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Chef David Hawksworth's marble-and-velvet Rosewood room, for the night you want them to think you eat like this every Thursday.
West Georgia, Downtown
More infoHawksworth sits inside the Rosewood Hotel Georgia downtown, which is either reassuring or the reason your palms are sweating on the drive over. Chef David Hawksworth turns BC's seasonal best into plates precise without the kind of fuss that makes you fear the wrong fork. The marble-and-velvet room is polished, not stiff. A 4.3 across 2,000-plus reviews backs it. Book ahead and dress a notch up.
This is the dress-a-notch-up part of the night, so book ahead and ask for a table in the main room under the gilded ceiling rather than the busier bar. Lean on the staff, they'll steer you to whatever's peaking that week, and let the sommelier pour something by the glass so you can compare. First-timers miss the signature steelhead and the dessert program, so don't skip the pastry course. Budget two hours and let the polished service do the work; downtown's right outside afterward.
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