Another Atlanta favorite has set their eyes on Alpharetta! Following on the heels of many long time big city favorites such as Bocado Burger, Ponko Chicken is the next big local brand to be headed for our town here on the north side.

Billed as a Japanese Fusion restaurant, this fast-casual is expanding for their first time outside of 285.

Read on for more…

Frequent visitors will recall our love for Botiwalla. So much love that we’ve posted about them a total of three times! (the announcement, coming soon, and review posts)

Since the pandemic began, Botiwalla, located in the heart of Alpharetta City Center, has remained closed. We were hoping to see them them open back up for take out or delivery, but alas, they have remained shuttered.

Over the last few weeks, rumors began to circulate that Botiwalla would remain closed for good. This week, What’s Up Atlanta confirmed as much in their recent post.

Read on for what will replace Botiwalla…

Hello again, My Alpharetta Living family! First and foremost, we hope everyone is staying as healthy as can be in these trying times.

We are not doctors of any kind on this blog, and won’t pretend to be. Instead, what we are, is fans of Alpharetta, and especially the amazing culinary community that has sprung up in recent years.

Of course, it’s not possible to eat out anymore with current Shelter In Place rules, so we’ll have to pause the restaurant reviews for now, but what we would like to talk about is how we can help some of the places we love most in these trying times.

Did you know that many local restaurants are offering delivery, curbside pickup, or to-go services still during the lockdown? The Alpharetta Convention and Visitors Bureau has composed a pretty awesome guide of who is still operating that we would like to share with you (it’s a long list):

Hello friends! It’s been a bit since our last post, sorry for that! Even restaurant bloggers take some time off from time to time.

To kick off 2020, we’re starting on a bit of a different note. As you know, we are forever-long residents of Alpharetta and die-hard loyalists of the City, but it’s come to a point that even we need to address some issues here in our hometown.

Have you noticed that traffic seems worse than it used to be in the morning, at lunchtime, and even at night? Have you noticed that our great parks have stagnated? How about how our pedestrian-friendly downtown area that isn’t always so pedestrian-friendly?

That’s right, the City has been growing by leaps and bounds, and our public infrastructure has not kept pace with the development.

What is to be done? It’s simple, we need to invest in the City before it’s too late. Roads and sidewalks don’t get cheaper, and we’re already behind the curve, so the time to act is now.

Alpharetta’s day time population is roughly double it’s night time population, meaning basically 2x as many people are working in the City during the workweek, coming from neighboring communities, which adds a lot of stress to the local infrastructure.

This upcoming Monday, February 17th at 6:30 PM, the City Council will start their regularly scheduled meeting and on the agenda is to discuss “Bond Projects.”

These aren’t just any projects, these are projects to reshape how the City handles it’s core infrastructure needs. It’s improving roads, sidewalks, crosswalks, parks, everything we love as Citizens of Alpharetta. It’s not a matter of if the changes are needed – they absolutely are – it’s how soon we can implement them.

If you’re sick of sitting in traffic like me, then please join us Monday and telling the City Council the time to act is now.

When you think of November, you think new restaurant openings, right? Okay, maybe not. Conventional wisdom often associates new openings with Spring and Summer, but we’re in for a treat here in Alpharetta as we’re about to have a flurry of new openings in the next two weeks. Let’s break down what is new and what is coming soon.