James Beard Award–winning chef and cookbook author John Currence, founder of City Grocery and Big Bad Breakfast restaurants in Oxford, Mississippi, is hoping to put his mark on Atlanta. On November 4, he’ll open his 27th location of Big Bad Breakfast—the first in Georgia—in the former Cultivate space on Howell Mill Road. This Southern breakfast-and-lunch spot will utilize local ingredients, spirits, and artwork to distinguish itself from its sister locations.

“I’ve not been this excited about an opening for a really long time. I have so many friends in Atlanta and am so glad to have a table to welcome them to,” says Currence, who will be signing copies of his book Big Bad Breakfast at the restaurant on opening day.

Below, he shares more about what to expect.

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