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The Former B’s Cracklin’ Barbeque Property in Riverside Becomes a Food Truck Park

The Former B’s Cracklin’ Barbeque Property in Riverside Becomes a Food Truck Park
Upper Westside Yard takes over the Main Street property once home to B’s Cracklin’ Barbeque, which was destroyed in a fire two years ago


Food truck park and community green space Upper Westside Yard opens Friday, June 4, in Atlanta’s Riverside neighborhood, taking over the property once home to B’s Cracklin’ Barbeque, which closed following a fire two years ago.

Owner and Riverside resident Lenise Williams says she sees the new neighborhood food truck park as a gathering place for area residents and plans to eventually host movie nights, a weekly farmers market, and retail pop-ups on the Main Street property.

“There are so many families moving into the area and our options for food and fun are limited,” Williams tells Eater of the impetus behind Upper Westside Yard. “I got tired of seeing the lot with boarded up windows on the building on site and decided to take action. The goal is to build the community and also support local Atlanta entrepreneurs.”

The June 4 opening for Upper Westside Yard kicks off at 3 p.m. with games, live music, and six mobile kitchens, including mini cheesecake purveyor BreezKakes, vegan pizzeria Bear Pizzeria, Grub Truck, brunch food truck Grits and Things, New Orleans Big Easy Sneauxballs, and ZenJen Juices. Seating is available at picnic tables throughout the park and dogs are allowed on leashes.

Upper Westside Yard officially opens for regular hours starting Friday, June 11.

Renovations are now underway on the old B’s Cracklin’ restaurant building, which will become home base for Williams’s bespoke leather goods business, Made Leather Co. Former B’s owner and pitmaster Bryan Furman returns to Riverside next year to open his new eponymous restaurant, Bryan Furman BBQ, around the corner from Upper Westside Yard on Bolton Road.

Only two privately owned food truck parks currently operate in the city. The Atlanta Food Truck Park, located on Howell Mill Road, features a rotating roster of trucks serving vegan and vegetarian fare. Triton Yards, a food truck and container restaurant park in the Capitol View neighborhood, includes a covered patio and hosts weekly movie and sports nights.

City of Atlanta recently announced plans to expand publicly designated locations for food trucks to operate within more commercial districts around town. This latest food truck program expands these areas beyond the boundaries of downtown and allows operators to apply for the establishment of new locations in existing on-street parking spaces within other commercial districts in the city.

Last fall, the Atlanta City Council passed a resolution to create a roving “food truck village.” According to city council Resolution 20-R-4315, the food truck village would periodically travel to various established locations throughout Atlanta “monthly, bimonthly, or trimonthly.” Similar to Austin’s food truck parks and the food cart pods found throughout Portland, Oregon, the Atlanta food truck village would provide owners and operators with expanded licenses and public vending right-of-way options within the city.

Upper Westside Yard hours beginning June 11: Friday, 3 p.m. to 9 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 2 p.m. to 9 p.m.

2061 Main Street NW, Atlanta. upperwestsideyard.com.
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Lidl is opening a new grocery store in Stonecrest on June 9. A German grocery store chain will open its 14th location in the Atlanta area next week in south DeKalb County. Lidl announced it will open a store Wednesday at 6038 Covington Highway in Stonecrest
 
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daemonova said:
Lidl is opening a new grocery store in Stonecrest on June 9. A German grocery store chain will open its 14th location in the Atlanta area next week in south DeKalb County. Lidl announced it will open a store Wednesday at 6038 Covington Highway in Stonecrest
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Lidl is dope
 
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InGodWeTrust said:
Went to Ponce City Market on Memorial Day. :wow: I just to work out there when Masquerade was nearby.

The people, the weather, the sights. People dancing. It was dope. Going back this weekend.
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The beltline is a nice little walk down with all the bars and restaurants. At night it fills up pretty well. I enjoyed it , the concept is dope . It connects various neighborhoods in Atlanta
 
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Does anybody know what is going on in Stonecrest with this mayor scandal? It seems like a lot of Black politicians down here end up railroaded for anything. Also what is the deal with this "Black Wallstreet" project that they have going up at the old target off of Mall Pkwy?
 
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Asante said:
Does anybody know what is going on in Stonecrest with this mayor scandal? It seems like a lot of Black politicians down here end up railroaded for anything. Also what is the deal with this "Black Wallstreet" project that they have going up at the old target off of Mall Pkwy?
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The mayor is corrupt as hell and has really screwed Lithonia by trying to help out his buddies steal money.

And not to sound like a cynic but that “Black Wallstreet” sounds like a fancy flea market.
 
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keond said:
The mayor is corrupt as hell and has really screwed Lithonia by trying to help out his buddies steal money.

And not to sound like a cynic but that “Black Wallstreet” sounds like a fancy flea market.
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They said that he was misappropriating COVID relief funds or something of the sort. I saw a few homemade signs along Mall pkwy saying don't believe the media stories about the mayor of Stonecrest, and basically saying that white people/higher ups are fukking with him, because Stonecrest broke off from Lithonia. It gives me the impression that maybe he was on some all Black city shyt with the split move, and it pissed off the crackers higher up in the chain. I don't know his intentions, but I'm very hesitant to follow what the media says about Black politics of this nature.

As far as the Black Wallstreet situation, YEAH I think you hit the nail on the head right there. When I drove past I saw a bunch of vendor booths outside.

Stonecrest to me is one of the only descent Black areas in the country. What I mean when I say that is, that it is a Black area, that is simply "nice" (at least compared to where I'm from lol). It has a mall, nice restaurants, a few banks, a walmart super center, library, multiple car dealerships, a university, descent housing, etc. It needs a good park around this area though. While it's not quite Buckhead, it's suitable at least for me. None the less there is a lack of investment in the area, and it is most noteable when driving from say downtown. This is a reflection of the lack of capital that Blacks have in general. If I had the capital I would put a gas station right where the old CVS was at, since there are none in the area south of I-20 and east of Evans Mills. I am however seeing a lot of Hispanics starting to creep over into the area....
 
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