The restaurant is replacing Bantam + Biddy in Midtown.
UPDATE (November 11, 2016): [Rendering] Shaun Doty, Lance Gummere To Open The Federal Nov. 15</strong>
Shaun Doty this fall could introduce his latest concept, The Federal, to Atlanta.
“The Federal is a great opportunity for me to go back to doing what I truly love – making a connection with my guests,” Doty said in a press release Thursday.
“Over the past two and a half years, I’ve watched this part of Midtown change, and I’ve spent a lot of time listening to what my customers are looking for in this neighborhood. This is my chance to create what they’ve asked for.”
The restaurant will replace the Crescent Avenue location of his Bantam + Biddy concept, which shuttered quietly Sunday.
Doty will prepare a menu that is “influenced by traditional cuisine and has a bistro feel,” a combination of his work over the years at establishments like Shaun’s, MidCity Cuisine and Mumbo Jumbo, and culinary stints abroad.
Doty considers his dishes at The Federal to be “souvenirs of his life.” Steak frites harkens back to the time Doty lived in Belgium, while chopped liver extols his frequent visits to Katz’s Delicatessen while living in New York City.
The restaurant’s name is inspired by the nearby Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, whose architecture casts shadows over the restaurant, and serves as an homage to the Midtown neighborhood where it is located.
Joining Doty in this new venture is Lance Gummere, with whom he already has a long history. Gummere worked side-by-side with Doty at Mumbo Jumbo, and the chef duo founded Bantam + Biddy and Chick-a-Biddy together.
