Wander through Virginia-Highland on a weekend morning and you can’t miss the massive line weaving through Kinship Butcher & Sundry, with neighbors catching up on gossip as they await Academy Coffee and griddled breakfast sandwiches. Try to reserve a table at k|n, the fine dining pop-up held on select evenings in the space, and you’ll discover a waitlist longer than a CVS receipt. There’s so much demand for founders Rachael Pack and Myles Moody’s hospitality that the duo is launching a second Kinship location, as well as a full-service restaurant called So. Fox.
Replacing Farm Burger on the corner of Virginia and North Highland avenues, So. Fox brings a return to the couple’s finer dining roots, having worked at high-end establishments like Eleven Madison Park, Blue Hill, and Aska. Though chef Moody says he’s hesitant to describe the wine-focused restaurant as “fine dining,” it will serve an “elevated, smaller format, a la carte menu that allows us to focus on the cooking and the technique.” Centered on seasonality, it will feature a new dish every two weeks with micro ingredient changes daily.
Expect 14 to 16 offerings, sourced locally. There will be a snack section with offerings such as Georgia olives and Gulf oysters and composed entrees like cobia cooked over pecan shells with charred fermented cabbage and preserved flowering dill sauce. Larger parties may have access to shareable dishes, for example a T-bone with charred winter greens and fermented marble potatoes. Vegan options will be available too…