Comfort food restaurant Blue Ribbon Grill has reopened at a new location in the Embry Hills neighborhood. The team behind the eatery also opened European concept Jenovelle next door.
Blue Ribbon Grill had operated on Lavista Road in Tucker since 1985. The most recent owners, husband and wife Eric and Jennifer Greene, purchased the restaurant in 2021, but decided earlier this year to relocate after the rent was increased.
They found a new home for Blue Ribbon Grill at 3352-C Chamblee Tucker Road in the North Hills Shopping Center, and the Greenes decided to open Jenovelle next door with a breakfast and lunch menu of Eastern and Western European foods.
Blue Ribbon’s updated design pays homage to the restaurant’s opening year with photos of the top movie and album from ‘85, a framed photo of cassette tapes and VHS, and Blue Ribbon memorabilia.
The Greenes kept the dinner menu the same, but pared down the brunch and breakfast offerings. Expect comfort food like meatloaf, chicken pot pie, chicken fried steak, a patty melt and burgers. Alcohol will be served in the coming weeks once the restaurant gets its liquor license, Greene said.
Jenovelle is styled after an outdoor European market with flower boxes, European art and a gift shop. The breakfast and lunch menus feature food from around Europe including chamomile French toast, a pot of breakfast tea served with a croissant, a Scotch egg, Hungarian goulash, bangers and mash and Albanian rice balls.
In the evening, Jenovelle offers macarons, pastries and desserts as well as gifts.
Jenovelle and Blue Ribbon Grill are open 8 a.m.-2 p.m. and 4-10 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays; 8 a.m.-2 p.m. and 4-11 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays; and 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Sundays.
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Pour Taproom has closed its location at 2 Interlock Ave. NW in the Interlock development in west Midtown. SteveJosovitz of the Schumacher Group, who listed the business for sale, confirmed the closure.
The Charleston, South Carolina-based self-serve beer concept has two remaining locations in Atlanta, on the Eastside Beltline and at 1180 Peachtree St. NE in Midtown.
The chain also has locations in New York, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Tennessee.
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PS ATL has debuted a new kitchen at PS, the private luxury terminal for commercial flights that opened at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in 2023. Led by PS executive chef Matt Roman and chef de cuisine Morgan, the kitchen offers dishes including the PS Burger and wings tossed in Georgia peach and habanero buffalo sauce. The menus will change seasonally.
PS ATL will also source products locally from businesses including Brash Coffee Roasters, Georgia Sourdough Co. and Georgia Grinders.
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Bookhouse Pub has closed at 736 Ponce de Leon Ave. after more than 15 years. Read more about the bar and restaurant and its closure here.
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Cocktail bar By Weight and Measure has closed in the Collective at Coda food hall in Midtown, according to a post on Instagram.
Ian Carlson, formerly of Joystick Gamebar and Georgia Beer Garden, opened the bar in 2022 with a menu of cocktails, slushies, alcohol-free concoctions, beer and wine.
Weight and Measure is one of several recent closures in the Collective food hall. Smoq’n Hot Grill closed in March, and Hector Santiago’s El Burro Pollo closed in June. Remaining tenants include Aviva by Kameel, Poke Burri, Humble Mumble and Bro-Ritos, which took over the El Burro Pollo space last month.
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Cultivate Food + Coffee is set to close its original location at 1952 Howell Mill Road NW on Dec. 22, according to a post on Instagram.
The cafe, from the team behind Cafe at Pharr, opened in 2019 with a coffee program and breakfast, lunch and weekend brunch.
Cultivate locations at Battery Atlanta and Citizens Market food hall at Phipps Plaza remain open.
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Moonbird Coffee will close its location inside Southbound restaurant at 5394 Peachtree Road in Chamblee by the end of the year, according to a post on Instagram.
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Ruby’s Sourdough Pizza has opened at 1625 Roswell St. SE in Smyrna, Marietta Daily Journal reports. The eatery, from Chris Rimby, offers a selection of red and white pies, including the Mexican white pizza with mozzarella, Mexican chorizo and red onion and the Roundabout with crushed tomato sauce, mozzarella, meatball, sausage, pepperoni, cremini mushroom, sweet pepper, cherry tomatoes and red onion.
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Chef Pat Pascarella’s Italian restaurant Grana has open its third location at 1035 Alpharetta St. in Roswell, Rough Draft Atlanta reports. The eatery joins Grana locations in Piedmont Heights and Dunwoody. Pascarella also owns White Bull in Decatur, Bastone in west Midtown and Alici in Midtown.
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