The Devil’s in the Details at Taco Mac Sandy Springs Devils Backbone Beer Dinner June 27

What state forest is also a beer? Virginia’s Devil’s Backbone. Taco Mac Sandy Springs is hosting a Devils Backbone Brewery Beer Dinner at the Georgia Chapter Room, 5600 Roswell Road in Sandy Springs, on Tuesday, June 27 from 6-9 p.m. The five-course dinner is paired with five beers from beer-of-the-month partner Devils Backbone Brewing Company. Striped Bass pale ale welcomes guests. Course pairings proceed through cocoa-braised beer taco with Black lager; poached pear and blue cheese salad with candied pecans served with Pear lager; beer-braised bratwurst-stuffed calzone with Vienna lager; duck confit over gnocchi served with 16-point IPA; and concluding with coffee flan and Morning Bear Coffee imperial stout for dessert. Buy tickets on Xorbia, $50 per person (plus service fee).

Rize Artisan Pizza + Salads Brings Fresh, Robust Fare to Sandy Springs

Top-enders can now enjoy their favorite Rize Artisan Pizza + Salads specialties for lunch or dinner close to home and on every day of the week. The restaurant’s second Atlanta-area location opened Monday, Mar. 6 in Sandy Springs at 6050 Roswell Road, offering lunch and dinner daily from a menu of chef-driven, global American fare including artisan pizza, handcrafted salads and pasta with bold flavors along with carefully crafted beverages. As at Atlanta’s original Poncey-Highland location, fare is made from scratch every day using premium ingredients. No freezers, fryers or microwaves are involved in creating the innovative artisan pizzas, flatbreads, pastas, small plates and salads. Ok, so maybe some freezing comes into play in Rize’s premium gelato and sorbet. Rize offers a children’s menu for kids 10 and under, featuring a cheese or pepperoni pizza, pasta or a hummus and veggies combo, inclusive of a kid’s beverage and a kid’s scoop of gelato. The business crowd can dine and dash with Rize’s 11 a.m.-2 p.m. lunch menu of soups, sandwiches, flatbreads, salads and pick-two combo meals. Wine by the glass, craft beer and Rize’s fresh fruit and herb-infused Marbella Red and Andalucia White sangrias are balanced by non-alcoholic options including brewed premium iced tea and fresh lemonade, Caleb’s Kola and Stubborn craft sodas. The restaurant’s menu accommodates both high-tech (online) and traditional ordering, paying and delivery. For more updates, follow the restaurant on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter

Alert the Paparazzi: The Queen of Sandy Springs is at Hearth Pizza Tavern

Looking for the right way to show your thanks to the queen of your household on Mother's Day? Luckily for you, Hearth Pizza Tavern is tossing the dough and ladling the sauce on a new pizza dubbed "The Queen of Sandy Springs" that is sure to make your mom proud of your good taste. It's absolutely acceptable to say this queen is a little crusty and regally sauced. Tomato-rich passata di pomodoro sauce - not Hearth Pizza Tavern's usual homemade marinara - holds court on a healthy crust made from all-organic flour and its own natural germ. The whole outfit is adorned with whole, fragrant basil leaves and house-dried oregano. Queens and subjects, dig in.