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Eater
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Eater
Monday Night Brewing's Huge New Expansion to Open in West Midtown on August 16
Henna Bakshi is the Regional Editor, South at Eater and an award-winning food and wine journalist with a WSET (Wine and Spirits Education Trust) Level 3 degree. She oversees coverage in Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans, the Carolinas, and Nashville. West Midtown is steadily seeing new growth. Monday Night Brewing's original home is expanding into a brand new indoor taproom and outdoor space, called the Grove, on 670 Trabert Avenue. The grand opening is set for Saturday, August 16, which coincides with the opening of the BeltLine's newest Northwest Trail segment. Doors will open at noon with live music, pizza, wings, brewery tours, beer, and specialty cocktails. Monday Night Brewing The new indoor taproom at Monday Night Brewing in West Midtown under construction. The new 7,400 square-foot space will feature 30 taps, with nearly 100 different releases a year. The outdoor 17,000 square-foot expanse will include a patio with fire pits, an amphitheater for live music, pizza ovens, a 20-foot outdoor LED TV, free parking, and dozens of native trees. Morning coffee and pastries will also be added. The existing West Midtown space (former taproom) will be used for private events. Monday Night will release new beers for the opening, including the Sticky-Hop Hut double New England IPA, All Hussle No Bussle lager, Faithful Instruction with raspberry, and Blueberry Full Stack, a maple syrup barrel-aged brown ale with blueberries and vanilla. The Grove will feature pizza ovens and 30 beer taps. Monday Night Brewing The new BeltLine trail section and the Grove opening come on the heels of multiple restaurants closing in West Midtown recently. Eater Atlanta reported on the reason behind the closings linked mainly to expensive parking and a lack of public transportation. Since then, multiple businesses in the neighborhood have lowered parking rates (including the Grove offering free parking), and the opening of the new trail will offer more foot traffic in the area. The Chai Box, Atlanta's popular tea company, also recently announced the opening of its first chai cafe in West Midtown. The Grove marks Monday Night Brewing's 13th year of business. The brewery runs six taprooms across the Southeast, including two in Atlanta, as well as locations in Birmingham, Knoxville, Nashville, and Charlotte. Eater Atlanta All your essential food and restaurant intel delivered to you Email (required) Sign Up By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Is a Second Andre Dickens Term Inevitable?
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens officially launched his reelection bid on Tuesday, but even he's not sure who's running against him. 'Without any opponents yet, is this all for show?' Dickens told hundreds of supporters early Tuesday evening at a campaign kickoff party inside the Monday Night Brewing location in the West End. The 50-year-old former Atlanta lawmaker recalled running as a long-shot candidate against 13 other contenders four years ago during his first mayoral campaign, when he said some initial polls had him receiving just 4% support from voters. Dickens said his real political rivals have always been systemic issues in the city, including 'racism, violence, poverty, joblessness, homelessness,' and 'hopelessness.' 'Those have been our opponents, and that's the reason for this campaign,' he said. 'It's the reason we need to build momentum for another four more years.' Blandtown resident Marcus D. Lamar and 2021 mayoral candidate Walter Reeves have filed required paperwork to begin raising money for mayoral runs in the fall, according to Atlanta Municipal Clerk Corrine Lindo. But so far, no one with name recognition and a clear groundswell of grassroots support has dared to challenge Dickens, whose incumbency, resume of accomplishments, and long list of prominent political allies will make him difficult to beat in November. Supporters of the Stop Cop City movement acknowledged as much during a demonstration that took place outside the mayor's rally on Tuesday. 'At this time we don't have anybody that is willing to do it,' Stop Cop City campaign manager Chris Buford told Capital B Atlanta during a follow-up phone call on Thursday. 'It's a sad thing.' Former Atlanta City Council President Felicia Moore and Black Futurists Group founder Devin Barrington-Ward have been mentioned as potential Dickens challengers, but neither have filed paperwork declaring their intentions yet. Barrington-Ward has been a vocal critic of Dickens' policy at City Council meetings, especially the mayor's support for the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, also known as 'Cop City.' The 35-year-old social justice activist recently ran a failed campaign to fill a post 3 at-large vacancy on Atlanta City Council. He told Capital B Atlanta on Thursday that he's giving 'serious consideration' to a mayoral run, but right now he and his pregnant wife, Penelope, are focused on welcoming their new son, who is due to be born any day now. 'I can't make any decisions until I meet my son,' Barrington-Ward told Capital B Atlanta on Thursday. He also said it's important for someone to run against Dickens even if they lose, and noted the added challenges he says progressive candidates tend to face. 'When you're fighting for the working class, that sometimes makes you ineligible for the financial support that other candidates who are running for office oftentimes enjoy,' Barrington-Ward said. Moore lost the last mayoral runoff race against Dickens four years ago. Recently, she's been critical of the mayor's political battle with former Office of Inspector General Shannon Manigault. Moore hasn't responded to calls and text messages requesting comment on whether she intends to challenge Dickens for mayor. It's been more than half a century since an incumbent Atlanta mayor lost a reelection bid while still serving in office. Former Mayor Sam Massell was the last one to do it, in 1973, when he lost reelection to Maynard Jackson, the city's first Black mayor. Former Mayors Andrew Young and Bill Campbell joined Dickens at his Tuesday evening campaign launch party. Another former mayor, Shirley Franklin, wasn't there, but Dickens made it clear that she, too, is a supporter. 'She's not here right now because she's out there knocking on doors,' Dickens said, drawing laughter from the crowd. 'She ain't got time to be at no rally.' Dickens' supporters include Lori Hanford, also known as 'Rich Auntie Lori,' a local media personality and self-described friend who attended the mayor's reelection rally on Tuesday. Hanford praised the mayor's 2023 Year of the Youth campaign and the efforts of his Affordable Housing Strike Force, which Dickens recently said has already delivered on 11,000 units that have either been started or completed. 'He's doing a great job,' Hanford said of Dickens. 'He has a vibe for the city.' Candidates for mayor must be city residents who have lived in Atlanta for at least a year prior to filing to run for office, and are required to pay a qualifying fee of $6,081. They also have to be at least 18 or older, and be qualified electors of the city, meaning they have to be eligible to vote and must have voted in at least one prior election, according to the clerk. The race for mayor doesn't officially begin until late August. Lindo said challengers must file paperwork between Aug. 19 and Aug. 22 showing they're qualified to run. But political observers say anyone looking to unseat Dickens would need all the time they could get between now and then to build support and raise money. Those observers include Fallon McClure, deputy southeast regional director of the Working Families Party, a progressive political organization that hosted an event in support of the city's office of inspector general late last year. Manigault recently resigned from her position after a monthslong political battle with Dickens and his allies over whether her office had exceeded its authority during some investigations. The city's inspector general office was created in 2020 to root out waste, fraud, and corruption after several former city officials were convicted in major criminal scandals under former Mayor Kasim Reed's administration. Manigault accused Dickens and other city leaders of making it impossible to do her job. In February, she admitted to unwittingly issuing subpoenas that allegedly violated state law before resigning. Dickens appointed LaDawn Blackett, a local judge, at the end of February to serve as Atlanta's interim OIG. McClure continued voicing support for the OIG's transparency and accountability efforts, but said her organization isn't backing any challengers against Dickens right now. 'We don't necessarily have any plans to run anyone against him,' she said. 'We're not actively looking for anyone, but I think it's possible at some point to build a bridge, especially if Mayor Dickens were elected to another term.' McClure acknowledged Dickens' long list of accomplishments and apparent popularity with Atlanta voters despite having high-profile clashes with progressive activists. Those activists include Mary Hooks, tactical lead for the Cop City Vote campaign, which backed a push to put Cop City on the ballot last year. That push was derailed by an appeals case, the outcome of which has yet to be decided. Hooks was among the Stop Cop City protesters who demonstrated against Dickens outside his campaign rally on Tuesday. Protesters there said the training center could lead to more anti-Black police brutality, adding that the mayor's efforts to prevent Cop City from being placed on the ballot were antidemocratic, contradicting Atlanta's pro-voting civil rights legacy. Hooks said Dickens may be popular with middle and upper class Atlanta residents, but in her view he hasn't done enough to help the city's largely Black, poor, and working class in one of America's most unequal cities, in which Black residents have a median income of roughly $28,000. Despite all that, she said she's not aware of anyone looking to run against Dickens in November. 'There's still time and there are still folks,' Hooks told Capital B Atlanta during a followup phone interview on Wednesday. 'We're only in March right now. I believe much can happen between [now and the election].' The post Is a Second Andre Dickens Term Inevitable? appeared first on Capital B News - Atlanta.
