It’s been 15 years since Chef Steven Satterfield opened Miller Union on Brady Avenue in Atlanta. Since then, the critically acclaimed restaurant has racked up numerous accolades, including a James Beard award for Best Chef: Southeast for Satterfield, multiple nods to its wine program, and a Michelin recognition for outstanding service.
Now Satterfield will open his first new restaurant in years: a wine bar called Madeira Park in Poncey-Highland.
Satterfield partnered with Miller Union co-owner and wine director Neal McCarthy and Dive Wine pop-up founder and sommelier Tim Willard for Madeira Park. It will take over the cafe space at the former Highland Inn, now known as Otto’s Apartment Hotel, next door to Colette Bread, The Zero Co. and a forthcoming location of Big Softie ice cream shop. Neighboring restaurants along the block include Sweet Auburn BBQ, Tio Lucho’s, Fishmonger, Soul Vegetarian No. 2, and East Pole Coffee Co.
People who attended Dive Wine’s February pop-up at Banshee in East Atlanta Village unwittingly got a taste of what the trio has in store for Madeira Park. But the journey to open the wine bar began in 2019 and with another location closer to Miller Union on the Westside. The pandemic would alter those plans and put opening the wine bar on the back burner, forcing Satterfield and McCarthy to pull the plug on the deal to focus on shoring up Miller Union.
It was McCarthy who revitalized the plans again in 2024 and quickened the timeline for moving forward with the wine bar when he discovered the old cafe space at the Highland Inn had come on the market.
“People often ask me where I grew up. I grew up in Atlanta because I’ve been here for 28 years,” said McCarthy, a UK native. “My wife was born and raised here and I didn’t really grow up until I had my first child. I’ve always been drawn to this building on North Highland. It was one of the first places I remember when I moved here and…
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