St. Cecilia

St. Cecilia, from award-winning chef-owner Ford Fry, serves coastal European food—simple and thoughtful dishes inspired by the coastlines of Italy, Spain and France—in Buckhead’s Pinnacle Building. With an old-world, ingredient-driven approach, executive chef Craig Richards displays the Italian trademarks that have always stood the test of time, with versatile and local Southern ingredients. Richards’ food is rooted in tradition, with a sense of place, and the menu has plenty of options, but seafood and pasta lovers will be especially delighted. Based on the ingredients of the season, start with small plates like fresh crudo, cured meats, hearth roasted octopus and burrata, before indulging in seasonal entrées, like Maine sea scallops and wood-roasted branzino. Choose from a rotating selection of handmade pasta dishes, from squid ink spaghetti with tomato-uni ragu, to rich gnudi with house ricotta and brown butter. After dinner, sample a few of pastry director Chrysta Poulos’ Italian-inspired desserts, including chocolate torta al tartufo and loukoumades with honey-cinnamon syrup.