Olivia Wakim

June was a frenetic month for the metro Atlanta restaurant scene, driven in part by a flurry of downtown openings timed to the beginning of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Lawrenceville's Aurora Theatre has announced that co-founder and producing artistic director Ann-Carol Pence will retire after 30 years on Feb. 1, 2027.

Here are some iconic foods and businesses with Georgia connections that went on to influence American food as we know it.

Taste food from around the world at the Atlanta Summer Halal Food Festival, celebrate Georgia‘s official state fruit at Peachfest and check out a new wine bar pop-up from a local sommelier this week in metro Atlanta.

Stadium food is often something of a marvel of logistics, with its punchy flavors and the large, hungry crowds it must feed in a relatively short window of time.

Moments before Barnes & Noble's new Edgewood location opened to the public this past Wednesday, hundreds of people stretched along the building and wrapped around nearly to the neighboring Kroger's front door.

Head to Smorgasburg for an ice cream festival, get tickets to a dim sum rave at Minhwa Spirits and watch the 2026 FIFA World Cup semi-final at Monday Night Brewing.

Enzo Steakhouse & Bar, the popular Italian restaurant and steakhouse at Fayetteville’s Town at Trilith, will open its second location at the Epicurean Hotel in Midtown.

Georgia, meanwhile, continues to be largely spared from that great unpleasantness, and some metro Atlanta restaurants are reassuring customers about their locally sourced produce.

Georgia has been largely spared from cases of illness so far, though it is among 27 states where lettuce is being recalled.