Food News – January 2017
Jazz up your private events with Southern Crust, the pizza catering truck that rolled into town this past November. A Charleston import, the truck is a retrofitted, vintage Chevy with a Mugnaini open-hearth pizza oven. Fire up your next party, corporate event or office gathering. southerncrustcatering.com
The Giving Kitchen, a nonprofit that provides crisis grants to those in the restaurant industry, hosts its fifth annual marquee fundraiser, Team Hidi, on Sunday, January 29. Expect to find more than 50 of Atlanta’s best restaurants, including Staplehouse and Taqueria del Sol, at its new venue, the Stave Room. Tickets are priced from $150. teamhidi.com
Amara opened in Inman Park in November. From the team behind Midtown’s Tabla, Bhavesh Patel helms the kitchen serving up classic American dishes with an Indian twist. Look for tasty items like hangar steak with jaggery- tamarind glaze and fries, paneer gnocchi with lemongrass and curry leaf, and roasted beet salad (shown below). amaraatlanta.com