Buckhead, Atlanta
An Institution
Since 1989
Two Concepts Under One Roof
Chops Upstairs. Lobster Bar Below.
Same signature menu, different atmospheres.
Chops
Iconic. Walk into the original space and you'll see it: Italian marble, California Redwood, red leather - the elegant opulence Chops built its name on. Open since 1989, and better than ever. This is the room people come home to when there's something to celebrate. Formal at first glance, familiar when you hear your name.
Bar remains open between lunch and dinner.
Listed end times indicate final seating.
Lobster Bar
Downstairs, the space turns cinematic. Added in 1994, the Lobster Bar is a love letter to a grander era - a barrel-vaulted herringbone ceiling and ceramic arches that evoke New York's Grand Central Oyster Bar. Same beloved menu as upstairs but the room changes the tone. More intimate, more dramatic.
Listed end times indicate final seating.
Since 1989
The Restaurant That Put Buckhead on the Map
When I. Pano Karatassos opened Chops in Buckhead in 1989, fine dining in Atlanta looked different. The CIA graduate - widely credited with putting Atlanta on the national culinary map - had already opened Pano's & Paul's a decade earlier, establishing what hospitality in this city could look like. Chops was the next chapter: a steakhouse built on the conviction that the best meal is the one you remember.
The philosophy was Karatassos's own: "Running a restaurant is not one big thing; it's a thousand little things." For over thirty-five years, Chops Lobster Bar has proven that getting a thousand little things right, night after night, is its own form of ambition.
Private Events
An Evening Entirely Yours
Two dedicated spaces: the Plaza Room seats forty upstairs, with a private patio and full bar. The Boardroom, tucked inside Lobster Bar, holds eighteen.
From engagements to board dinners, and birthdays to celebrating the art of the deal, we've hosted it all. Leave the details to us.
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A night at Chops is an essential bullet point for any Atlantan's resume.