Omnivore Atlanta

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)

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Here are some newcomers getting a good bit of buzz:

Pacci, in the Hotel Palomar, 866 West Peachtree in Midtown, is open for lunch as well as dinner now. It’s steaks and Italian fare.

Five Seasons Brewing, 1000 Marietta St. (at Howell Mill Road), is open. Check out some pictures of the new Westside restaurant, spawn of restaurants by the same name in Sandy Springs and Alpharetta. Designer brewskies and contemporary American fare.

WaterHaven, 75 Fifth St., will open Friday in the space formerly occupied by the Globe in Technology Square. FoodieBuddha features a report on a preview dinner.

Verde Taqueria, 1426 Dresden Dr., has prompted some strongly worded e-mails to me, but is getting mainly positive reviews on Yelp.

Taipei Restaurant, 3940 Buford Hwy., in Duluth is now employing the longtime chef of Little Szechuan, according to Christiane Lauterbach in the latest issue of Knife and Fork. Besha gave the restaurant a very positive mention last summer, when Christiane also first reviewed it. But now, according to Christiane, it is even better and she accords it a three-star rating.

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