Like the downtown villages of nearby Oakhurst and Kirkwood, East Lake’s centralized mixed-use commercial node will soon have an option for grabbing prepared foods, snacks, and booze, proprietors tell Urbanize Atlanta.

Developers behind the Hosea + 2nd project—an award-winning, adaptive-reuse infill venture—have sold one of three retail corners to a local resident. 

The space in question, formerly home to Hippin’ Hops brewery, spans 2,300 square feet, with an 800-square-foot wraparound patio outside, in what’s become an eastside foodie destination. 

Maggie Trautman, the property’s new owner, says plans call for a small neighborhood market in the corner space. It’ll be called Huckleberry’s Market. 

Trautman said tentative plans call for opening the market in early fall, pending delays.

“It's still early days, but we’re planning on offering grab-n-go lunches, prepared dinners, snacks, cold soda pop, beer and wine, and ice cream,” Trautman wrote via email. “We want it to be a place for kids, dogs, and everyone in between.”

The Hosea + 2nd corner space in question, as seen in 2021. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

East Lake has seen a roster of restaurants spring to life in recent years but has lacked a market concept akin to nearby Oakhurst Market and Kirkwood’s Kenny18 Bottle Shop, Valero convenience store, and Evergreen Butcher + Baker. 

The owners of Fellini’s Pizza and La Fonda restaurants, Clay Harper and Mike Nelson, alongside ReDevStudio's Nathan Bolster and Jay Martin, bought the four East Lake corners in 2015 from the Cousins Family Foundation, an organization that’s earned national attention for its work revitalizing East Lake since 1993. The following year, Hosea + 2nd won the Atlanta Urban Design Commission’s Award of Excellence for contributions to the city's urban fabric.

Hosea + 2nd’s food-and-beverage tenants include Poor Hendrix, Mix’D Up Burgers, Perc Coffee Roasters, La Fonda, and barbecue concept Gene’s. Elsewhere is hair salon Cameo and second-floor office space above the coffee shop and forthcoming market.

Find a before-after look at how Hosea + 2nd came together right over here.  

The former brewery's patio along 2nd Avenue, with the next phase of ELL Square townhomes rising across the street in 2021. Josh Green/Urbanize Atlanta

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