Spring Quarter's Ground Floor Opened This Summer, and the Whole Block Changed
October 8, 2026
October 8, 2026
For its first eight months, Spring Quarter's dining sat entirely on the eighth floor of Ten Twenty Spring. Celestia, a rooftop cocktail lounge, and Ishin by Ito, a 16-seat omakase counter, opened the same week in mid-October 2025. Both require reservations. Celestia admits only guests 21 and older and enforces an upscale dress code, and its site lists a $75-per-person charge for no-shows. Ishin's seatings run $200 to $275. Both are excellent, and both are planned nights out.
That changed between early summer and late August 2026, when three restaurants opened at street level: Habaneros, Sozou and Pataaka. By September 1, the AJC called Spring Quarter "a dining destination unto itself" with five restaurants in operation. The count matters less than where the new places are. The block now offers food at nearly every price point, almost any day of the week, and the cheaper and easier options are the ones closest to the sidewalk.
Spring Quarter is Portman Holdings' development on a roughly four-acre, nearly full-city-block site just east of the Downtown Connector. The addresses to remember are 1000 Spring St. NW, the Sora residential tower at the northwest corner of Spring and 10th, and 1020 Spring St. NW, the Ten Twenty Spring office tower. The preserved Patterson House and its historic garden complete the campus.
The easiest way to picture the restaurants is by floor and by building:
| Restaurant | Where | Format | Days open |
|---|---|---|---|
| Celestia | Ten Twenty Spring, 8th floor | Rooftop cocktail lounge, 21+ | Tue–Sat |
| Ishin by Ito | Ten Twenty Spring, 8th floor | 16-seat omakase counter | Wed–Sat |
| Sozou | Ten Twenty Spring, ground floor | Sushi bar and robata grill | Tue–Sat |
| Habaneros | Sora, ground floor | Mexican and Pan-Latin, lunch and brunch | Daily |
| Pataaka | Ground floor | Family-style Indian small plates | Daily |
The last column is where the summer shows up. Before June, Spring Quarter had nothing to offer on a Sunday or Monday. Now it has two restaurants open both days, and both are at street level.
Three of the five restaurants belong to chef Fuyuhiko Ito, with Lisa Ito leading hospitality and pastry. When Sozou opened, Rough Draft Atlanta described it as the last of his three restaurants at Spring Quarter. The Ito restaurants work as a ladder, and you can choose the rung that fits the night.
Ishin by Ito is the top rung. The eighth-floor counter seats 16 for chef-selected nigiri, crudo and grilled fish. Its booking page lists $275 seatings Wednesday through Friday. On Saturday, the 5 p.m. seating is $200 and the 7:30 p.m. seating is $275. The restaurant's own page asks for refined evening attire and warns that if you arrive late, you may miss courses. If you've been meaning to book a birthday dinner, the early Saturday seating is the least expensive way in.
Celestia is on the same floor and focuses on the view. It serves contemporary international dishes and cocktails, with indoor and outdoor seating looking out over the city. It's open Tuesday through Thursday from 5 to 10 p.m. and Friday and Saturday until 11, and it's closed Sunday and Monday. Celestia charges $25 per person if you cancel the same day or shrink your party within 24 hours. The AJC's January 2026 review put a typical visit at $50 to $150 per person before drinks and singled out a $48 lobster dish. Booking listings show a lower price tier, so expect your bill to depend heavily on how much of the menu you order.
Sozou is the street-level rung and the newest. It has a sushi bar, sousaku nigiri and robatayaki cooked over binchotan charcoal, plus larger plates such as a whole grilled branzino cooked to order. The menu also includes the dressed avocado salad that Rough Draft calls a staple of every Ito menu. For dessert, Lisa Ito's parfait combines vegan coconut ice cream, guava sauce, pineapple confit and macadamia nut brittle. "Ground floor" doesn't mean casual here. The restaurant's site asks for smart-elegant dress and no athletic wear. Its posted hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 5:30 to 11 p.m., but one booking platform lists different hours, so check before you go.
All three draw on one kitchen philosophy at three levels of commitment. If a friend can't get an Ishin seat, Sozou is downstairs serving food from the same chef, and nobody needs to book a month out.
Habaneros and Pataaka are what make the block usable on an ordinary night, and their hours show why.
Habaneros comes from Habs Hospitality Group and sits on the ground floor of Sora. The Habaneros brand was founded by Omar and Dulce Lugo. The Midtown location serves Mexican and Pan-Latin food, with Manuel Rosas listed as executive chef. Local coverage has highlighted the crawfish nachos, short-rib al carbon, rib-eye poblano, seafood enchiladas and grilled octopus. Sources disagree on the exact opening date. Rough Draft says June, while the AJC reported on June 27 that it would open the following week. Either way, it has been open since early summer. It's the only restaurant on the block that serves lunch. Hours are 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday, until midnight Friday and Saturday, and until 9 p.m. on Sunday, with weekday lunch and weekend brunch. It also has outdoor dining and bar seating.
Pataaka opened August 22 under chef Anish Nair. The menu is built around shared small plates that pair regional Indian flavors with global and French techniques. In its opening coverage, Rough Draft suggested ordering several plates for the table and named duck confit with mango sauce and beurre blanc, pimento dahi kabab, and fermented-black-garlic chicken tikka. Current listings show dinner daily from 5 to 10 p.m., with $8 valet and self-parking.
Taken together, the block covers most occasions:
The one structure on the block without a restaurant yet is also the oldest. Philip T. Shutze designed the Patterson House, which was built in 1928 as H.M. Patterson & Son's Spring Hill Chapel. The funeral home held services for Margaret Mitchell and for former mayors Ivan Allen Jr. and William B. Hartsfield. The city designated the chapel and parts of its gardens a historic landmark in 2018, and the chapel closed in 2020.
An earlier plan for the building fell through. In 2023, restaurateur Steve Palmer and Indigo Road Hospitality were announced for an all-day food and beverage concept there, and it never opened. The current plan comes from Hal's The Steakhouse, which announced in August a spring 2027 opening in the 24,000-square-foot building. Plans call for a steakhouse serving steak, seafood and pasta, plus a patio, a morning coffee shop, a European-inspired café and a second-floor fine-art gallery. Owner Sammy Jimenez said the project will keep much of the building's French interior finish, and María Domínguez of Maison Malueé is handling the design.
Spring 2027 is a target, not a confirmed opening date. If Hal's opens on that schedule, the morning coffee shop would fill the gap in the block's day. Right now, Habaneros at 11 a.m. is the earliest anyone serves food. Until then, the Patterson House remains what it has been since 2020, a landmark on Spring Street with its garden beside it.
If you live within walking distance of Spring Quarter and you're thinking about what a restaurant row like this means for your own place, Ellen Cook can walk you through it, from Monday-night options to the Hal's timeline. Request your personalized home valuation or buyer consultation.
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