Travis Neighbor Ward

An Atlanta Restaurant-and-Shop Heads Across Town into a Factory Space.

By Travis Neighbor Ward

In February, Atlanta's Bacchanalia restaurant moved into a new home: a former meat-packing plant. The 1920s building included glazed ceramic wall tiles and 10-foot-tall steel windows, both of which decorator Dominick Patrick Coyne decided to keep. But he softened them by adding details like chocolate mohair banquettes, Donghia chairs, red silk candle shades, wooden blinds, and floor-to-ceiling curtains—Summer Hill's khaki linen and Donghia's Palazzo Stripe—which enclose a central, private dining area and create a tentlike feel.

The restaurant's shop, Star Provisions, which sells foods, wines, and dining and cooking utensils, is near the entrance. Merchandise is housed behind glass walls that mimic storefronts while sleek tableware, from Murano glass to Nan Swid china, is arrayed in the middle of the space. "Like the cuisine—timeless not trendy," says Coyne.

Bacchanalia, 1198 Howell Mill Road, Atlanta; 404-365-0410


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