5 editor picks in Atlanta.
5 seafood places in Atlanta we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Atlanta | Seafood across every city.
Atlanta sits far from the coast, but its seafood rooms make the most of Gulf and Atlantic supply lines. The Optimist in West Midtown, on Howell Mill Road, is the flagship, an airy oyster house and fish kitchen, while Kimball House in Decatur pairs a deep raw bar with its cocktail program.
Ford Fry's Howell Mill Road seafood room in Atlanta opened 2012 in an old smokehouse, with a raw bar and wood-grill anchoring West Midtown dining.
OrderOysters and the wood-grilled fish of the day.
TipThe oyster bar takes walk-ins; the dining room reserves on Resy. The takeaway window does lobster rolls and chowder.
Kimball House in Decatur, Atlanta opened 2013 inside a converted 19th-century train station, with the city's deepest oyster selection and a James Beard.
OrderTwo dozen oysters and the absinthe drip service.
TipReservations on Resy; the bar takes walk-ins until late. Sunday Happy Hour 17:00-18:30 is the under-the-radar bargain.
Hugo's Oyster Bar in Roswell, north of Atlanta, runs a daily oyster selection, raw bar plates and Gulf-leaning seafood in a converted converted historic.
OrderA dozen oysters across the daily selection plus the crab cakes.
TipHappy hour 16:00-18:00 Tuesday to Friday runs half-price oysters; reservations on OpenTable for dinner.
Shaun Doty's rotisserie chicken counter in Morningside, Atlanta runs free-range and antibiotic-free birds with seasonal vegetable sides since 2012.
OrderA quarter rotisserie chicken with two seasonal vegetable sides.
TipCounter ordering. The chicken-pot-pie at lunch is the under-the-radar pick. Family takeaway packs feed four.
Kimball House in Decatur, Atlanta opened 2013 inside a converted 19th-century train station, with the city's deepest oyster selection and a James Beard.
OrderTwo dozen oysters and the absinthe drip service.
TipReservations on Resy; the bar takes walk-ins until late. Sunday happy hour 17:00-18:30 is the under-the-radar bargain.
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