Atlanta Food & Wine Fest returns May 30 to June 1

The annual Atlanta Food & Wine Festival returns for its ninth year from May 30 to June 2 with the theme “Off the Eaten Path.”

While classes will remain at the Loews Atlanta Hotel, the Tasting Tents have found a new home in Historic Fourth Ward Park along the Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail.

Attendees can expect dozens of rotating chefs, sommeliers, mixologists and vendors daily, live music, wine popup stations and a Cocktail Garden. The Tasting Tents will once again take place Friday and Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoon.

To check out the various ticket packages and the full schedule, visit atlfoodandwinefestival.com.

Cold Brew Bar first tenant to open at Atlanta Dairies

Dairies Coffeehouse & Cold Brew Bar is the first tenant to open at the Atlanta Dairies development at 777 Memorial Drive.

Owned by Michael Jones, the 14-tap cold brew bar will feature rotating specials and custom beverage blends. The coffeehouse will also offer large selection of one-of-a-kind spins on classic beverages like handcrafted “mocktails,” milkshakes and frappes.

Executive Chef Bill Hogan has created a menu of “clean eating options” for breakfast, lunch and dinner for the coffeehouse café. From matcha smoothie bowls and oolong tea smoked salmon with créme fraîche to a curry kale bowl with tri-color quinoa and Korean pork sliders, the menu will offer diners extensive options.

Coffeehouse hours are Sunday through Thursday from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Friday through Saturday from 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Find out more at coldbrewbar.com. Jones plans to open a second outpost of Cold Brew Bar at the CODA building in Midtown in the near future.