the new year is a hearty meal. Below, find 18 options for remedying the first cocktail flu of 2015.

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Across the Street

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Across the Street is doing a traditional New Orleans Reveillon meal from noon to 6 p.m. Look for black-eyed peas and collard greens, mimosas, and Bloody Marys.

Bone Lick BBQ

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Beginning at noon, feast on Bone Lick's A Brunch Named Sue menu and specialty brunch cocktails.

Cook Hall

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From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., recover from NYE festivities at Cook Hall's Rehab Brunch. There will be $5 mimosas and Bloody Marys along with the traditional Cook Hall a la carte brunch menu.

Del Frisco's Grille

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Beginning at 11 a.m., dine on a brunch menu that features red velvet Belgian waffles, crab cake benedict, and chicken-fried steak and eggs.

Highland Bakery

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Pastries, breakfast and brunch items, and plenty of coffee. There are worse ways to cure a hangover.

Home Grown

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The comfy chicken biscuit: fried chicken on a buttermilk biscuit, smothered in spicy sawmill gravy. If that won't cure your hangover, nothing will.

Illegal Food

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The restaurant isn't open yet, but it's hosting a whole-hog roast with a pig from Heritage Farms in North Carolina. For $35, dine on a half-pound portion of pork, PBR-spiked collard greens, mac and cheese, black-eyed peas, and cornbread with whipped honey butter. The fun begins at noon. Make reservations by emailing info@illegalfoodatlanta.com.

Ladybird Grove & Mess Hall

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Beginning at noon, the BeltLine-adjacent restaurant is hosting an outdoor-oriented day of activities that will include $12 fried chicken plates with black-eyed peas, collard greens, and mac & cheese; an $8 bloody mary bar; and a few bluegrass bands. Guests are encouraged to bring their dogs to the outdoor activities.

If seafood is your preferred comfort cuisine, Lure is there with pan-fried sole, fish stew, and fried North Carolina catfish, among other dishes. The restaurant opens at 11 a.m.

MAX’s Wine Dive

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Enjoy a traditional Southern New Year’s Day meal complete with black-eyed peas, roasted pork, and collard greens. Make reservations by calling (404) 249-0445.

Murphy's

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From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Murphy's is serving its signature brunch, plus cocktails like mimosas, bellinis, and Bloody Marys.

Tap: A Gastropub

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Tap is serving up its brunch staples from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Brasserie & Neighborhood Cafe at Parish

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Chef Zeb Stevenson's brunch begins at 10 a.m.

The Cafe at The Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead

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The Ritz is a good choice for early risers. From 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., look for fruit juice, coffee, hot tea, morning pastries, and Eggs Benedict.

The Colonnade Restaurant

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Get your soul food staples from noon to 9 p.m. And since The Colonnade now accepts credit cards, you don't have to worry about swinging by the ATM.

The General Muir

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From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the upscale deli is offering its brunch menu, which includes bagel platters, smoked pastrami hash, a pastrami-and-egg sandwich, and pecan-crusted French toast, among others.

Thumbs Up Diner

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With locations in Douglasville, Decatur, East Point, Old Fourth Ward, Roswell, and Westside, Thumbs Up's iconic breakfast is available to diners all over the metro area.

West Egg Cafe

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From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., West Egg is serving its popular brunch menu. Banana bread French toast, please.

Across the Street

Across the Street is doing a traditional New Orleans Reveillon meal from noon to 6 p.m. Look for black-eyed peas and collard greens, mimosas, and Bloody Marys.

Bone Lick BBQ

Beginning at noon, feast on Bone Lick's A Brunch Named Sue menu and specialty brunch cocktails.

Cook Hall

From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., recover from NYE festivities at Cook Hall's Rehab Brunch. There will be $5 mimosas and Bloody Marys along with the traditional Cook Hall a la carte brunch menu.

Del Frisco's Grille

Beginning at 11 a.m., dine on a brunch menu that features red velvet Belgian waffles, crab cake benedict, and chicken-fried steak and eggs.

Highland Bakery

Pastries, breakfast and brunch items, and plenty of coffee. There are worse ways to cure a hangover.

Home Grown

The comfy chicken biscuit: fried chicken on a buttermilk biscuit, smothered in spicy sawmill gravy. If that won't cure your hangover, nothing will.

Illegal Food

The restaurant isn't open yet, but it's hosting a whole-hog roast with a pig from Heritage Farms in North Carolina. For $35, dine on a half-pound portion of pork, PBR-spiked collard greens, mac and cheese, black-eyed peas, and cornbread with whipped honey butter. The fun begins at noon. Make reservations by emailing info@illegalfoodatlanta.com.

Ladybird Grove & Mess Hall

Beginning at noon, the BeltLine-adjacent restaurant is hosting an outdoor-oriented day of activities that will include $12 fried chicken plates with black-eyed peas, collard greens, and mac & cheese; an $8 bloody mary bar; and a few bluegrass bands. Guests are encouraged to bring their dogs to the outdoor activities.

Lure

If seafood is your preferred comfort cuisine, Lure is there with pan-fried sole, fish stew, and fried North Carolina catfish, among other dishes. The restaurant opens at 11 a.m.

MAX’s Wine Dive

Enjoy a traditional Southern New Year’s Day meal complete with black-eyed peas, roasted pork, and collard greens. Make reservations by calling (404) 249-0445.

Murphy's

From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Murphy's is serving its signature brunch, plus cocktails like mimosas, bellinis, and Bloody Marys.

Tap: A Gastropub

Tap is serving up its brunch staples from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Brasserie & Neighborhood Cafe at Parish

Chef Zeb Stevenson's brunch begins at 10 a.m.

The Cafe at The Ritz-Carlton, Buckhead

The Ritz is a good choice for early risers. From 6:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., look for fruit juice, coffee, hot tea, morning pastries, and Eggs Benedict.

The Colonnade Restaurant

Get your soul food staples from noon to 9 p.m. And since The Colonnade now accepts credit cards, you don't have to worry about swinging by the ATM.

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The General Muir

From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the upscale deli is offering its brunch menu, which includes bagel platters, smoked pastrami hash, a pastrami-and-egg sandwich, and pecan-crusted French toast, among others.

Thumbs Up Diner

With locations in Douglasville, Decatur, East Point, Old Fourth Ward, Roswell, and Westside, Thumbs Up's iconic breakfast is available to diners all over the metro area.

West Egg Cafe

From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., West Egg is serving its popular brunch menu. Banana bread French toast, please.

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