Simply Buckhead

If you’re only going to one party this summer, make it this one!

Join CURE on June 13 for an unforgettable night of casino thrills, live music, and delicious cocktails, all while supporting our mission to help kids fighting cancer.

Get your tickets at curechildhoodcancer.org!

FRESH POUR

The new releases redefining your local taproom.

The numbers tell one story. The American craft beer industry generates more than $28 billion annually, and Georgia alone claims over 100 licensed craft breweries. But walk into a neighborhood taproom, and the data dissolve into something more immediate: What’s new? Across Atlanta, a handful of small breweries are answering that question with releases that push past the expected pint.

CONTRAST ARTISAN ALES



In the heart of Chamblee, Contrast Artisan Ales is small but mighty, releasing bold and creative brews. Urban Tetris Hazy IPA delivers a complex and full flavored drink experience with three malts and two hop varietals. With Simcoe and Cryo Citra hops, it’s tropical, citrusy and only 6.5% ABV. Also striking is the Mandarin Dragonet Berliner Weisse, a kettle-soured ale infused with pineapple, blood orange and a spicy ginger finish that drinks like a craft cocktail. Tart and genuinely refreshing, it’s the kind of release that reminds you why small-batch brewing matters. Contrast is dog friendly with an outdoor area featuring games, food trucks and frequent comedy nights.

CONTRAST ARTISAN ALES
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📝 Angela Hansberger

LUSH LIFE

Mario Cambardella’s ServeScape delivers Atlanta’s greenery!

Mario Cambardella’s adult life has centered around making Atlanta a more beautiful place. He graduated from the University of Georgia with a bachelor’s and master’s in landscape architecture, as well as a second master’s in environmental planning. After getting married and graduating, he started his first business focused on food-producing landscapes and had Atlanta History Center as one of his clients. That business helped him win a design contest with the city of Atlanta, which led to a job as the Urban Agriculture director in 2015. Cambardella served the city for four years, with some of his original projects still in play, such as the urban food forest at Browns Mill, the AgLanta Eats Festival and more.

While working for Atlanta, Cambardella focused on food accessibility. “I wanted farmers to post inventories of what they were harvesting and put it on an aggregated digital farmers market,” he says. “I thought it was important to leverage e-commerce.” That concept sparked an idea for a landscape and plant business in the same vein. Now, as the founder and CEO of Chamblee-based ServeScape, Cambardella connects plant growers with customers, all online. Here, he explains how it works.

How did you start ServeScape?

We launched in March of 2020. My last day as Urban Agriculture director was two days before we launched ServeScape—and two days before COVID shut everything down. Every store was closed. We were the only plant delivery place. We ended up doing $100,000 in our first 100 days in business, and today we have over 11,000 customers...

Read more in the latest issue of out now!

SERVESCAPE
678.827.2273
servescape.com


📝Lauren Finney Harden
📸Joann Vitelli

FANDOM THROUGH FASHION

For the first time, the FIFA World Cup is coming to Atlanta, and with it comes a fever pitch.

Between eight matches hosted at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, watch parties and celebrations in the streets, you’ll want to immerse yourself in this once-in-a-lifetime experience. Whether your soccer knowledge is elite or Ted Lasso at best, this list of soccer-inspired apparel will ensure you fit right in just in time for kick-off.

FIFA World Cup 2026 Host City Atlanta Scarf ($40)

Mark this Atlanta milestone with the FIFA World Cup 2026 Host City Atlanta Scarf. The matchless accessory features a bright, memorable design, and the ratio of 67% acrylic and 33% polyester fashions a comfortable feel. The scarf is 7.10-by-61.40 inches and is to be hand washed only. Wear it as an added pop of color to any sporting outfit or save it as a keepsake to honor the game of soccer.

FIFA
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Discover more in the June issue of out now!

📝Katie Hughes