Mrs. P's Bar & Kitchen

"Though technically opened in 2021, the Wylie Hotel has a long history, dating back to the Great Depression. In the 1960s, the basement restaurant, Mrs. P.’s, reportedly became the city’s first openly gay bar. Today, the small Old Fourth Ward restaurant still brings a welcoming energy—you can vibe with a DJ spinning ’80s dance tunes over Sunday brunch cocktails and heaping bowls of cheesy grits topped with eggs and bacon and drenched with very tasty housemade hot sauce. But really, come whenever you’re in the mood for a good Southern meal. Just tuck yourself into one of their velvety booths, order some drinks and the pimento cheese board—a polarizing Southern classic, yes. If you are into it, then the jar of pickled fennel and flat table crackers are just as nice as raiding your grandparents’ kitchen for the good stuff. " - nina reeder, demarco williams

"This O4W haunt is in the Wylie Hotel, so it makes sense they’d stay open for the holiday for the overnight guests. Plus, a pimento cheese board, crab claws, and wings will make for a Southern Christmas meal that the family should all agree on. " - juli horsford

"Once home to the Garner-Wallace Hotel, the Wylie breathes new life into the nearly century-old building and brings a new restaurant in Mrs. P’s to Ponce. Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, the menu here leans into Southern comfort foods, while also tapping into the global food influences now found at restaurants throughout Atlanta. Expect an avocado tartine with prosciutto, poached eggs, and arugula or breakfast tacos stuffed with nduja sausage, eggs, and beans at breakfast, with red beans and rice arancini at lunch, and okra “devils on horseback”, steak and eggs topped with trout roe, or barbecue lamb lollipops during dinner. Grab a seat in the dining room or in the sunroom overlooking Ponce." - Beth McKibben

"Mrs. P’s Bar and Kitchen at the Wylie Hotel on Ponce includes a small but sophisticated bar in the dining room serving takes on classic cocktails, like the Old Fashioned and Manhattan, paired with pimento cheese and pickled vegetables, mini pork belly tacos, and steak and egg deviled eggs. The historic building in which the Wylie resides opened as the Garner-Wallace Hotel in 1929, before closing during the Great Depression. The property later reopened as the 551 Ponce de Leon Hotel and included restaurant Mrs. P’s Tea Room on the ground level." - Eater Staff

"Though technically opened in 2021, the Wylie Hotel has a long history, dating back to the Great Depression. In the 1960s, the basement restaurant, Mrs. P.’s, reportedly became the city’s first openly gay bar. Today, the small Old Fourth Ward restaurant still brings a welcoming energy—you can vibe with a DJ spinning ’80s dance tunes over Sunday brunch cocktails and heaping bowls of cheesy grits topped with eggs and bacon and drenched with very tasty housemade hot sauce. But really, come whenever you’re in the mood for a good, Southern meal. Just tuck yourself into one of their velvety booths, order some drinks and the pimento cheese board—a polarizing Southern classic, yes. If you are into it, then the jar of pickled fennel and flat table crackers are just as nice as raiding your grandparents’ kitchen for the good stuff. photo credit: Amy Sinclair" - Nina Reeder