Westside Provisions District is a high-end restaurant and retail district in West Midtown (Westside). It's home to some of Atlanta's best restaurants. The shopping center was formed in 2008 as a combination of the old Westside Urban Market and White Provision district. It's located less than a mile from Atlantic Station and Georgia Tech and less than two miles from the I-75 exit at Howell Mill Rd.
Westside Provisions is neat in that it's a shopping center built in and around an early 1900s meat packing plant. Today, there are residential lofts, office space, boutique shopping, and both upscale and casual restaurants. The main draw for me is the food because the restaurant selection is superb.
Fine Dining, Farm-to-Table, Tapas:
Bacchanalia
Little Bacch
JCT. Kitchen & Bar
Cooks & Soldiers
Marcel
Casual Dining/Bars:
West Egg Cafe
Ormsby's
YEAH! Burger
Star Provisions
Taqueria del Sol
Little Trouble
Ice Cream, Froyo, Juice Bars:
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams
Yoforia
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Bacchanalia has outstanding prix fixe meals made from many ingredients from one of the chef-owner's local Georgia farms (Anne Quatrano's Summerland farm). Little Bacch, which offers a small and simple menu, opened this past Wednesday in the old Quinones space downstairs. JCT. Kitchen is one of Ford Fry's many successful Atlanta restaurants. It presumably got its name because JCT. is shorthand for junction and this restaurant is located right next to some railroad tracks. Abattoir was replaced by Marcel, a steakhouse (also by Fry). Abattoir is the French word for slaughterhouse -- it was fitting because of the old meat packing plant and the Miller Union Stockyards, which existed nearby in the late 1800s/early 1900s. Cooks & Soldiers is a Basque restaurant serving tapas and wood-grilled BBQ.
West Egg Cafe has one of the best brunches in the city. I've been going there since they were at their original location where lululemon is today. Ormsby's is a cool, two-story, indoor/underground bar-tavern with classic arcade games, darts, backgammon, bocce ball, pool, and shuffleboard. YEAH! Burger is a trendy burger joint that offers organic burgers with optional gluten-free buns. Star Provisions is a purveyor of gourmet food (meats, cheeses, seafood) and wine. They have a small deli which serves tasty sandwiches, salads, and pastries. Taqueria del Sol is a nice fast casual spot for Mexican comfort food (e.g. tacos, enchiladas), often with a line out the door.
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams serves arguably the best ice cream in Atlanta. The number of creative and unique ice cream flavors is almost overwhelming, especially considering the inventory rotates regularly with new and experimental flavors entering the mix every couple months. Yoforia offers a multitude of self-serve frozen yogurts with various fruit and confectionery toppings that we've come to know and love.
Aside from the food, retail includes home furnishings and accessories (e.g. Room & Board, Anthropologie), fashion (J.Crew, Sid Mashburn), and more (e.g. Perrine's Wine Shop, simplyput Paper & Gift).
Over the years, Westside Provisions' popularity has continued to grow. During peak times, parking can be hard to find, especially on the Westside Urban Market side (Star Provisions, Jeni's, Taqueria). Parking attendants are on-site to help folks move into and out of parking spaces. Fortunately, you can also park on the White Provision side, which has a free self-park deck. You can use the footbridge over the railroad tracks to walk over if you need to get to the other side. Alternatively, you can valet from one of two spots: (1) directly in front of Marcel or (2) directly in front of JCT. Kitchen. read more