A new coffeehouse is set to pour its first cups right along Atlanta's busiest stretch of pavement. Milk & Maple Coffeehouse plans to open its doors at 7 a.m. on Sunday, November 1, 2026, inside a converted retail space at 730 Ponce de Leon Place NE, just north of Ponce City Market in Virginia-Highland.
The shop occupies a reworked space along the Eastside Trail and will offer coffee, matcha, teas, salads, sandwiches, pastries and Arden's Garden smoothies, according to Urbanize Atlanta. The coffeehouse is being marketed as the first fully kosher coffee shop on the BeltLine, and its food and drink offerings are certified by the Atlanta Kashruth Commission, which the outlet describes as the largest kosher certification agency in the southeastern United States, per company representatives. Milk & Maple also comes with a large patio just steps from the trail itself, and it sits adjacent to Be Hot Animal Yoga.
Founded by Rabbi Eliyahu Schusterman and his wife, Dena, the coffeehouse operates inside Chabad Intown, a Jewish education and events campus. The Atlanta 100 reports that the coffeehouse is an extension of Chabad Intown's nonprofit mission, created to bring a kosher café to the community, and that it is bringing a new kosher option to one of Atlanta's busiest pedestrian corridors. Milk & Maple will be open Sunday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the same report.
A Building Already Rooted in the BeltLine
Chabad Intown's building sits directly on the BeltLine at 730 Ponce de Leon Place, according to the Atlanta Jewish Times. The same building already houses a community café called Jeff's Place, which features a coffee bar, snacks and seating, and future plans call for a kosher restaurant as part of the lower-floor offerings there. The newspaper also describes the overall project, including Milk & Maple, as a $500,000 undertaking tied to Chabad Intown.
Per the proprietors, walkers, runners and cyclists pass by the location nearly 200,000 times monthly, underscoring why a BeltLine-facing café makes sense at this particular address. The design is meant to give visitors a welcoming place for repeat visits, whether that's a quick morning coffee, an afternoon catch-up or simply lingering on the patio, according to the media announcement cited by Urbanize Atlanta.
Opening Day Plans and Neighborhood Context
Milk & Maple plans a ribbon-cutting ceremony, family entertainment and giveaways for opening day, per Urbanize Atlanta's reporting. The coffeehouse joins a stretch of the Eastside Trail that has seen plenty of turnover nearby; the former Paris on Ponce, housed in a factory building dating to 1925, was damaged by fire in 2019, according to the outlet's reporting on the broader corridor.
The Eastside Trail segment has been described as an area undergoing rapid development, as noted by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in its guide to BeltLine dining. The broader trail network has long drawn heavy foot traffic; as of 2019, the Atlanta BeltLine consisted of five open trails and seven parks that welcomed nearly 2 million visitors annually, according to Invest Atlanta. Coffee shops have become something of a fixture along the corridor elsewhere too, including Green Beans in Grant Park, which roasts its own beans and serves coffee, tea and light bites, according to the Atlanta BeltLine's own blog.
