Quick Bites for April 10: Restaurant closures, rebrands, and new Atlanta chef cookbook

THERE a bar eatery closed at Town Brookhaven Via THERE Facebook Restaurant ClosuresAfter years at Town Brookhaven owner Bill Brown communicated over the weekend that he was closing THERE a bar and eatery Brown could not reach a lease agreement with the current landlord The lease expired on March A chill neighborhood spot across the street from Costco THERE served a robust menu of pub classics bar bites and weekly entree specials But the cocktails whipped up by Brown often stole the show here Speaking of closures Slutty Vegan in Duluth just now shuttered as part of a restructuring of the Atlanta-based vegan restaurant chain owned by Pinky Cole Satellite locations also in the past few days closed at Georgia Tech and Spelman Cole briefly lost control of her company after a rocky telling People magazine I was chasing something that I couldn t catch for so plenty of reasons and that she wasn t the operational person but learned that as a business owner You can never take your hands off the wheel Read more from People here For the local angle read this story from the AJC s UATL company here paywall NaanStop in Buckhead closed after years on Piedmont Road Arrangement Shifts RebrandsMichelin-starred Staplehouse on Edgewood Avenue will transition back to a full-time area and counter-service restaurant starting May Hours will also expand to Thursday through Sunday with food and drinks served until p m Thursday and Sunday and until p m Friday and Saturday The tasting menu will no longer be offered in the evenings after May Instead people will find Chef Ryan Smith and his company serving its Michelin-rated tasting menu at the new Uberto restaurant opening later this month as part of the new luxury guest ranch Quercus in Gay GA Prefecture Japanese Steakhouse on Peachtree Road in Buckhead will rebrand to NoriFish Sushi and Izakaya on April Owner and chef Sean Park publicized the transition in a press release He owns both Prefecture and NoriFish in Sandy Springs Starting April expect hand rolls and izakaya-style dishes on the menu in Buckhead We listened to our clientele as they expressed their desire to enjoy NoriFish closer to where a multitude of reside Park disclosed in a report We are excited to not only bring and serve the same delicious dishes that our guests have come to love from NoriFish Sandy Springs but to add and offer favorite small plates from Prefecture Coming AttractionsHealth-driven restaurant STAXX will open as a food stall at Switchman Hall at Terminal South in Peoplestown this summer Open for breakfast lunch and dinner STAXX will feature a walk-up window accessible from the patio New CookbookSouthern National chef and standup comedian Duane Nutter just circulated his first cookbook Called Cutting Up in the Kitchen the cookbook features Nutter s favorite recipes stories from the kitchen and of subject his best one-liners The post Quick Bites for April Restaurant closures rebrands and new Atlanta chef cookbook appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta