At Avize, the Westside fine dining restaurant recently named one of Bon Appétit’s “Best New Restaurants in America,” Chef Karl Gorline serves modern Alpine dishes with luxe ingredients like foie gras and American Wagyu. But Bar Avize, the restaurant’s sibling next door, has become just as much of a destination for its fancy takes on comfort food, including caviar-topped chicken nuggets and a viral, $20 “NYC Happy Meal,” featuring a broccoli Caesar salad, truffle fries, and a mini martini.

Across Atlanta, restaurants like Bar Avize are launching weekly specials, swapping finer-dining dishes for nostalgia-fueled plates, and offering budget-friendly tasting menus and meal deals in hopes of attracting price-conscious diners back to the dining room and boosting sluggish sales.

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