Find upcoming food-focused things to do in metro Atlanta, including a week of Vidalia onion restaurant dishes, a block party combining barbecue and Baja-style cuisine and a food festival at Sweet Auburn Barbecue celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
Credit: Courtesy of Shuman Farms
Credit: Courtesy of Shuman Farms
RealSweet Vidalia Onion Restaurant Week
Shuman Farms is bringing back its fourth RealSweet Vidalia Onion Restaurant Week, a celebration of Georgia’s beloved Vidalia onion. Shuman Farms, a sweet onion grower in Southeast Georgia, will partner with restaurants in Atlanta, Athens, Macon, Savannah, Columbus and St. Simons Island for a week of special dishes highlighting their Vidalia onions, according to a news release.
Participating Atlanta restaurants include Stable Comfort Food & Cocktails with a Southern lazy Susan appetizer plate and a grilled New York strip steak with Vidalia onions and mushrooms; Murphy’s with Vidalia onion soup and caramelized onion flatbread; Evergreen Butcher & Baker with a Vidalia onion dip Danish; Minhwa Spirits with a caramelized Vidalia onion patty melt and cocktail with allium syrup; Table & Main with a wood roasted Vidalia onion gratin; and the Woodall with a Vidalia onion tart.
Vidalia onions are a sweeter and milder-tasting variety of onion that grow exclusively in Southeast Georgia.
May 15-24. Multiple locations. shumanfarmsga.com/restaurant-week
Smoke & Spice Block Party
Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q and Chicheria Mexican Kitchen will hold a Smoke & Spice Block Party at the Works development in west Midtown. The party will blend Southern barbecue and Baja-inspired dishes, according to a news release. Tickets include unlimited food, two drink tickets and live music.
There will be four food stations with smoked meats and coastal Mexican dishes and dessert stations.
2-6 p.m. May 16. $60 per person. 202 Chattahoochee Row, Atlanta. chicheriamx.com/smokeandspice
Credit: Courtesy of Peter Ho
Credit: Courtesy of Peter Ho
Good Luck Smoke Show
Head to Sweet Auburn Barbecue on Wednesday, May 20, for a celebration timed with AAPI Heritage Month that will feature more than 15 chefs from Atlanta and beyond, according to a news release.
The event will feature chef‘s tasting stations, cocktails from Doraville distillery Minhwa Spirits, beer and wine, lion dancers, live music and local artists. A portion of proceeds benefits We Love Buford Highway, a nonprofit that supports small businesses along Buford Highway and aims to preserve its culture.
The chef lineup includes Eric Huang of Pecking House in New York, Vish Mayekar of Elem in Vancouver, British Columbia, Ron Hsu of Lazy Betty, Howard Hsu of Sweet Auburn Barbecue, Brian So of Spring, Viv Lee of Leftie Lee’s, Jay Patel of Dhaba BBQ, Pete Amadhanirundr of Puma Yu’s in Athens, Parnass Savang of Talat Market and the team behind Gula Indonesian Desserts.
“Food has always been how we tell our story,” Howard Hsu said in a prepared statement. “For a lot of us, it’s tied to family, culture and where we come from, but it’s also about where we are now. Good Luck Smoke Show is about bringing those voices together, chefs cooking from experience, not expectation, and giving them a place to share that in Atlanta.”
5-9 p.m. May 20. $85-$115 per person. 656 N. Highland Ave. NE, Atlanta. sweetauburnbbq.com/events-1/good-luck-smoke-show
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