Big flavor, small bites.
Crave, a restaurant and lounge serving small bites “that pack a punch,” is opening in Midtown, according to a press release Thursday.
Set to open this August, Crave will be located at 239 Ponce de Leon Avenue in the now shuttered Entice-A Caribbean Tapas space (Eastern Pearl Chinese Restaurant before that).
Chad Guay, executive chef, is a graduate of the Art Institute of Atlanta and a Concentrics Restaurants alum.
“Our philosophy for Crave is simple: we use fresh ingredients to determine the menu and we prepare them in a way that creates a global feel,” Chad Guay said. “It’s our mission to bring the best service and highest quality products to Atlanta and create a restaurant that is established as a neighborhood favorite.”
According to the release, Guay will serve up small plates such as ricotta gnudi with brodo, heirloom tomatoes and mint; peekytoe crab tian with salt and vinegar potatoes and celery cream; seared sea scallops with beluga lentils, eggplant and olive oil and lamb loin with pistachio scented polenta, broccolini and apricots.
Crave’s focal point will be a wrap-around bar with an ivory granite top encircled with frosted glass along the bottom. A back wall will feature four exclusive craft beers with decorative, ornate beer taps.
The bar area is flanked on one side by a casual lounge and other by the cozy main dining room. Antique-inspired mirrors will hang on the walls and wooden tables and high-back chairs complete Crave’s “retro-chic decor.”
Crave will be open for lunch Monday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and for dinner Monday through Wednesday from 5 to 10 p.m., Thursday through Saturday from 5 to 11 p.m. and Sunday from 3 to 10 p.m.
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Sounds great!
It’ll be nice to have something actually open here. I live next door and I’m still not convinced Entice-A ever opened for anything other than a few parties in the parking lot.
Crave was the name of a restaurant that was once located where Holy Taco is now in EAV. Between the Iris and Holy Taco years, there were Crave and Haas Bar. Crave was awful there–decent beer menu if I remember correctly, but bad service and bad food. I hope the name is coincidental rather than a reincarnation.
What we’re interested is what’s coming in after Crave’s short tenure. Small plates aka tapas is so 39 minutes ago. Same menu as every other middling establishments. Boring. Are people that stupid that they don’t research the location’s history of failures and successes? Reopen that dump Spaghetti Factory, at least people know what to expect.