Grazing: First Look: 5 Seasons Westside and WaterHaven
May 22nd, 2009 by Cliff Bostock in grazing
PRETTY IN GREEN: The dining room at WaterHaven
It’s hard to believe that restaurants are still opening in Atlanta. The withering economy has devastated many, especially fine-dining spots, but newcomers keep popping up.
Two such restaurants are WaterHaven (75 Fifth St., 404-214-6740, www.waterhavenatl.com) in Technology Square and 5 Seasons Brewing Westside (1000 Marietta St., 404-875-3232, www.5seasonsbrewing.com). Both feature menus of “contemporary American” cuisine at fairly moderate prices. Both make noises about organic food and sustainability. And both were open less than two weeks when I visited.
I’ll save the best for the last. That means I’ll start with 5 Seasons, which is the spawn of a popular restaurant and brewery of the same name in Sandy Springs. Owner Dennis Lange and chef/owner David Larkworthy, with the help of brewmaster Crawford Moran, also opened a location in Alpharetta two years ago.
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(Photo by James Camp)
May 28th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
had a pretty “meh” meal at 5 seasons westside.
June 25th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
To Cliff et all:
Howdy. This is David from the 5 Seasons. We are trying to build the best restaurant and brewery we can and always appreciate your feedback.
The Westside project has been a massive undertaking and we are just glad to have accomplished opening it under such unusual circumstances.
We have been officially open, with our beer for two weeks and would love for you to come back in and check it out. It has been, and always will be, a work in progress. We are working on the sound issues but it should always be a lively place on the weekends.
We always stand behind our food and our beer and if you don’t like something, for any reason we will make it right. We are here to be a great place and we want our guests to have a good time.
thanks
June 25th, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Classy response David.
June 25th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
After great anticipation, my pal and I found 5 Seasons Westside as just so far off-base compared to “who brung you”, the wonderful Prado & North units. The overly slick, ultra modern cafe and lots of hard steel gives a very cold feel and surely to be too noisy (we visited on a slow Monday evening)-needs some soft hanging & wall art soon. Huge cafe-type menu has price points that seemed much higher. Draft beer was served in small glasses – dainty. Disappointed that Crawford wasn’t there; our confusion, expecting an intown gastro-brew pub with fresh food, exceeded opening congrats anyway. We left.