City Winery announces exciting updates with enhanced safety protocols. Live music is back at City Winery with limited seating concerts featuring an incredible lineup including performers such as Raul Malo (the incomparable frontman of genre-defying band, The Mavericks), who headlines the reopening night on October 10 with two shows. Other concerts on sale include Ken Ford, who returns for four shows, including two brunch concerts, on October 17-18. Ralph Stanley II & The Clinch Mountain Boys, who continue the legacy of Ralph Stanley with their GRAMMY-winning band, perform two shows on November 1. The reconfigured seating layout includes widely-spaced tables with the same intimate feel Atlanta has come to expect of City Winery. The globally-influenced, wine-focused, and locally sourced menu will be available to enjoy for concert dining.

The community destination will welcome guests to enjoy open-air shopping from participating retailers like Alice + Olivia, Bella Cucina, Billy Reid, B.M. Franklin & Co, Theory, Buckhead Art & Co and Pinker Times, and complimentary fall treats – apple cider, Georgetown Cupcakes and flowers from Pinker Times – will be offered throughout the property. Visitors can also enjoy complimentary kombucha and cold brew coffee from Kea Beverages and live music at The Veranda, a newly debuted 1960-square-foot covered space bringing the outdoors in with lush greenery, soaring ceilings, and floor-to-ceiling screens.

Good gourd, it’s Fall! Beginning October 1st while supplies last, revelers can purchase a Pumking Carving Kit from Red’s Beer Garden. For $35, a kit includes one medium-sized pumpkin, tools for carving, a 4-pack of Southern Tier Brewing Co.’s Pumking Imperial Pumpkin Ale, a 4-pack of Bold Rock Carolina Apple Cider, two Koozies, and a Halloween Candy Goodie Bag. There’s no better way to ring in the Fall season with family and friends, fun pumpkin carvings, and festive beers. Share carved pumpkin creations on Instagram or Facebook with the hashtag, #RedsPumpkingContest, for a chance to win a $25 gift card. The winner will be announced on Halloween. To pre-order, visit https://www.toasttab.com/redsbeergarden, choose "PUMPKIN PACK" from the drop down menu and schedule a pick-up for anytime October 1st at 2 p.m. or later.

Kick off the Fall season with a luau on The Roof! Join us on Tuesday, September 29th at 7:00PM at 9 Mile Station for a Hawaiian dinner party complete with a pig roast and tropical drinks. Grab your tickets for all-you-can-eat dining and two drink tickets per person (tax and gratuity not included). This event is outdoors on our open spaces on the 9 Mile Station patio to give you that tropical feel and plenty of space to spread out. Tickets are $75 each.

Guten Tag! Grab your finest lederhosen and dirndls because Oktoberfest is coming to Atlanta. From Flipper’s German-style Cheddarwurst sausages and a selection of Oktoberfest Märzens at Red’s Beer Garden to Dantanna’s in Buckhead, offering traditional German dishes from Schnitzel to Kartoffelsalat, revelers can get a taste of the real thing without traveling abroad. Not to mention, diners and imbibers can get in the spirit and celebrate with Wild Heaven’s new craft beer release, Old Country 80 Shilling Fall Ale and Fest Beer in 1 Liter servings. See more details in post.

From creative cocktails that will transport you to Italy to make-your-own pizza kits that can be enjoyed in the comfort of home, nobody celebrates the best cuisine on earth like Varuni Napoli! Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 15, the Atlanta pizzeria will launch its first-ever to-go cocktail pouches showcasing a lineup of its three most popular sips. These hand-crafted, Italian cocktails pair perfectly with beloved Varuni pizzas. And, to commemorate National Pepperoni Pizza Day coming up on Sunday, Sept. 20, Varuni is offering a pre-order, one-day-only Bastardo at-home pizza kit, which is the restaurant’s bestselling pepperoni pizza.  

The Battery Atlanta is the one-stop spot to work hard and play harder! The Cobb County lifestyle destination’s chef-driven restaurants bring together friends, families and co-workers with daily happy hour specials and live entertainment on patio spaces! The community can also access The Battery Atlanta Walking Trail for a midday break in the fresh air or meet up weekly for a rejuvenating yoga class. Visitors can keep #FortheA gameday energy alive with Baseball Watch Parties at Live! at the Battery Atlanta. Fans are encouraged to bring lawns chairs or blankets to The Plaza Green – the green space in front of the Omni Hotel – to watch the Atlanta Braves take on visiting teams on the jumbo screen. To-go drinks and take-out meals are available from participating restaurants located along Battery Avenue and Battery Walk.

To celebrate the September return of the famous Ribs & Whiskey menu, Marlow’s Tavern wants its guests to show off the grilling recipes they mastered during quarantine by entering its Whatchya Been Grillin’ contest. Marlow’s Tavern will award prizes to the top three grill gurus whose recipes celebrate what makes this season sizzle. The first-place prize is a Big Green Egg package, valued at $1400, featuring a large EGG, an intEGGgrated Nest + Handler, acacia wood EGG Mates, charcoal, starters, ash tool and grid gripper. The winning recipe also will be featured on Marlow’s Tavern’s fall/winter menu. The second-place winner earns a $250 Marlow’s Tavern gift card, third place brings home a $150 gift card, and the People’s Choice award winner receives a $150 gift card.

Highly anticipated food hall, Chattahoochee Food Works, curated by Robert Montwaid, creator of New York’s Gansevoort Market and Emmy and James Beard Award-winning chef Andrew Zimmern, will open this fall at The Works, a Selig Development located in the heart of Atlanta’s Upper Westside. Three new tenants, Pomodoro Bella, Baker Dude, and Baked Kitchen South African Street Food have confirmed participation as part of the new 31-vendor, 22,000 square-foot space including an extensive outdoor patio.

Summer Sippin’ Roswell, a two-month beverage competition that typically occurs from June through July, will take place this year from August 1 through September 30. This event was created in 2016 as an industry support program by Roswell Inc, the city’s economic development organization, and in the event’s fifth year, more than 50 restaurants are competing to have their drink crowned ‘ Best Sip in Roswell’ 2020.

For Atlantans, Buckhead-based Mission + Market has become a go-to favorite since its inception in Spring 2018. Now, Atlanta mainstay and Executive Chef Ian Winslade is giving patrons more to savor with a “To Go” pop-up, called Asian POP, only offered through delivery and takeout. Specializing in comforting Asian food featuring fresh flavors with Chinese and Thai influences, the budget-friendly Asian pop-up will be offered over the next couple of months with menu items ranging from $3-$15. The Asian POP menu is limited but packed full of flavor. Menu items include Honey Garlic Chicken with snow peas, carrots and scallions; Teriyaki Beef Tenderloin with mixed vegetables; Hanoi-Style Seared Salmon with yellow Thai Curry peanut sauce; Jumbo Lump Crab Curry with bean sprouts, vegetables, and rice noodles; Sesame Pot Stickers with chicken and citrus soy sauce; Crunchy Lettuces with shredded carrots and spicy peanut dressing; and more.

One thing that Atl-iens can all agree on is that Atlanta is an exceptionally large city, there’s so much to get into and do here, plus the patio scene has exploded beyond the ones we’ve highlighted in the city. So, we went on another Adventures in Patio, this time to highlight Hidden Gems and OTP patios in areas around Atlanta so no matter what neighborhood you live in, there’s one near you to try. Are you ready to take a tour of our fair city?

Good news fright fans – the team behind the world-famous NETHERWORLD Haunted House is thrilled to introduce this year’s main theme, HALLOWEEN NIGHTMARES. Haunt guests will soon be able to enjoy an over-the-top adventure, loaded with amazing new experiences they won’t soon forget. Based on classic harvest and horror themes, HALLOWEEN NIGHTMARES’ story begins over one hundred years ago when the survivors of a brutal family feud sought vengeance against another mountain clan. Utilizing evil powers stolen from monsters beneath the earth, they were transformed into savage bat-like creatures and slaughtered their enemies on Halloween night!

Following the difficult decision to postpone the seventh edition of Imagine Music Festival for 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, organizers are excited to share the first phase of the lineup for the festival's return September 17 - 19, 2021. Earlier this year, the festival also revealed the big news that it would be moving locations to the scenic woodlands of the Bouckaert Farm in the City of Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia. A move that carried Imagine into a new chapter and creates endless potential for a more immersive experience shaped by nature. Given the current climate of the world, organizers are keeping positive and using the extended timeline to expand the production and create an even more spectacular show with some epic sets that will have fans buzzing all year long.