Flag these Atlanta Restaurants for July 4

You have to eat sometime amid the cavalcade of July 4 activities, or you’ll fizzle out before the fireworks begin. Blast off to our blog where we’re taking the liberty of listing Atlanta restaurants paying tribute to the holiday with their own stars -- dine-in brunches, lunches and dinners, to-go meals, live music and drink specials -- and stripes, fresh from the grill. 

Atlanta Restaurants: Snow Day Status

Georgia weather is known for being temperamental, but when snow hit ATL for the first time in years, two inches of white threw everyone off schedule - especially Atlanta restaurants. Here's what's happening today at some of the city's most popular spots:

• 10th & Piedmont: bar is open for lunch and the restaurant will open for dinner

• Aria: closed

• Article 14: open

• Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar, Virginia-Highland location: open from 11:30 a.m. to 3 a.m.

• Bantam + Biddy Ansley: open today at 11:30 a.m. and will remain open for dinner

• Bantam + Biddy Crescent: closed today and will reopen tomorrow at 11:30 a.m. for lunch and dinner

• Big Ketch: closed 

• Bistro 191: closed

• Chicken and the Egg: closed today

• Chocolate South: closed, Thursday – TBD

• Fado Irish Pub & Restaurant: open this afternoon

• G’s: open for dinner

• Gunshow: open from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

• Hearth Pizza Tavern: closed

• HOBNOB: open for lunch with full bar and limited lunch menu and the restaurant will open for dinner

• JCT. Kitchen & Bar: closed 

• King + Duke: closed

• Max’s Coal Oven Pizzeria: open

• Market Street Café: closed

• Marlow’s Tavern: all locations closed for lunch, some locations will try to reopen for dinner. Update: Marlow's Tavern at Northlake will be open all day. Marlow's Midtown will open 4 p.m. for cocktails only.

• Milton's Cuisine & Cocktails: closed  

• No. 246: closed 

• Old Vinings Inn: closed

• The Optimist: closed 

• Ormsby’s: closed       

• Osteria Cibo Rustico: closed 

• RA Sushi: closed 

• Ray’s on the Creek: closed

• Ray’s on the River: open at 2 p.m.

• Ray’s in the City: open

• STATS: open for dinner

• St. Cecilia: closed 

• Sweet Dee’s Bakeshop: closed

• Tin Lizzy’s Cantina: closed 

• Umi: closed

Munch and Mingle at People's Fest on June 22

Eat, drink and be merry with the peoples on June 22! People's Fest is throwing a party in the heart of Atlanta to celebrate all things delicious. Munch and mingle the night away with peace of mind that your $25 ticket is benefiting City of Refuge, a non-profit company that directly helps the Atlanta community. Ford Fry’s got the food and Marc Broussard’s got the music. All People’s Fest needs now is, well, the people! 

Our Appetizing Aperture of the Week

We love Halloween... and we think even Slimer would be tempted to take a sip of this delicious Ecto-Cooler at Briza, one of the many ghastly delights the restaurant will have on the cocktail menu from October 26 to 31!