Key Points • Atlanta chef Hudson Rouse, owner of Michelin Bib Gourmand Whoopsie’s in Reynoldstown, will open East Lake restaurant Babygirl in April 2026. • The all-day cafe will serve a vegetable-heavy, health-conscious breakfast, lunch, and snack menu, along with coffee, beer, cocktails, and wine. • Babygirl is meant to fill the gap in daytime dining hours in East Lake before other area restaurants open for dinner and drinks.

A new restaurant from Chef Hudson Rouse will open next spring in East Lake, giving the neighborhood an all-day cafe serving breakfast and lunch daily.

Called Babygirl, the restaurant will take over the former Mix’d Up Burger space at Hosea & 2nd behind Gene’s and Poor Hendrix.

Rouse, who owns Rising Son in Avondale Estates, Michelin Bib Gourmand Whoopsie’s i

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