What's New To Eat And Do On The Upper Westside This Summer

For a stretch of Atlanta that spent the last few years being defined almost entirely by one destination, Chattahoochee Food Works at The Works, the Upper Westside is quietly becoming something different this summer. The food hall is still here, still busy on weekends. What is changing is everything around it. A new indoor market is opening a mile north on Collier Road. A two-story burger restaurant with a rooftop bar arrived in January on Chattahoochee Avenue. And the food hall itself keeps rotating vendors, most recently adding names that regulars already know from other parts of the city.

If you live in Underwood Hills, Berkeley Park, Blandtown, or Home Park, the practical effect is this: the reasons to drive out of the neighborhood for a Saturday morning or a weeknight dinner are getting thinner. Here is what has actually opened, what is about to, and how the pieces fit together.

Collier Road Is About To Get Its Own Market

The single biggest change this summer is Upper West Market, an indoor farmers market anticipated to open in June 2026 in Underwood Hills, anchored by Hop City Beer & Wine and Chef Anne Quatrano's new cafe, Summerland. The market will sell seasonal produce and meats from local farms, include locally owned restaurants and food stalls, and host cooking classes.

It sits in a specific location worth knowing if you live nearby. Upper West Market occupies two buildings along Collier Road near the Silver Comet Connector Trail. That trail access matters. It means the market is walkable or bikeable from a meaningful chunk of the neighborhood, not just a place you drive to and park.

The vendor lineup is deliberately not a food hall. When asked to explain the difference between Upper West Market and a food hall, Robles Partners managing partner Ben Hautt pointed to the historic Pike Place Market in Seattle and Borough Market in London as inspiration. Both markets feature vendors selling local produce and goods as well as restaurants and food stalls. The current lineup includes Summerland Cafe from Bacchanalia and Star Provisions chef Anne Quatrano, produce stalls from Quatrano's 60-acre farm near the Etowah River, the first wine bar from Hop City Beer and Wine, Honeysuckle Gelato, and Dips Kitchen serving jalapeño and pimento spread, pepperoni balls with marinara, cheese balls, and shrimp cocktail.

Two things about Summerland are worth pausing on. The chef behind Bacchanalia, Floataway Cafe, Star Provisions, and W.H. Stiles Fish Camp is opening a fine-casual daytime restaurant at Upper Westside Market called Summerland, pulling from the chef's farm roots with a seasonal menu, daily baked goods, a coffee counter, and an al fresco patio. That is the same operator who already runs Star Provisions a few minutes south on Howell Mill. Having two of her concepts inside a five-minute drive is a first for the neighborhood.

The Chattahoochee Avenue Corridor Keeps Filling In

While Collier Road grabs headlines for the market opening, Chattahoochee Avenue has been changing on a quieter timeline. In January, Grindhouse Killer Burgers opened its sixth standalone location on Atlanta's Upper Westside, a 7,000-square-foot restaurant owned by partners Alex Brounstein and Johnny Farrow. The new location is at 1221 Chattahoochee Avenue at the corner of Ellsworth Industrial Boulevard and Chattahoochee Avenue. The two-story build with a rooftop bar is larger than any other Grindhouse in the city, and the operator's own explanation of the site choice is direct: "The Upper Westside has a strong sense of community, and it felt like the right place for our next location."

That is worth reading twice. A restaurant group with locations at the airport, food trucks, and catering picked this corridor not for tourist traffic but for the residential base already here. It is a small signal, but it lines up with what the market on Collier Road is betting on.

Chattahoochee Food Works Is Not Standing Still

The 25,000-square-foot food hall at The Works remains the neighborhood's largest single dining option. Chattahoochee Food Works is the 31-vendor, 25,000 square-foot food hall featured at the center of The Works, and the vendor mix has shifted enough in the last year that even regulars should re-read the directory.

A short survey of what is currently drawing repeat visits from residents:

• Delilah's Everyday Soul in Chattahoochee Food Works is a solid stop when you're on the Upper Westside and need a soul food fix.
• On quiet weekday evenings, you can roll into Chicheria for one of the chillest taco and margarita scenes in the city. The kitchen is run by Bravo TV's "Top Chef" alum Whitney Otawaka and Executive Chef Juan Hormiga, with hand-pressed blue corn tortillas made fresh daily and a Baja-inspired menu.
• Krave is a counter-service Korean restaurant, and the ideal after-work stop when you need a quick, filling meal. Located near the entrance of the food hall, Flying Fish gives you quality takes on the usual rolls and nigiri hits.
• The Philly G Steaks stall will lure you over with the strong smell of ribeye sizzling on the grill.

The wider complex is designed to hold your afternoon, not just your lunch hour. The complex includes a Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q, a dog park, outdoor space and cornhole, making it easy to turn a meal into a longer afternoon. If you have out-of-town guests staying with you this summer, that dog park and cornhole detail is the kind of thing worth knowing in advance.

For a slower sit-down evening in the same orbit, Twisted Soul Cookhouse & Pours, led by chef Deborah VanTrece, has built a well-earned reputation for fusing soul food classics with international flavors, including hoisin-glazed oxtails, crispy fried chicken with sweet potato chutney, mac and cheese topped with candied pecans and bacon, and cornmeal-crusted catfish goujonnette.

The Quiet Institution A Few Blocks South

Star Provisions has been on Howell Mill long enough that new arrivals sometimes miss how deep the operation runs. Star Provisions is a cafe, bake shop and market on the Upper Westside that's worth a stop at any point in the day. It sits right next door to One MICHELIN Star Bacchanalia, and the quality carries over. The crispy chicken biscuit and French omelet baguette are great items to order. During lunch, there is an extensive sandwich menu, and afterward it's fun to browse the market for cheese, caviar and pantry goods.

For years, Star Provisions was the anomaly on this side of I-75, a market-cafe hybrid without much company. That is the piece of context that makes the Upper West Market opening on Collier Road interesting. The model Star Provisions has been running for two decades is finally getting a second anchor at the north end of the neighborhood.

A Weekend That Only Works Because Of Proximity

The reason to stack all of this in one post is that the map has changed. A Saturday morning in Underwood Hills can now begin with a coffee and pastry at Summerland, spend an hour picking up produce from Quatrano's Etowah River farm at the same building, cross the neighborhood for a mid-afternoon beer at Scofflaw inside Chattahoochee Food Works, and end with dinner at Twisted Soul or a burger and rooftop drink at the new Grindhouse. None of those stops require getting on the interstate.

The broader Westside is being written about again for the same reason. Atlanta's Westside is a collection of neighborhoods that have been quietly transforming for years while holding onto the history that makes them worth exploring, including Blandtown, Berkeley Park, Underwood Hills and Home Park, all built around the city's stockyards and railroad industry. The bones of the neighborhood are still industrial. What is changing is the density of reasons to stay inside its edges on a weekend.

A Note On Timing

If you are new to the neighborhood, one habit worth adopting: check opening dates before you drive. It's hard to believe we're nearly halfway through 2026, and while it's been an unusually slow year for restaurant openings, there's still a lot to look forward to over the coming months. Upper West Market's June target has already slid once in the public reporting cycle, and vendor lineups inside Chattahoochee Food Works rotate. The through-line, though, holds. Every new opening this year has landed on the same two corridors, Collier and Chattahoochee, within a mile of each other. For residents, that concentration is the actual story.

If you own a home on the Upper Westside and want to understand how the neighborhood's changing food and retail footprint is shaping property values in Blandtown, Berkeley Park, Underwood Hills, and Home Park, the Christine Bradley Team at Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty can walk you through what recent sales and listing activity look like on your specific block. Request a free home valuation to start the conversation.