“…Over the course of the next 75 years, the Sweet Auburn District would fulfill and exceed the expectations of its famed moniker. During that timeframe, countless events span the African American social chronology - but fewer of greater significance than that...

  “…It has long been the goal of the Payroll Pumas Movement to influence the hospitality industry in a way that reflects, not only our relentless love for our profession, but our deeply rooted comprehension of its nuances and needs. Well before the pandemic, our...

“…Brightly and beautiful plated, the dishes are specifically cohesive – but also independent and proud. The pizza’s great. There are those wood-fired carrots, and the little gem, and the polpette. The bread is wonderfully breathable, pliable even, but also bold and firm. I could go on and on about the spaghetti nero, recent scarpinocc and rigatoni and the ribeye with the lump crab that I had for three weeks in a row. I could. I could, but the food is simply a dominant fraction of this remarkably whole experience. 

The other part of this incredible equation is the service – what I referred to earlier as the hospitable kinetic – the thermodynamics of human kindness and how it works…”

“…A steady simmer has persisted in the Atlanta restaurant industry - dating back to well before the Keith Lee, Michelin inspired events of last summer (4, 5). And Atlanta, Atlanta has a problem. She has a broad, insidious, multi-dimensional problem. She is becoming...