“Breakfast at Barney’s” is Atlanta’s latest addition to its homegrown restaurants, thanks to two local Atlanta entrepreneurs, “Barney” Lee Berry and Dr. Rashad Sanford.
The restaurant is an all-day breakfast spot, which will feature classic options as well as a $1000 brunch tower!
via The Atlanta Journal Constitution
Tired from being gone for long stretches of time as the owner of freight transport company Fast Lane Logistics, Berry was looking for a venture that would plant him back in Atlanta.
“A lot of people know me in the city, and when I said I was going to create something of my own, they figured it was going to be in nightlife,” he said. “They didn’t know I was over that, that I’m past that.”
He and Sanford, the owner and CEO of Atlanta Spine Doctors, settled on an all-day breakfast spot, “somewhere nice for people to go and socialize without being in a club,” Berry said. They got to work, met with chef and restaurant consultant Lorenzo Wyche of Lorenzo Wyche Restaurants, and settled on a location in downtown Atlanta.
Then, COVID-19 hit, and they had to make a decision: Forge ahead, or scrap their plans.
They decided to move forward. The result, set to open Aug. 31, is Breakfast at Barney’s, a breakfast and brunch eatery and daytime social club that its owners hope will “bring everyone together and share food, culture and good times,” Wyche said.
Wyche also helped open other Atlanta restaurants like Gocha’s Breakfast Bar and Rock Steady, which from her own experience are really wonderful. We are more excited about the menu though for Barney’s, “’sophisticated Southern’ fare, Wyche said, with dishes including 14K Gold Pancakes complete with edible gold; New York Steak and Eggs; and Bananas Foster French Toast. Beginning at 10 a.m., brunchier options like Fried Catfish and Spicy Spaghetti; Lobster Mac and Greens; and Queen City Shrimp and Grits are added to the menu.”
The menu will also offer alcoholic beverages like mimosas, Bloody Marys, and a host of cocktails. Even more impressive, however, is the aforementioned brunch tower, the Mansa Musa Tower, named after the tenth Mansa of the Mali Empire, an Islamic West African state. The dish is mirrored after elaborate seafood towers found in some restaurants, the $1,000 item comes with the 14K Gold Pancakes, Yard Bird Platter, Fried Lobster and Grits, one bottle of prosecco, two bottles of Veuve Clicquot and a variety of juices.
“You only live once,” the tower’s menu description states, and we have to concur. As aforementioned, Breakfast at Barney’s opens on Monday, August 31st, for dine-in, takeout and delivery. Check out their website at www.breafastatbarney.com. You can check out some pictures of the menu below:
