Alma Cocina Buckhead prides itself on always changing menus to match the freshest and most desirable seasonal ingredients. Fall opens itself up to things like pumpkin, sweet potatoes, apples, pomegranates, pears, huitlacoche and more. One dish I’m excited about is our Pumpkin Chochoyotes with nixtamalized sweet potatoes, mushrooms, apples, cashew crema and huitlacoche sauce. This fully flavored vegan dish provides earthy, sweet and acidic notes. The mushrooms and huitlacoche provide the rich “meaty” flavor, whilst the other ingredients provide fun flavors and textures for your palate. There are so many unsung heroes right now and my gratitude goes to all of them. We aren’t front line heroes, but we are food heroes This time has really brought the front and back of the house management together, even more. There might be a time where a sous chef has to wash dishes for the night. Or a front of the house manager has to expo the line. We are not only doing what is expected of us but banding together to go above DETAILS: Restaurant: Alma Cocina Buckhead Phone: 404.873.4676 Website: Buckhead.Alma-Atlanta.com
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and beyond, for our guests. Fifth Group has always been exceptional with safety and it’s amazing to see their even greater commitment during this challenging time. I feel thankful to have such a great team by my side daily and I look forward to seeing more guests return to Alma Cocina Buckhead. Alma Cocina Buckhead is open for both dine-in and takeout with social distancing and enhanced safety measures in place. Open for lunch Wednesday through Saturday. Open for dinner Tuesday through Saturday. Closed Sunday and Monday. CityLifestyle.com/BuckHaven
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