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A New Atlanta Steakhouse Will Offer Gold Steaks and a Cigar Lounge | Eater Atlanta

"Opening in early September on Juniper Street in Midtown, a three-level steakhouse called Steak Market aims to deliver a “one-of-a-kind,” “luxury” dining experience with DJs, multiple dining spaces and a bar, plus a members-only cigar lounge. The 200-seat restaurant, owned by Kemal Karsli and Okan Yildirim with Murat Nalcioglu as general manager, takes over the former Simon’s space and will feature a 12-person private dining room on the top level and a bottom-level cigar lounge whose members receive a private locker, private access and hours, and priority reservations with a 10% discount. The menu (pricing currently unavailable) promises the “highest quality” — beef sourced from Georgia farms, gold-grade American Wagyu, certified Australian Wagyu, and certified Japanese Kobe — and some steaks may even be served encased in gold leaf (likely super marked up); the restaurant will also offer seafood and raw-bar selections, weekend brunch, a vast wine list, cocktails, and a bar with roughly 300 varieties of scotch and whiskey. Nalcioglu says they are confident they will recruit the more than 50 staff needed to operate the space and open on time; hours will be daily from 5 p.m., with brunch Saturday and Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m." - Beth McKibben