For dessert there’s the gold rice pudding topped with an “unnecessary garnish,” because “how frivolous!” Dishes listed include Stieber’s tongue-and-cheek descriptions, like a catfish okonomiyaki served with 1990s-style mayo and brown sauce drizzles or apples and pork belly “drowning” in Sichuan chile oil. The menu at Little Bear features around 12 shareable dishes, ranging from $7 to $13, broken out into hot, cold, and sweet sections. It seemed only natural to name Little Bear for the hospitable beast, who indeed resembles a small bear. The five-year-old Pyrenees mountain dog, known as the “ambassador of adorable”, has his own Instagram account and happily holds court on restaurant patios throughout Atlanta’s east side. This is part of what endears people to Stieber as a chef - making dining out approachable and fun by not taking the whole thing so seriously.Īt its core, Little Bear is a neighborhood restaurant watched over by its namesake and furry “proprietor”, Fernando L. Most have followed Stieber since his days at Gato cafe in Candler Park, where he offered playful takes on the fine dining establishment’s proclivity for tweezer food garnished with “pretentious flowers” or desserts like a blondie brownie and whiskey milk served with a tiny straw.Īs the doors open at the Georgia Avenue restaurant, Stieber is back in the kitchen serving up what he refers to as “Michelin Tire dining” and “regular dinners”, both prominently stated on the front windows of Little Bear. After running the wildly popular pop-up Eat Me Speak Me for years, his restaurant already has a built-in set of regulars. Chef Jarrett Stieber describes opening Little Bear, his new Summerhill restaurant, as “surreal”.
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