Fan Zhang, the owner of Northern China Eatery on Buford Highway, will open The Dumpling Factory at Westside Paper in Atlanta this summer.
Slated to open by June 1, the restaurant takes over the Boxcar Betty space at the complex. The South Carolina-based fried chicken restaurant closes Fri., March 15, after less than a year at Westside Paper.
The Dumpling Factory will feature Northern China Eatery’s full menu of handmade dumplings and buns. Look for other dishes like fried rice and thick-cut and angel hair rice noodles, along with beer, wine, and soju.
“I’ve always liked the BeltLine and Westside Paper will be close to it and close to Smyrna so we can tap into that market with our food,” Zhang says. Westside Paper will eventually be located off of a future spur of the Westside BeltLine Connector.
In addition to Westside Paper, Zhang says he hopes to open a location of The Dumpling Factory at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport next year. He’s also in talks to open a second location of Northern China Eatery near the Krog District along the Eastside BeltLine by the end of 2024.
Zhang assumed ownership of Northern China Eatery in 2012, five years after the restaurant opened on Buford Highway. The restaurant has since gained both local and national recognition for serving a wide variety of handmade fresh and frozen dumplings and buns.
The Dumpling Factory will join Asian fusion restaurant Bar Diver, brunch spot Pancake Social, Elsewhere Brewing, and taco shop El Santo Gallo at Westside Paper. Agave spirits shop Ancestral Bottle Shop opened last month at the West Marietta Street complex.
Located in the Knight Park/Howell Station neighborhood, the land and warehouses comprising the 15-acre Westside Paper site were once part of the Mead Westvaco paper plant. The new development includes multiple offices, retail shops, restaurants, and a pickleball court.
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