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

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.
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Bone Lick BBQ
Beginning at noon, feast on Bone Lick's A Brunch Named Sue menu and specialty brunch cocktails.
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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.
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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.
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Highland Bakery
Pastries, breakfast and brunch items, and plenty of coffee. There are worse ways to cure a hangover.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Tap: A Gastropub
Tap is serving up its brunch staples from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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The Brasserie & Neighborhood Cafe at Parish
Chef Zeb Stevenson's brunch begins at 10 a.m.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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