[4] Many restaurants opened in the city's gentrifying neighborhoods have received praise at the national level, including Bocado, Bacchanalia, Flip Burger Boutique, and Miller Union in West Midtown, Empire State South in Midtown; and Two Urban Licks, Parish, and Rathbun's on the east side.
[5][6][7][8] The New York Times in 2011 characterized Empire State South and Miller Union as reflecting "a new kind of sophisticated Southern sensibility centered on the farm but experienced in the city".
There, the million-plus immigrants who make Atlanta home have established various authentic ethnic restaurants, ranging from Vietnamese, Indian, Cuban, Korean, Salvadoran, Mexican, Colombian, Dominican, Japanese and Chinese, to Ethiopian.
[15][16][17][18] The Busy Bee according to Unique Eats and Eateries of Atlanta, is "as well known for its role in the civil rights movement as it is for its fried chicken."
[21] Current avant-garde culinary districts are the Old Fourth Ward, particularly Edgewood Avenue,[22] and West Midtown, home to Atlanta's two top Zagat-rated restaurants, Bacchanalia and the Quinones Room.