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11 dishes and drinks to make the most of strawberry season in Atlanta
But like fresh strawberries, they ll disappear soon
Photograph by Lia Picard
There are only a few certainties in life: Death. Taxes. The fact that locally-grown strawberries always taste better than the ones at the grocery store. How many times have you picked out a carton of strawberries at the grocery store, tempted by their plumpness and scarlet hue, only to sink your teeth into one and discover that it tastes like . . . nothing? No sweetness, no juiciness. Fortunately, Atlanta’s chefs and bartenders are aware of this certainty, too, and many of them source locally-grown strawberries from farms like Rodgers Greens & Roots and Georgia Proud Provisions. They also know how to make the most of these fleeting fruits that will probably be gone by June.
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Southern Belle and Georgia Boy, two restaurants located on Atlanta s Ponce de Leon Avenue, will temporarily close Jan. 1, 2021. (Shutterstock)
ATLANTA, GA Chef Joey Ward will temporarily halt operations at his two restaurants on Ponce de Leon Avenue in Atlanta Southern Belle and Georgia Boy on Jan. 1, 2021, he announced Friday.
The joint restaurant concepts will close indefinitely, dependent on (potential) government aid, COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness and population response, as well as Georgia s notoriously unpredictable winter weather, Ward said in an Instagram post.
Ward said he and his teams opened to critical and customer acclaim in November 2019, building momentum into the 2020 openings. Southern Belle averaged 80 guests per night with wait times up to three hours, while Georgia Boy was getting fully booked a month in advance, Ward said, until the coronavirus forced the closure of Atlanta businesses and restaurants in March and April.