Atlanta’s kosher crowd is about to get a new brunch HQ. Honey & Challah, a fast-casual kosher dairy café, is under construction at 6120 Powers Ferry Road and is aiming for an early-May opening, owner Patricia Kapusta said. The café is planned as a relaxed, counter-order spot serving breakfast, lunch and specialty coffee, with indoor seating and a sizable outdoor area. It will be Kapusta’s second brick-and-mortar concept after years running a neighborhood breakfast-and-lunch operation.
Per Cupanion's Kitchen & Coffee, Kapusta is a chef-owner with professional kitchen experience and a menu background built around approachable breakfast and lunch fare. Honey & Challah is set to pull from that playbook while reworking dishes to follow kosher dairy rules.
According to Business Debut, the team is targeting a May 4 opening and intends to operate as a kosher dairy restaurant under AKC certification guidelines. The outlet reports that the menu will feature shakshuka, a house-made salmon burger, falafel platters and flatbreads, with many components prepared in-house to meet kosher requirements. Planned weekday hours are 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., with roughly 20 indoor seats, about 40 outdoor seats and a lounge area designed for meetings and remote work.
Menu and certification
To stay within kosher standards, the owners say they will keep meat off the menu and focus on fish and vegetarian options, while preparing doughs and sauces on site. The Atlanta Kashruth Commission (AKC), which describes itself as the largest kosher certifier in the Southeast, is the regional body many restaurants use for supervision and labeling, per AKC Kosher Certification.
Where it will sit
The café’s space is inside The Dupree office building at 6120 Powers Ferry Road, a recently updated six-story property in the Powers Ferry/Galleria submarket, per What Now. The setting puts Honey & Challah in front of office tenants while also drawing from nearby residential neighborhoods that can provide steady daytime traffic.
Why it matters
Atlanta’s kosher dining scene is known to cluster in pockets such as Toco Hills and North Druid Hills, according to a local guide. The business appeal of kosher certification has shown up before: Duck Donuts’ Toco Hills shop became the brand’s first kosher-certified Atlanta location in 2021, per Bake Magazine. That combination of neighborhood demand and established certifiers is the backdrop for Kapusta’s decision to launch a kosher dairy café on Powers Ferry.
