Chefs and Restaurants
How Ford Fry Saw Room for Improvement at The Optimist in Atlanta
March 26, 2025
A flower glow-up, a new and improved server station, eye-catching ’70s-style audio speakers in the dining room. These are just a few upgrades Atlanta chef/owner Ford Fry added to his 13-year-old oyster restaurant, The Optimist, while temporarily closing it for a month last fall. At a time when it’s hard enough to manage...