Lazy Betty chefs Ron Hsu and Aaron Phillips debuted their latest establishment together at the end of 2021, a Vietnamese restaurant and bakery called Juniper Cafe. Located at Westside Village on Marietta Boulevard, expect pho, bún, bánh mì, Vietnamese sausages, summer rolls, and shaved ice desserts served here, kicking off in the mornings with fresh pastries and coffee. During the evening, the bar serves a range of cocktails using spirits like Japanese whisky, soju, and sake mixed with ingredients such as yuzu, green tea, and ginseng. Try the Thunder Punch made with Nikka Coffey vodka, St. Germain, hibiscus, and red dragon fruit spiced with saffron or the Sandbar Nap with rum and ginseng-infused soju. Covered patio seating available.

This mozzarella and salumi bar from chef Pat Pascarella took over the former Bocado space at the corner of Howell Mill and 8th Street. Head over after work for a happy hour of delightfully spritzy drinks or one of the bar’s original cocktails. Order a flight of mozzarella and charcuterie paired with focaccia for snacking. Staying for dinner? Share the sunchoke caponata layered with sultanas, capers, and tomatoes. Then, try one of Bastone’s hand-made pasta dishes, including the busiate pollo Genovese. Afterwards, sip an espresso martini with some dessert, like the cookies and milk blondie topped with brown butter ice cream and hazelnuts. Reservations for dinner highly encouraged. Outdoor and covered outdoor seating available.

Chef Nick Leahy is back with a new restaurant in Brookwood Hills, this time a casual spot called the Usual serving everything from burgers and hanger steak to seafood and dumplings and loaded French fries. Leahy tapped Nick’s Westside beverage director Matt Gibbons to create cocktails to pair with the food on the menu here. This includes classics like the Aviation, French 75, and Paper Plane, along with takes on the Hemingway daiquiri, a vodka spritz, and a lemongrass-infused gin cocktail with vermouth, aperitivo, and melon bitters.

Saints and Council is one of the latest restaurants to join the multi-million-dollar revamp of Midtown complex Colony Square. The restaurant uses custom digital technology which allows people to order and move around the dining room, bar, and patio without having to alert their server. By scanning codes throughout Saints and Council with a smartphone, staff are able to recognize where people are in the restaurant and deliver food and drinks to that precise location. Expect a Southern ham benedict, sweet and savory Dutch baby pancakes, and bruleed brioche French toast at breakfast, with soups, salads, burgers, and sandwiches at lunch. Dine on entrees like a glazed bone-in pork chop or cast iron-seared yellowfin tuna during dinner. As for cocktails, order the High Priest with tequila, miso, and smoked pear topped with lime tonic or the Venezuelan Old Fashioned with dark rum and banana and amontillado sherry syrup. Outdoor dining.

Sure, Rumi’s Kitchen isn’t new to the Atlanta dining scene, but when it opened a third location at Colony Square in Midtown this year, the owners tapped veteran Atlanta barman Julian Goglia to help consult on and create the cocktails for the menu. Expect takes on some of the restaurant’s most popular drinks as well as create new cocktails exclusive to the Midtown location infused with Persian flavors and ingredients. Reservations for dinner highly encouraged.

The award-winning restaurant on Edgewood Avenue transformed into a neighborhood market selling everything from artisan pantry ingredients and fresh-baked crackers, breads, and pastries, to chocolates, beer, and wine. But the market also serves cocktails. Grab a menu and order a cocktail and food from the daily menu board or create a charcuterie and cheese spread and head out to the covered or garden patios out back. Covered and non-covered patio seating available.

Backed by Tal Baum, the owner of Ponce City Market Italian restaurant and market Bellina Alimentari and Westside Provisions District restaurant Aziza, the bistro and bar at Atrium give off plush plush tropical vibes in both design and the food and drinks served here. Look for punches, original takes on the pina colada and martini, and classic cocktails, such as the brandy crusta, on the bar menu created by beverage director Demario Wallace. Reservations for dinner highly encouraged.

With renovations completed earlier this fall, West Coast-style cafe and bar Muchacho expanded into the former Golden Eagle space in Reynoldstown. Now, the once petite cafe features table seating for up to 50 people and a spacious bar, in addition to the sprawling patio along the Eastside Beltline. That revamp and expansion also includes a new food and drink menu, too. Look for margaritas, a white negroni, a classic paloma, and hat tips to tiki drinks, like the Finger Guns with white rum, spiced Casoni liqueur, and falernum. Patio seating available.

With a spacious outdoor patio off to the side of the Moreland Avenue restaurant, people can enjoy okonomiyaki, gyoza, karaage chicken, and the kombu burger with a few cocktails in the evening. Like the menu, drinks here lean into Japanese spirits, flavors, and ingredients. Try the Kyuri Daisy made with tequila, mezcal, curacao, lime, and pickled dashi or the Japanese gin and sake-based Kissy Suzuki with plum and vermouth. Japanese whisky lovers should order the Kohi Toki mixed with brandy, coffee liqueur, and cassis. Patio available.

Recently opened in the heart of Dunwoody Village, expect all manner of whiskey, mezcal, and gin cocktails at Barn: Booze and Bites. Here, folks have a choice between multiple seating options, including the indoor/outdoor bar, the dining room, a small covered patio, or in the courtyard out front, complete with fire pits. Pair cocktails with a variety of flatbreads, salty bar snacks and bites, like pigs in a blanket, and charcuterie and cheese boards. Outdoor seating available.

Seafood restaurant Boho 115 took over the former Square Pub space on Decatur Square this winter and transformed it into a breezy, multi-level spot for ceviches, fresh fish, Argentinian steak, and empanadas. Head here for a pisco sour, caipirinha, or classic daiquiri as well as fish camp punches, a take on the Tequila Sunrise, and even Fernet and Coke.