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Restaurant Openings
After the franchise location of Mellow Mushroom closed earlier this summer in Decatur, the West Ponce pizzeria will reopen this fall and be company-owned and operated. In addition to a refreshed bar and patio and new to-go window, it appears the Decatur location will also feature some new dishes before Mellow Mushroom begins rolling those out nationwide.
Pho Cue will return to the restaurant scene in Atlanta, taking over the kitchen at Smith’s Olde Bar in Piedmont Heights. Owned by Julian Wissman and Brian Holloway, Pho Cue started as a po