Elise, a new restaurant from Lyla Lila chef Craig Richards, will open Tuesday at the Woodruff Arts Center, taking over the space formerly occupied by Table 1280.

The partnership between Richards and the Woodruff Arts Center, which houses the Alliance Theater, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and High Museum of Art, was announced nearly a year ago . Since then, the Renzo Piano-designed restaurant space was updated by Smith Hanes Studio , adding lighter wood floors and warmer neutrals that allow a few large splashes of color and central artworks to stand out, according to a news release.

Table 1280 shut down in 2022 after 17 years on the Woodruff Arts Center campus.

Richards will open Elise with a seafood-forward, European-inspired menu that will also feature pastas made in-house.

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