The Song Brothers filed plans for their first restaurant Gaja Mokja after experimenting with menus at Mother and Last Word.
Brothers Tim, Danny, and James Song have plans to turn their Korean pop-ups Jook and Gaja Waffle Shop into a permanent East Atlanta Village eatery.
A building permit application was filed with City of Atlanta earlier this month to convert a “retail/business space” into the restaurant dubbed Gaja Mokja. The Songs were listed as the project’s “owners.”
In a post on Tim Song’s personal Facebook page earlier this year, the chef confirmed he was working on a permanent restaurant.
“But ya’ll are still opening the concept in the village right?,” Tim Frost, a Facebook friend, inquired to a post about the brother’s pop-up Jook #0 ending its trial-run.
“Yeah dude,” Song replied.
Jook #0, a pop-up based out of Mother, served-up dishes like Korean porridge made with rice, beans, sesame and azuki beans, while Gaja Waffle Shop, a pop-up for one night, dished-out delicacies like Korean fried chicken legs.
Gaja would open in Suite A at 491 Flat Shoals Avenue SE, occupying space formerly belonging to Studio 4 situated in an alley behind Black Owl Tattoo & Art Gallery.
The restaurant’s Instagram page indicates Gaja is “coming soon to EAV.”
The Songs were not immediately available for comment.
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