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STORY: Jennifer Bradley Franklin
PHOTOS: Erik Meadows
any of the best
The boxy building’s exterior still
meals are an
bears shades of its former incarna-
escape, a getaway.
tion as a Wingate by Wyndham hotel,
While it’s not
but the similarities end there. The
always easy to hop on a plane, fortu-
102-room property underwent a
nately for Atlanta residents, it’s simple
three-year, $15 million renovation,
enough to find bites that both awaken
opening three and a half years
our wanderlust and satisfy our desire
ago. Now, the hotel is festooned
for something beyond the ordinary.
with exuberant color, vibrant art
I found such a spot at Fia, the restau-
and antiques and decor items that
rant tucked inside The Burgess Hotel.
feel collected from the world over.
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