A two-story glass-walled space with skyline views, the midtown bistro Olmstead opened in September. The menu offers daily fresh-caught fish and upscale takes on classic sandwiches. Options for private and semiprivate events include audiovisual and branding capabilities, with seating for as many as 350.
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Top Chef All-Stars winner Richard Blais’s new eatery the Spence opened in May, serving a daily changing, seasonal menu. Lacquered white brick, navy repurposed wood, and zinc and pine tabletops fill the space. Several communal tables are designated for groups; the entire dining room is available for buyout.
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Downtown spot White Oak Kitchen and Cocktails opened in July with Southern cuisine and a distillery-inspired decor. The Distillery dining room, designed to resemble the inside of a whiskey barrel, has burnt cedar plank walls and mahogany beamed ceilings. It seats 80. Two smaller rooms seat 30 each; a reception area holds 100.
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Breezy west midtown seafood restaurant the Optimist opened in May, with a brick-lined dining room and full-length windows. The adjacent oyster bar offers an array of bivalves prepared in a wood-fired oven; a light-filled private room seats 60.
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Open in South Buckhead since January 2012, Fig Jam Kitchen and Bar serves a modern American menu. The restaurant’s focal point is a glass case displaying cured meats; a private dining room is available.
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Opened in January 2012, Cardamom Hill in west midtown has a menu focused on the relatively unknown cuisine of southern India’s Kerala region. The main dining room seats 48; there is also a 12-seat private dining area.
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The sleek, two-story STK steak house opened in December 2011. Leather banquettes, dramatic lighting, a black granite bar, and a DJ booth accent the 200-seat dining room, which is available for buyouts. Two private rooms seat 15 and 30 or can be combined to seat 70.
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Open in midtown since July, seafood restaurant Lure is set in a 1920s-era bungalow. A private dining room seats 55, and a patio seats 60. The entire restaurant space is available for buyout and seats as many as 170.
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