Atlanta is covered by the MICHELIN Guide's American South selection, and the list below is the 2025 selection, the most recent one published. The 2026 ceremony is on 21 October 2026, so some of this will change and we will update it when it does.
Stars. Bacchanalia is the one that carries two kinds: a star and a Green Star for sustainability, from a kitchen Anne Quatrano and Clifford Harrison have run since 1993 with produce from their own farm. Atlas holds a star inside The St. Regis in Buckhead. The sushi counters take three more: Hayakawa, which moved from Buford Highway to the Westside, Mujo, fifteen seats of Edomae in West Midtown, and O by Brush, hidden inside Brush Sushi in Buckhead. Omakase Table moved to Buckhead Landing in 2025 and kept its star, and Lazy Betty took its tasting menu from Candler Park to Midtown.
The other Green Star. The Chastain holds a Green Star and a Recommended listing, not a star, which is a distinction worth keeping straight: the Green Star is for sustainable practice, and here that means local farms, a garden on site and its own composting.
Bib Gourmands. The value award, and the most useful half of this list. The Busy Bee Cafe has been serving soul food west of downtown since 1947 and holds a James Beard America's Classics award alongside the Bib. Antico built Little Italia around a Neapolitan oven on Hemphill Avenue. Heirloom Market BBQ runs Korean-Southern barbecue from a pit its chef-owners work themselves. Krog Street Market holds two, Superica and Fred's Meat & Bread, and Whoopsie's in Reynoldstown changes its menu daily and pours until midnight.
Recommended. Kimball House in Decatur, whose bar director took the guide's 2024 Exceptional Cocktails Award for Atlanta.
One myth worth killing: Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q is not in the guide at any level. It turns up in a travel article on Michelin's own site, which is editorial, not a listing. We keep the designation and the year on every venue page, and we take it off when a venue stops holding it.
