Alpharetta Restaurant Week runs October 10 through 17, 2026. It opens on the second day of the Wire & Wood Alpharetta Songwriters Festival, when much of the downtown street grid is closed. Two of the newest dining rooms in Alpharetta City Center are on this year's participant list, and both sit inside the festival footprint. That makes the weeknights after the festival the easiest time to try them.
The format stays the same as other years. Participating restaurants offer multi-course dinner menus priced from $25 to $60, and many add lunch menus from $20 to $35 and up. Drinks, tax and gratuity are extra. The official list has 43 locations, counting Taco Mac's two addresses separately, across downtown, Avalon, Windward and North Point, and the Mansell and Haynes Bridge corridors.
Two Newcomers Have a Set Price for the First Time
This year's list includes two restaurants that opened downtown in the past few months: Amasa Mexican Kitchen and OneDay in Paris. Restaurant Week gives you a fixed, full-meal price at both while they are still new.
Amasa Mexican Kitchen took over the former Jekyll Brewing space at 15 Academy St., Space 1E. It started a three-week soft opening on August 27 and scheduled its grand opening for September 18. It is TQM Hospitality's first restaurant outside the Perimeter. The group also runs Chichería Mexican Kitchen at The Works and Buena Vida Tapas Bar on the Eastside BeltLine. The menu is entirely gluten-free and focuses on Baja California seafood, with tortillas made in-house from blue corn. Its Baja fish taco won Best Entrée at the 2026 Taste of Alpharetta before the restaurant even opened.
OneDay in Paris is at 35 Milton Ave., Suite A, inside The Hamilton. It runs as a bakery, café, French bistro, wine program and cocktail bar over the course of the day. It is one of the few downtown participants with menus at both lunch and dinner.
| Amasa Mexican Kitchen | OneDay in Paris, lunch | OneDay in Paris, dinner | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | $40 | $30 | $50 |
| Opening course | Ceviche, carne asada fries, corn esquite or baked oysters | Caesar salad or local greens | Apple and burrata, or Parisian shrimp cocktail |
| Main | Two tacos | Burger or chicken BLT | Tomato risotto with Herbes de Provence chicken breast, or a 6-ounce steak and chips |
| Dessert | Included | Crème brûlée or chocolate mousse | Crème brûlée or mango |
| Add-on | $20 margarita flight | None listed | None listed |
Amasa calls its menu "Backpacking Through Baja," and the set-menu format suits it well. One table gets a sampling of the coastal menu that made its name at Taste of Alpharetta. At OneDay in Paris, the $30 lunch is the lowest-cost way to see the space in daylight, when the bakery and café side is running.
The Saturday Problem Downtown
Wire & Wood is free and fills downtown with more than 30 performances on seven stages. Hours are 6 to 11 p.m. on Friday, October 9, and noon to 11 p.m. on Saturday, October 10. Corey Smith and Sister Hazel are the headliners, and a new Music Market sells music-themed art and handcrafted goods. Saturday is also the first day of Restaurant Week. The Alpharetta Farmers Market is canceled that morning because of the festival.
The festival's road-closure notice lists these windows:
- Thursday, Oct. 8, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.: the North Broad Street curb lane closest to the Town Green.
- Friday, Oct. 9 at 6 a.m. through Sunday, Oct. 11 at 4 a.m.: Milton Avenue from Roswell/Canton Street to Highway 9; Old Roswell Street from the parking lot entrance to Milton Avenue; Commerce Street; North and South Broad Street; Market Street; and Park Plaza from Academy Street to the parking deck entrance.
- Friday, Oct. 9 at 10 a.m. through Sunday, Oct. 11 at 1 a.m.: Highway 9 from Milton Avenue to Old Milton Parkway. It reopens overnight from midnight Friday to 10 a.m. Saturday, then closes again.
Compare that list with the participant addresses. OneDay in Paris and Carrie's Conservatory share 35 Milton Ave., and Ceviche Taqueria is at 42 Milton Ave., all on the street the festival closes from Roswell/Canton Street to Highway 9. Amasa is on Academy Street, where the Park Plaza closure begins. The restaurants are open, but getting there on Saturday means parking in a festival deck and walking through the crowd. Festival parking is at the City Hall deck at 2 Park Plaza, the Roswell Street lot at 45 Roswell Street and the 90 Milton Avenue deck, which you reach through the Roswell Street lot. Rideshare drop-off and pickup are routed to Innovation Academy at 125 Milton Avenue.
If dinner and the festival are the same plan, Saturday works well. If you mainly want a quiet table at a new restaurant, a later night that week is a better fit.
Where Saturday Night Is Easier
The participants outside downtown are well away from the closures, and the list includes plenty of them.
Avalon: Barleygarden Kitchen & Craft Bar at 900 Avalon Blvd., CRÚ Food & Wine Bar at 300 Avalon Blvd., Kona Grill at 5100 Avalon Blvd., NFA Burger at 3180 Avalon Blvd., South City Kitchen Avalon at 9000 Avalon Blvd. and The Cape Restaurant & Beach Bar at 700 Avalon Blvd.
Windward and North Point: 19 North at 5750 Windward Pkwy., Cabernet Steakhouse at 5575 Windward Pkwy., Connors Steak & Seafood at 5045 Windward Pkwy., Secreto Southern Kitchen & Bar and Tara Humata Mexican Grill and Tequila Bar, both at 6195 Windward Pkwy., Vinny's on Windward at 5355 Windward Pkwy. and Cooper's Hawk Winery & Restaurant at 7750 North Point Pkwy.
Other corridors: Ray's at Killer Creek at 1700 Mansell Rd., Benihana at 2365 Mansell Rd., Ruth's Chris Steakhouse at 11655 Haynes Bridge Rd., Fiorenza at 11500 Webb Bridge Way, Siena Restaurant & Bar at 124 Devore Rd., Ippolito's of Alpharetta at 12850 Hwy. 9, Firebirds Wood Fire Grill at 2665 Old Milton Pkwy., and Taco Mac at 4305 Old Milton Pkwy. and 875 North Main St.
Each restaurant sets its own rules. The organizer's participation form asks restaurants to say whether each menu is dine-in, takeout or both, and there is no single reservation policy for the whole event. Check the menu page for each restaurant before you go. Downtown, UP on the Roof at 33 South Main St. is offering a $40 three-course menu, with dishes like honey-soy chicken lettuce wraps and lamb-and-feta meatballs, and recommends reservations.
A Week That Ends Back Downtown
By Sunday morning the closures are over, and the rest of Restaurant Week overlaps two other downtown events.
| When | What | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Through Nov. 1 | Scarecrow Harvest, with more than 150 scarecrows and a puzzle hunt | Downtown Alpharetta |
| Oct. 10 to 17 | Restaurant Week weeknight dinners and lunches | 43 participating locations |
| Sat., Oct. 17, 3 to 7 p.m. | Boo Bash, with free activities | The Grove behind the Alpharetta Community Center, 175 Roswell St. |
The Scarecrow Harvest puzzle hunt and a $30 lunch at OneDay in Paris can fit into the same weekday walk. The last day of Restaurant Week is also Boo Bash day. Boo Bash ends at 7 p.m., in time for an early dinner on the final night of prix-fixe menus.
The Newcomers Not on the List
Several of downtown's recent openings did not join Restaurant Week this year. They are still worth a regular night out.
- Tre Fratelli opened at 3 South Main St. in the former Academy Bar space and serves Italian comfort food at dinner.
- Grove and Barrel Provisions announced an August 14 opening at Alpharetta City Center. Its website now lists 211 Market Street and regular visiting hours. Market Street is one of the streets closed for Wire & Wood.
- Chuan Tasty had opened by early September at 5530 Windward Parkway, Suite 440, with Sichuan specialties alongside familiar Chinese takeout dishes.
Amasa will keep adding reasons to come back after its Restaurant Week menu ends. Its plans include a Sunday Mexican brunch buffet with more than 20 offerings, scheduled to start September 20, plus a weekday oyster happy hour and weekly family and trivia nights. The upstairs tequila room is set up for tastings and classes as well as regular service.
Restaurant Week shows how much downtown has filled in during 2026. If you own a home near Alpharetta City Center and want to know how that growing walkable dining scene might show up in your home's presentation and price, Pamela Bills would be glad to walk through it with you. Schedule a Free Consultation, and bring your Restaurant Week favorites.
