Himalayan Kitchen, a small Tibetan restaurant tucked into a Roswell Street strip mall, has become a recurring star on TikTok and Instagram Reels, with recent videos of its handmade momos pulling in 1.6 million, 108,000, and 19,700 views.
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Himalayan Kitchen, a small Tibetan restaurant tucked into a Roswell Street strip mall, has become a recurring star on TikTok and Instagram Reels, with recent videos of its handmade momos pulling in 1.6 million, 108,000, and 19,700 views.
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A new Late Summer cornhole season is coming to Village Green Park this August, with games every Thursday night through late September. Registration is open to teams or individuals, but the deadline is Tuesday, July 28 — so there's not much time to decide.
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Dumpling Crown has moved past its soft-opening giveaway and into daily service on South Cobb Drive, with a full menu of soup dumplings, noodles and boba, delivery through DoorDash and Grubhub, and early reviews rolling in on Yelp.
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The City of Smyrna is accepting qualifications from artists and artist teams to design and install a new mural inside the Smyrna Public Library. The $20,000 commission calls for a bright, woodland-themed piece with hidden images for young visitors to find, with submissions due August 27.
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A new BizBuySell listing shows Old South Bar-B-Q's building and business are up for sale for $595,000. The 60-year-old barbecue institution is still open as usual, but a new owner could be next.
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The Campbell High School Spartan Athletic Association is teaming up with StillFire Brewing, Smyrna's award-winning craft brewery, on a label design contest for "Spartan Brew." Entries are due August 13, with the winner announced at the Spartan Soirée fundraiser on August 29.
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New York Butcher Shoppe, a hand-cut Certified Angus Beef market, is set to open at 4600 West Village Pl. Suite 3001 in Smyrna's West Village this fall. It'll be the chain's fifth Atlanta-area location, arriving as the 25-year-old franchise pushes toward its 50th store nationwide.
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A decade after Windy Hill Road's landscaped-boulevard renderings were unveiled, the corridor is still largely without trees. Councilmember Susan Wilkinson now wants to fill that gap with an arboretum — and two empty lots nearby have residents wondering about a linear park.
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Smyrna Coffee opened in January 2025 to fill a gap neighbors had complained about for years: nowhere to gather north of Windy Hill Road. A year and a half later, owners Gabriela Diaz Miles and Greg Miles have built a loyal following on locally-sourced coffee, house-made sandwiches, and the kind of hospitality that keeps showing up in Smart Smyrna Facebook threads.
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Smyrna's free outdoor Summer Concert Series continues Saturday, July 11, with Yacht Rock Schooner — an Atlanta-born soft-rock tribute act with roots in Yacht Rock Revue — taking the stage at Village Green Park from 7 to 10 p.m. Here's the band's history, the concert's rules, and what else to know before you go.
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Smyrna has tentatively set a 2026 millage rate of 8.990 mills, a move that would increase property taxes by 1.77 percent even though the rate itself hasn't budged since 2008. Here's how the math works, what it means for homeowners with a homestead exemption, and how Smyrna's tax rate stacks up against Marietta, Kennesaw, Acworth and Powder Springs.
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Cafe Racer, the Athens-based coffee, donut, and burger concept, cleared a Cobb County Planning Commission rezoning vote on June 2 for a new location at Atlanta Road and West Village Way. The company, which operates two Athens locations and is opening in Auburn, Alabama, plans to break ground in Smyrna by the end of 2026.
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