Atlas

Atlanta’s 2025 Eater Award Winners | Eater Atlanta

"At one-Michelin-starred Atlas, chef Freddy Money is no stranger to stunning plates, but one creation stood above the rest: a velvety poached salmon tucked under a parsley gelée green blanket, ringed with geometric shapes, each a different herb and flavor, evoking Gustav Klimt. Over the years his tasting menu has mixed fine-dining polish with whimsy — a winking face on a stuffed cracker, the head of squab left on the plate in a stuffed neck sausage, the nostalgia of green eggs and ham — but here Money flexes a different muscle; the striking colors recall Marc Chagall, Julian Opie, and Atlanta muralist Greg Mike of ABV Gallery. Created with commis chef Michael Page for the inaugural U.S. Culinary Open and offered most of the year as a supplement to the tasting menu, the dish looks soft enough to lay your head on, tastes good enough to send you dreaming, and is 'not boring', 'makes you think', and 'tastes damn good, too' — we’d frame it." - Henna Bakshi