Atlanta chef bringing an Indian restaurant to block-wide Spring Quarter development in Midtown
Indian restaurant Pataaka, from Atlanta chef Anish Nair, will open this fall at Spring Quarter in Midtown, joining other restaurants such as Habaneros and Sozou at the block-wide development on Spring Street. The post Atlanta chef bringing an Indian restaurant to block-wide Spring Quarter development in Midtown appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta.
Indian restaurant Pataaka will open later this year at Spring Quarter on Spring Street in Midtown, according to a press release. The tapas-style Indian restaurant comes from Atlanta chef Anish Nair, who also owns Jai Ho Indian Kitchen at Krog Street Market.
Anish previously owned a full-service location of Jai Ho on Dutch Valley Road in Morningside. He closed that location during the height of the pandemic. The space is now home to Verdure Kitchen & Cocktails.
Located on the ground floor of the Sora residential tower at Spring Quarter, Pataaka will serve a variety of tapas-style Indian and South Asian dishes, including tandoori duck, red snapper pollichathu, tamarind barbecue lamb ribs, and jackfruit bruschetta. Expect seating for up to 113 people, along with patio seating and a private dining space on the mezzanine.
Spring Quarter is backed by Atlanta real estate company Portman Holdings. Plans call for the redevelopment of an entire city block to include the Sora residential tower, an office tower, and the preservation and renovation of the historic H.M. Patterson Home and Gardens. The residential and office towers at Spring Quarter topped off in 2024, with both now leasing.
Pataaka joins Louisiana-based Mexican restaurant Habaneros at Sora. Japanese restaurant Sozou, backed by Chef Fuyuhiko Ito, will occupy a ground-floor space at the neighboring Ten Twenty Spring office tower. It will feature robata grill dishes and a sushi counter. Ito’s 14-seat restaurant Omakase at ISHIN will open on the eighth floor of the building in a rooftop space overlooking the Midtown skyline.
All three Spring Quarter restaurants should open this fall. 
In 2023, Portman Holdings announced that restaurateur Steve Palmer of Indigo Road Hospitality would bring a “morning-to-night [food and beverage] destination” to the nearly century-old H.M. Patterson building. While Portman still plans to preserve the historic funeral home and mortuary, providing additional entertainment amenities for Spring Quarter, Palmer and Indigo Road are no longer listed on the website and were not mentioned in the press release.
Rough Draft reached out to representatives for Spring Quarter to confirm the status of Palmer’s restaurants at the development. Check back for updates.
Spring Quarter, 1020 Spring St., Midtown
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