When Smorgasburg first opened in Brooklyn, New York, in 2011, it was an under-the-radar food festival you had to be in-the-know to attend. Nowadays, it attracts thousands of visitors to set locations in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles. On October 18, it will make its debut in Atlanta. Set in South Downtown, it will run on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., rain or shine. It’ll shut down for the winter on December 20 with plans to reopen in March 2026.

“Atlanta is the most well-known culinary city in the Southern region and has all the right ingredients for a Smorgasburg—from underground buzz around local chefs to a community eager to try something new,” CEO Gaston Becherano says in a press release. “We give food makers a less risky entry point to test their concept, build a following,

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