Black Mecca

What UATL learned about the city of Atlanta’s past, present and future as “the Black mecca.”

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Mayor Andre Dickens on Atlanta. Credits: AJC|Arvin Temkar, Abbey Cutrer, Hyosub Shin, Jason Getz, Jonathan Newton/AJC|Jeffrey Greenberg/Getty|Gavin Godfrey/AJC

Atlanta’s mayor talks about how the city does (or doesn't) live up to the hype.

Is Atlanta the Black arts mecca?

Is Atlanta really the mecca for Black chefs? Credits: AJC | Getty | Andrew Thomas Lee, Natrice Miller, Tori Allen, Ben Gray, Mike Jordan/AJC | UATL/Mike Jordan

Top chefs and restaurant operators debate ATL as a city of Black culinary dreams.