Repast

Husband and wife team Joe Truex and Mihoko Obunai have delighted Atlantans with Repast, a casual yet elegant neighborhood restaurant featuring new American cuisine with a metropolitan flair. Truex and Obunai play an essential role in Atlanta’s dining scene bringing years of experience from Atlanta and New York to this in town eatery.

The two have teamed up to open Repast, a 3,100 square-foot restaurant, featuring an open kitchen, 54 seats in the main dining area, 28seats in the upstairs loft, six seats at the bar, as well as an outdoor lounge area. The restaurant is in the retail front of the Ponce Springs Lofts, located at 620 Glen Iris Drive on the corner of Glen Iris and North Avenue.

The design has Asian influences enhanced by wood beams throughout, exposed concrete, a curved bar and windows along three sides.Drapes in the breezeway between the street and courtyard create a hip lounge area for diners to enjoy small plates al fresco.

The restaurant reflects the ongoing transformation of the Ponce corridor. The area is rich in history as the former home to Ponce Springs Park, an amusement park; the “fountain of youth,” which still flows under the building; Atlanta’s first baseball team, the Atlanta Crackers; “the world’s largest store,” Sears flagship store; and the once vibrant railroads and streetcars. It also faces the proposed Beltline.

Repast features two state-of-the-art RATIONAL cooking systems. These combination cooking ovens offers ultimate control of the cooking process and can bake, roast, steam, poach, and braise all in one unit.

The team sources ingredients from around the world,including seafood from Boston and Asian products from Tokyo. Diners can choosefrom an array of seasonally influenced dishes, or select from a nightlychanging tasting menu. Wine enthusiasts will enjoy their wine list, which willreflect wines’ production volume, indicating if they are mass produced, andmedium or low produced.