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3 weeks ago | 
atlanta.eater.com | Daniela Cintron
Enter through the blue arches with bright red letters that read Plaza Fiesta, and step into a buzzing shopping center that feels like you have traveled to Latin America. As the heart of Atlanta’s Latino community, the plaza is filled with families strolling under the colorful papel picado, music playing from some of the stalls, and the smells of grilled carne asada, freshly baked pan dulce, and churros in the air.
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2 months ago | 
discoveratlanta.com | Daniela Cintron
Published March 4, 2025Atlanta’s culinary scene has long been celebrated for its diversity, innovation and vibrant flavors. While historically male-dominated, the food industry is rapidly evolving, with talented women chefs leading in some of the city’s most renowned kitchens. From pioneering modern soul food to redefining traditional pastry, Women Chefs are Redefining Culinary Excellence in Atlanta.
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2 months ago | 
discoveratlanta.com | Daniela Cintron
Published February 25, 2025Buckhead is always buzzing with great shopping and dining, but it is also home to many high-rise office buildings where companies from around the world are based. When meetings need to happen, Buckhead offers exceptional options for a great meal and ambiance for a business lunch. Here are some of our favorites. Located at Phipps Plaza, the award-winning bakery and market is a staple in Atlanta, where locals go for business and pleasure.
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2 months ago | 
atlantamagazine.com | Daniela Cintron
It’s 11 a.m. at the Iberian Pig in Buckhead. Though the restaurant’s business hours haven’t started, cook Humbelina Heredia is in the kitchen, preparing an exclusive off-the-menu spread for a select few. Before some of your favorite Atlanta restaurants open for service—especially on extra busy days—they provide a nourishing lunch for the staff. Famously known as a family meal, it is more than just food. It’s fuel for building community and furthering cultural education.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
atlanta.eater.com | Daniela Cintron
28% of people in the U.S. made a restaurant reservation in the past year and didn’t show up for it, according to OpenTable. A diner bailing on a restaurant reservation is known in the industry as a “no-show,” and it can have a financial impact on restaurants. If 100 people dine at a restaurant with a $100 check average per person, the total revenue is $10,000 that day. But if just six people cancel, revenue drops to $9,400 — a six percent decrease.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
discoveratlanta.com | Daniela Cintron
Published November 12, 2024
From Santa and menorah-shaped cookies to panettones and roscas de relles, pastry chefs and bakers around Atlanta bake up holiday traditions.
Evergreen Butcher & Baker in Edgewood is a local shop that takes the holidays very seriously. Chef Emma Schacke pours her heart into savory and sweet pastries, pies and breads, featuring produce from local farmers.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
atlantamagazine.com | Wendell Brock |Daniela Cintron |Carly Felton Cooper |Craig Edwards |Vené Franco |Christiane Lauterbach | +1 more
Edited by Vené FrancoWritten by Wendell Brock, Daniela Cintron, Carly Cooper, Craig Edwards, Vené Franco, Christiane Lauterbach, and Xavier StevensI don’t know about you, but for me, keeping up with Atlanta’s restaurant scene can be, in a word, overwhelming. Even for someone who covers food for a living, it’s a challenge to monitor the relentless pace of change in our city. Throw in a historic water main break and the closing of some of our favorite places, and it can border on heartbreaking.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
thenarrativematters.com | Daniela Cintron
From food to art and the music that moves us, Atlanta is better with a little Latin flavor. In the Summer of 2024, a Latino production crew from all over Latin America headed out into the streets of Atlanta for the second year in a row, to meet some of the most iconic Latinos who are making an impact on the city by bringing their colors and culture to what they do.
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
atlantamagazine.com | Daniela Cintron
Eating beef, pork, chicken, and seafood out of a hot lava-stone bowl is a thing, and you should try it. Meet molcajete. While molcajete is the term for the mortar-like cooking tool typically used to grind spices and crush vegetables to make salsas, it is also the name of this eye-catching dish. Variations of molcajete often show up on the menus of Mexican restaurants; however, the experience is unique at Amealco Mexican Kitchen.
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Sep 6, 2024 | 
ajc.com | Daniela Cintron
This story was originally published by 285 South. To view the Spanish-language version, click here. Marcela Cruz-Baltazar arrived at the Oakhurst Pool in Decatur with her three kids on a Sunday afternoon in early August for their first-ever swimming lesson. 7-year-old Angel Orocio, followed his mom with a nervous look on his face, while Noelia, 11, stood behind them, holding the hand of her three-year-old brother, Uriel. They had been waiting for this moment for months.
