The 16 Best Restaurants In Buckhead - Atlanta - The Infatuation

"Pata Negra Mezcaleria is an upscale Mexican restaurant with great food and a buzzy, sophisticated lounge appeal that makes dinner feel more like a night on the town. We've never been invited to a mysterious billionaire's sleek hideout, but we imagine it would look like this dining room—matte black all around with a sprinkle of intrigue courtesy of black, dried agave plants that loom over the bar like a modern art installation. We like the namesake cocktail, Pata Negra, which is a play on a margarita with sage and lemon. Also get the juicy chicken thigh tacos, which are a menu standout with non-grainy, soft corn tortillas that won’t disintegrate mid-bite. If they have it, cap your meal with the El Duvalin, a gorgeous and delicious chocolate-hazelnut dessert that comes crowned with fried, crispy scorpions. And scorpion desserts sound on-brand for our mysterious billionaire, too." - demarco williams, nina reeder, juli horsford, jacinta howard