A nondescript office building on the edge of Midtown, near a FedEx Office and Marriott Residence Inn, is getting an upgrade. Come September 10, it will welcome a French brasserie and a micro food hall . Led by chef Akhtar Nawab—who brings experience from Danny Meyer’s Gramercy Tavern and Tom Colicchio’s Craft —the 7,000-square-foot space at 1375 Peachtree Street will bring sushi, hibachi, French bistro, and Southern fare to the area.
The restaurant is named Brasserie Lundi for the French word for “Monday” because “it’s not an occasion place—it’s a place you can go every day,” Nawab explains.
It will open with dinner service and begin to offer breakfast and lunch on September 25. The menu will feature “a slew of dishes consistent with a brasserie—familiar items,” Nawab says. “Someti