Georgia Boy

Joey Ward's hidden tasting counter — reached by pulling the right book off a shelf inside his sister restaurant Southern Belle, which swings open to an eight-seat kitchen. The James Beard semifinalist (Best Chef: Southeast) serves a blind multicourse tasting with no menu and no choices: modern Southern cooking on Georgia ingredients and real technique, carrying a Michelin Plate in both the 2024 and 2025 Atlanta guides. One of the most personal and ambitious meals in the city, and among its hardest seats. Come for a blind tasting that trusts the chef completely.