Restaurants & Bars
Howdy ATL Biscuit Cafe On The Way Across From Zoo Atlanta
Grant Park restaurant owner Boyd Baker is working to open his Howdy ATL Biscuit Cafe on Cherokee Avenue by "early 2022," he says.
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ATLANTA, GA — A new culinary attraction is coming soon to the Grant Park neighborhood just in time for spring.
Howdy ATL Biscuit Cafe will soon open across the street from Zoo Atlanta, offering handmade biscuits, sweet treats like empanadas, scones, or brownies, “plant-slant” lunch items and coffee.
The location at 753A Cherokee Avenue has been opened before as a breakfast spot and bakery location, so the clientele is already in place to serve.
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In a video posted to his restaurant’s social media account, owner Body Baker ruminated on the folksy name for his forthcoming eatery.
“Howdy, biscuit heads,” he greeted viewers. “It’s a silly name, I know. But … I’m silly.”
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When will the eatery be open? That’s another question altogether.
“My goal was to be open by March 1,” Baker said on his website. “But city permitting and lots of other pieces of the puzzle are behind schedule. For now, we’ll say early 2022.”
He said he working to complete construction and painting in the space where he has now also added a walk-up window for parents with strollers and pedestrian traffic.
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