QUICK BITES: Food news roundup 10-18

Cool news from 8Arm. The café is currently being transformed into cocktail bar INK. Think kansume bars in Japan, serving canned food, black color tone, concrete, steel, and an intimate setting capped at 20 people. There will be tea service, omakase cocktail flights, and no drink menu. Cocktails will be made to order, individually customized. We almost don’t want to tell you, so we can take in the chill vibe ourselves. 

Taste of Atlanta, the three-day food and drink festival with more than 90 participating restaurants, is back for its 17th year. The annual event kicks off Fri., Oct.19 with the “World of Taste” party at Historic Fourth Ward Park. Tickets

Cheers to Bar Margot! The swanky restaurant and bar in the Four Seasons Hotel(75 14th St. NE) turns three this month.

The team behind Victory Sandwich Bar and S.O.S. Tiki Bar are opening a new spot on Dekalb Ave. Just a hop, skip and a jump from the Krog St. Tunnel, Lloyd’s Bar and Lounge is expected to open in November. And we hear they will have fried bologna Sandwiches.

The 5th Annual Ramen Fest was held this past weekend, benefitting Giving Kitchen. You can try the winning bowl because Steinbeck’s is adding it to the menu. Slurp Andy Gonzalez’s pork and chicken broth with crispy pork belly, leeks, and ginger scallion topping at the Oakhurst haunt.

It’s lit… well, re-lit. The historic Buckhead sign for Henri’s Bakery and Café (56 E.Andrews Drive) lights the way to edible delights once again.

We’re getting worried for a couple of hotspots. The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports that Ponce City Market’s The Mercury and Decatur’s The Pinewood havefiled for bankruptcy. 10 Apart hospitality group shuttered Bar Americano earlier this year.

Biscuits, tofu scrambles, and pimento cheese is coming to Toco Hill Shopping Center early next year when Flying Biscuit Café opens an outpost.

Tucker’s quaint Main Street is adding a perk. The Corner Cup, which also serves Emerald City Bagels, is opening a second location in the former barbershop.

Northlake Mall’s Fork in the Road is moving, but not far. A sign on the longshuttered Wendy’s (3892 LaVista Rd.) reads “coming soon!”

The second annual oyster celebration from Oyster South is this Sun., Oct. 21. Therewill be oodles of oysters, local beer, and cocktails from some of the South’s finestchefs and bartenders at Landlocked 2, which benefits oyster seed bank funds for oyster growers (many who are in need following red tide and Hurricane Michael). Tickets

It’s that time of year again, when Ecco serves its Sirens of the Sea menue. The oceanic celebration runs from Oct. 24 to Nov. 6 with teasers like wood fired spiny lobster and loup de mer en Croûte.