Midtown foodie news to use
A pair of new restaurants are prepared to open in the Midtown Patch area this week starting with Monday’s debut of The Optimist and Oyster Bar at The Optimist in West Midtown. Then on Saturday, May 26, The Spence, the Richard Blais American cuisine concept, will open at 75 5th Street in the old Globe space. The restaurant will be open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m., offering Midtown residents another late-late night dining option. Read more about The Spence here. The Optimist is located in a 10,000-square-foot space at 914 Howell Mill Road and offers West Midtown a sustainable seafood restaurant from chef-owner Ford Fry and executive chef Adam Evans. The restaurant’s name was suggested by Fry’s father and refers to a small, …
Spring opening of the new Richard Blais concept gives Midtown another late-late dining option; new health conscious approach aimed for former Entice-A spot.
Craving healthy organic food and beverages served within a smooth and chic space on an eclectic stretch of Midtown? Well, you won’t get it from Crave, which last summer said it was going to bring to the former Entice-A space at 239 Ponce de Leon Avenue, a low-key dining spot featuring an infusion of fresh ingredients to “a Southern menu with global flare.” The venture firm of PRC Restaurant Concepts, LLC has stepped away from those plans and in has stepped Jermaine Day, who hopes to open Organic Food Lounge “within the next three to six months” at the space. Organic is set to go before the Neighborhood Planning Unit-E (NPU-E) on March 6 seeking a liquor license. The 3,900 square-foot lounge will having seating capacity for 80, and while it…
Hunt Archbold
9:06 am on Monday, May 21, 2012
Are you excited about the openings this week of The Optimist and The Spence? I'm looking forward to trying out both. more ›