Deborah VanTrece (Twisted Soul Cookhouse and Pours) just opened her second restaurant in Cascade Heights, a Latin soul food spot called Serenidad. Located just steps from her other restaurant Oreatha’s in the neighborhood, Serenidad channels the soulful cooking roots of the Caribbean and Latin America, including dishes styled after those found in countries like Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and Brazil. VanTrece’s daughter, Kursten Berry, serves as beverage director and creates cocktails for the restaurant using tequila, mezcal, cachaça, and pisco. (Think cocktails like the Salud Peru with pisco, raspberry, lemon, orange blossom, and egg white.)

Chef Santiago Gomez opened his vibey Mexican supper club and rooftop lounge Palo Santo in September. It’s where Mexican, Japanese, and Southern flavors and dishes merge together on the menu. And this includes cocktails from the bar like tepache milk punch with mezcal, tepache, pineapple, lime, and whole milk clarification and the Santo Carajillo with Licor 43, banana du brésil, and espresso. Head upstairs to the rooftop lounge for even more drinks and vibes, and a great view of the emerging skyline along Atlanta’s burgeoning westside.

Billed as an Atlanta version of a “21st-century diner”, Roshambo serves everything from fried chicken and fried bologna sandwiches to chicken pot pies and oysters Rockefeller and blackened redfish Pontchartrain with cheddar grit cakes. Eggs benedict and omelettes are also offered all day long. Seeking cocktails? Head straight to the bar for solid takes on classics like the Aviation, Manhattan, and Hemingway daiquiri or a Poinsettia during brunch. Order pitchers of martinis served wet, dirty, or dry to share.

Laotian pop-up So So Fed is one of three pop-ups now in residence at Full Commission, joining Polish pop-up Brave Wojtek and Taiwanese-American pop-up Mighty Hans at the Grant Park restaurant. So So Fed serves dinner Sunday through Tuesday, offering dishes like Hat Yai fried chicken, lemongrass pork ribs, and chicken heart laab on the menu. For those looking to wet their whistles with a cocktail, expect drinks like Bitter Melon Punch, Papaya Mountain Mint Shrub Royale, and a chrysanthemum martini from former 8ARM general manager and bartender Joshua Fryer.

This dark (emphasis on dark) and cozy cocktail lounge resides above Ladybird on the Eastside Beltline, and like its sister establishment carries a national parks theme in both its design and in its drinks. Expect cocktails inspired by a variety of recognizable American landmarks and natural wonders, like an herbaceous take on the gimlet called the El Capitan, dedicated to the vertical rock formation in Yosemite National Park, made with sage and cardamon-infused gin. There’s the Kalalau, a nod to the Kalalau trail along Nā Pali Coast on Kauai. This savory spin on the piña colada sees an herby blend of five spices infusing cachaca, which is then mixed with falernum and spearmint and aloe liqueur. The Thunderbolt on the menu is based on a Charles H. Baker cocktail and is akin to a peach julep, complete with pebbled ice. Sporting a record collection of over 300 vinyls, ranging from Aretha Franklin and Elvis to Muddy Waters and the Rolling Stones, you’ll likely need a reservation to get in here for now. Upon arrival, just head to the host stand in the back of Ladybird to check in and someone will lead you up to Ranger Station via a hidden staircase. Reservations highly encouraged.

Chef Arnaldo Castillo finally opened this Peruvian restaurant in Poncey-Highland after running his pop-up La Chingana for over a year. Partnering with Atlanta restaurateur Howard Hsu of neighboring Sweet Auburn BBQ. Tio Lucho’s is an ode to Castillo’s father, who was known for his ceviches. The restaurant bears his father’s affectionate nickname (Tio Lucho or “Uncle Luis”), given to him while working in Peruvian restaurants throughout Atlanta. The menu blends Peruvian techniques and recipes with Southern ingredients and leans into coastal Peruvian seafood dishes like tiradito (similar to sashimi) and a few favorites from La Chingana. As with the food, expect cocktails inspired by Peruvian flavors and traditional drinks, like the chilcano, a cross between a Peruvian pisco sour and a Moscow mule. There’s also Spanish and Latin American wines available by the glass and bottle.

This Floribian (Floridan and Caribbean) restaurant and rum bar opened over the summer, taking over a 1950s-era commercial building along Moreland Avenue. Dine on guava barbecue ribs, plates of jerk chicken, rice and beans, and handmade empanadas paired with rum cocktails like the Mai Tai and Hurricane. The bar also features over 30 rums to try.

At its second location, Fishmonger not only adds more seating and an oyster bar to the mix, but it also features cocktails perfect for pairing with the fresh seafood dishes, crudos, and fish sandwiches served here. Caleb Grubb, who worked behind the bar at 8ARM, steps up as beverage director for the Pratt Pullman location and is slinging cocktails like a painkiller spiced with saffron. By the way, even Obama knows where the best new fish spot is in Atlanta, and what to order: the blackened grouper.

As much as chef Mel Toledo’s restaurant is known for its food, Foundation Social Eatery is equally known for its cocktails, especially takes on the classics. Look for drinks like the Ghosted made with bourbon, lemon and a float of cabernet sauvignon. It’s a spin on a whiskey sour using a technique to create clarified milk punches. The London dry gin-based Little R&R is a play on the Clover Club featuring raspberry syrup mixed with rosemary, dry vermouth, and lemon loomy (dried limes). Like the boozy cocktails on the menu, non-alcoholic options aren’t an afterthought, including drinks like the Grey made with Earl Grey tea mixed with oleo saccharum, egg white, tonic, and thyme.