Quick Bites: Java Cats CafC) opens, Eat Me Speak Me moves to S.O.S. Tiki Bar, and more

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Java Cats CafC) opened Monday in Grant Park at 415 Memorial Drive S.E., Suite C, next door to Tin Lizzy’s Cantina. The cat cafC), funded by a Kickstarter, serves coffee and eats with adoptable cats (in a separate room) from PAWS Atlanta. Now you know where to get a meowchiatto, ameowicano, and an espurrsso.

Jarrett Stieberbs pop-up, Eat Me Speak Me, is shifting to Decatur. Stieberbs team will run the S.O.S. Tiki Barbs kitchen five days a week beginning Wed., April 19. Eat Me Speak Me (or Eat Me Tiki) Wednesday-Saturday from 6-11 p.m. and on Sunday from12:30-6 p.m.The pop-up dinner series has run out of Candler Parkbs Gato since 2014, sending out creative dishes with bpretentious flowersb and bunnecessary eggs.b

Midtownbs Bon Ton Boil House (674 Myrtle St.), a New Orleans-style seafood spot, has its liquor license.

Atkins Park Restaurant and Bar celebrates being Atlantabs longest continuously operating tavern this week. Opened in 1922, it is just five years shy of being a century old.

Southern Proper Hospitality Group restaurants are giving back on Tues., April 4. Ten percent of each lunch and dinner check at the Big Ketch, The Southern Gentleman, Smokebelly BBQ, Gypsy Kitchen, and Miltonbs Cuisine and Cocktails goes to No Kid Hungry.

College Park is getting a ground beef purveyor as well as 100+ jobs to the area. Family owned Schweid & Sons (4280 Stacks Road), whichB supplies meat for thousands of grocers and restaurants nationwide including Five Guys and Wegmanbs, opens a 66,000-square-foot facility. CEO Jamie Schweid will be on hand for a ribbon cutting ceremony on Fri., March 31, at 2 p.m.B

Plant veggies and herbs some of Atlantabs restaurants cook with at theB Love Is Love Farm plant sale on Sat., April 8 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. The sale at Gaia Gardens (900 Dancing Fox Road, Decatur) includes tomatoes, peppers, herbs, edible flowers, greens and more.

Patron tequila is searching for the 2017 margarita of the year, and Atlantabs is currently in first place. You can try Shaun Gordonbs High Plains Margarita with muddled sage, smoky charred pineapple, and chipotle salt rim at Decatur Squarebs Trumanbs Tavern. Vote until April 9B at patrontequila.com.

The In Bloom dinner series at Buckheadbs Seven Lamps kicks off Sat., April 1. Every other Saturday, executive chef Drew Van Leuvan and Connor ObReilly present a five-course dinner around a seasonal ingredient. Wine pairings are optional and guest chefs will join in the fun with special appearances up to August.

Smoke & Glory, the smoked meat local chef competition for charity, returns this weekend for a fourth year. This yearbs meat: spare ribs that must be smoked. Chefs from restaurants like Kimball House, Hampton+Hudson, Leonbs, Wrecking Bar, and Storico Fresco. The showdown takes place at Steinbeckbs (659 East Lake Drive) in Oakhurst on Sun., April 2 from noon to 4 p.m. Tickets include ribs, music, unlimited craft beers and a signature glass. Proceeds go to the Giving Kitchen and Camp Horizon.