The team behind longtime sports bar Ivy in Buckhead is opening a steak bar this fall in its place.

Owners Jamey and Benjie Shirah of Revival Restaurant Group traded sports bars for steak bars after they closed the Ivy in December after 14 years of operating as a nightlife destination in Atlanta. Jamey Shirah told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution they wanted to move away from the nightlife scene as they’ve gotten older and started families.

Luella will be a sister restaurant to the Shirahs’ Birmingham, Alabama, steak bar Little Betty . It will have a similar menu of wood-fired steaks, pastas, seafood and “globally-inspired shareable plates,” according to a news release.

The beverage program will include New and Old World wines, rare spirits and classic cocktails.

Jamey Shirah said t

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