Photograph by Martha Williams
Roshambo
One could grow weary of all the formerly proletarian concepts that hospitality entrepreneurs are “elevating” these days: picnics, dive bars, bowling alleys. Alternately, one could just order a drink or two, snack on some tater tots, and leave their reservations aside—something supremely easy to do at this well-executed fancy-diner concept from Chris Hall, Ryan Turner, and Todd Mussman, the team behind area faves including Local Three and Muss & Turner’s. Tucked into the Peachtree Battle Shopping Center, Roshambo evokes the diner experience with its boxcar-shaped dining room, comfy booths and banquettes, and all-day menu, but departs from it by way of cocktails (including a “three-martini lunch pitcher”; schedule a nap afterwards) and fun fare that gestures at a kind of nostalgic Americana—eggs Benedict, grilled cheese with tomato soup—while making room for diners’ evolving tastes: This is a diner where you can also get a mezze platter, Thai basil snapper, and Louisiana-style redfish. Also, a whole steak dinner. Prices can seem a little wild—a native Alabaman at my table raised an eyebrow at the $19 fried bologna sandwich—but portions are generous. And, eclectic as the menu is, it hangs together, with everything we tried on a recent visit coming out perfectly congenial: a chopped iceberg salad enlivened with little pieces of country ham and preserved tomato; a Boursin-stuffed omelette du fromage with a side of tater tots Lyonnaise (i.e., garnished with sauteed onion); a chicken Parmesan dinner plate that was the picture of comfort. The cocktails are mostly classic (Sazeracs, aviations), and the wine list also distinguishes Roshambo from other diners, in the sense that it exists at all. Buckhead
Kamayan ATL
It’s fair to say this one has been long-awaited: Mia Orino and Carlo Gan launched it as a Filipino pop-up in 2018, honored as James Beard semifinalists (for Emerging Chef, in 2022) before they…
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