This story is part of a series on the west side of Atlanta in which Rough Draft deep dives into how small business owners, residents, and visitors to the area view the boom in development and the issues it has created in a formerly industrial pocket of the city.

When Jacob Hunter, co-owner of The Daily, starts his day at the cafe’s Westside location on Trabert Avenue, he tries to leave the house by 7:30 am. It’s a 10 to 15-minute drive from Candler Park and Lake Claire, where he lives. He usually arrives at Trabert Avenue in Berkeley Park before 8 a.m.

Back in 2022, when he and partners Michael and Melody Shemtov returned to their native Atlanta from Charleston, Hunter settled near Inman Park to be close to his children’s school. Since then, The Daily has grown to two more locations in I

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