Toco Hills Gains a Jamaican Restaurant, While Peoplestown and Stonecrest Land New Coffee Shops

Mobay Spice brings Jamaican fare to Toco Hills in March

A brand new restaurant centered on Jamaican dishes and tropical cocktails and contemporary juices is opening on the Toco Hill Buying Plaza on North Druid Hills Street, the identical complicated as Spiller Park Espresso and Publix. Owned by Wynter Lii and her daughters Ashante, Neirah, and Kenecia, Mobay Spice takes over the previous Fish Bowl Poke house in March and also will characteristic a Jamaican-American-style brunch on Sundays.

“I used to be born and raised within the tropical melting pot of south Florida with Caribbean descent. I relocated to Atlanta with my daughters round three years in the past with the objective of in the future introducing Atlantans to the attractive genuine Jamaican delicacies and tropical drinks which can be part of our tradition,” Lii tells Eater. “We now have spent the previous 12 months working to create Mobay Spice, a full-service Jamaican restaurant and bar.”

As for lunch and dinner, count on appetizers and shared plates of oxtail tacos, beef patties, and salt fish fritters, adopted by entrees of brown stew hen, curry goat, and coconut curry shrimp. Check out a pattern meals menu beneath.

Peoples City Espresso Bar opens February 8

A brand new espresso bar that additionally serves wine and beer within the evenings is ready to open on the 55 Milton residence complicated on Milton Avenue Wednesday, February 8. Positioned a little bit over a mile south of the Summerhill eating district on Georgia Avenue, Peoples City Espresso Bar will serve espresso and espresso drinks utilizing beans from Black-owned Atlanta roastery Portrait Espresso and Methodical Espresso out of Greenville, South Carolina. Anticipate pastries and toasts within the morning, with grilled cheese sandwiches and different small bites paired with wine, beer, and cocktails within the afternoon and night.

Dope Espresso roastery and low store opens in Stonecrest quickly

Black-owned espresso roastery Dope Espresso, owned by Michael and Michelle Loyd, opens in its everlasting location in February after over two years of pop-ups round Atlanta and a short lived residence in downtown Decatur. Positioned on Snapfinger Woods Drive in Stonecrest, the brand new location will characteristic a roastery, multi-media group occasions house, and a espresso store. Dope Espresso plans to host a grand opening occasion on February 18, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., with free espresso tastings, a roasting demonstration, prizes, and stay music from Michael Loyd (often called Artistic Mike the Rapper) and the corporate’s chief advertising officer Stace Loyd.

“The mission of the Dope Espresso model is to attach espresso, tradition and hip-hop,” Michael Loyd says in a press launch. “Dope is the tantalizing vibe of espresso + hip-hop and we use music to bridge the hole between generations and ethnicities, providing high quality that appeals to everybody.”

Throughout the 2022 South by Southwest (SXSW) pageant in Austin, Dope Espresso hosted a pop-up centered across the FX tv sequence Atlanta. The forged was on the town to advertise the third season, which takes place in European cities like London and Amsterdam. The pop-up was modeled after an Amsterdam cafe.