85 Georgia Ave
summerhill
Atlanta, GA 30312

SUN - THURS

11:30AM - 8:30pm

FRI & SAT

11:30am - 9:00pm

OR UNTIL THE MEAT IS GONE!

PLEASE CHECK INSTAGRAM FOR ANY CHANGES TO OUR HOURS DUE TO SPECIAL EVENTS, ETC.

LARGE dining ROOM + PATIO

game room with shufflepuck, foosball & darts

private dining room available

PLAY IN OUR FALL cornhole LEAGUE

Come play in the CornholeATL league at Wood’s Chapel starting Wednesday, August 31. CornholeATL is an adult co-ed league where you test your cornhole skills against players of your same level — the beer is cold, the competition is friendly, and the fun never stops! Registration ends August 22!

CHECK OUT OUR NEW BURRITOS!

AVAILABLE DAILY IN ADDITION TO OUR REGULAR MENU

CATERING & FAMILY MEALS

Events

We look forward to hosting your rehearsal dinners, wedding receptions, bat and bar mitzvahs, anniversary parties, business dinners, football tailgates, and holiday parties. If you would like to hold your event at the restaurant please fill out an event inquiry form below!

About

Named for one of the first churches to serve the Summerhill community immediately following the Civil War,Wood'sChapel BBQ uses traditional wood-fired pits to prepare an extensive barbecue menu including whole hog, prime brisket, salmon, and turkey.

Barbecue is primal. It is meat; it is fire; it is smoke.

Barbecue is community. It is food of gatherings and celebrations. You don’t cook it for four, you cook it for 100. It is church suppers and political rallies. It is not justfood,it is an event.

Barbecue is America. It has touched and been touched by indigenous peoples, Spanish explorers, European settlers, enslaved Africans and free people of color, and all of their descendants. It moved from the Caribbean to the Colonial south, then west and north. Along the way, it adapted to what the land provided and who settled the land. It traces our messy history, from the valleys to the mountaintops. It is food of the people, whether their means are modest or great. It has causedand continues to cause debatebetween regions, between states, within states, within towns, within families. It divides and it unites.

Summerhill was established in 1865, just after the Civil War, and was settled largely by the formerly enslaved and Jewish immigrants. Within a year, a church sprung up to serve the new community: Wood’s Chapel. The adjacent Washington-Rawson area became one of the finest early residential neighborhoods in Atlanta and was early home to enduring Atlanta institutions including The Temple (the Hebrew Benevolent Congregation) and the original Piedmont Hospital (then the Piedmont Sanitarium). But advent of the streetcar and the automobile began to lure the more affluent residents away from the city center to newer “suburbs” such as Inman Park, Ansley Park, and Druid Hills. Nevertheless, the area remained a vibrantworking classneighborhood with busy commercial corridors. Dominanceof the automobile, however,eventually led to construction of the interstate highway system and to mixed use areas becoming disfavored among city planners. Race and economics made the area a target for aggressive “urban renewal.” Residents were forced out and the land cleared for interstates, a stadium, and parking lots. The vibrant fabric of these neighborhoodswas torn.

Following the Braves’ departure from Turner Fieldafter the 2016 season, adevelopment teamconsisting of Carter, Oakwood Development andHealey Weatherholtz Propertiesis redeveloping the72-acresite with Georgia State University as the anchor. Part of the project will turn35acres into a mixed-use area including offices,multifamily apartments,student apartments, and neighborhoodrestaurant andretail.

This is a proud areawith a rich historythat has taken a lot of hits, but refuses to stay down. The redevelopment willhelp reconnect these neighborhoodsand add to the building energy inthe area. Wood’s Chapel BBQ is excited tobringnew commerciallife back to this part of Georgia Avenueand looks forward to being a contributing part of this historic community.

Todd Ginsberg, Shelley Sweet and Jennifer and Ben Johnson openedWood’sChapelBBQ in June 2019. The four also are partners in The General Muir, TGM Bread, Fred’s Meat & Bread, and Yalla — collectively “Rye Restaurants.” (Sweet and the Johnsons also are partners in West Egg Café, which celebrated its 15th anniversary in 2019).

For a beautiful, interactive, informative, sensitive, and thought provoking digital history of Summerhill and Georgia Avenue please visit the newly-released Streetscape Palimpsest: A History of Georgia Avenue (narrative and design by Marni Davis, Associate Professor, Georgia State University; interviews and photographs by Richard Laupus, documentarian and longtime Peoplestown resident).

Contact

404.522.3000

Wood’s Chapel BBQ

85 Georgia Ave SE

Atlanta, GA 30312

SUMMERHILL

PRESS

BEST NEW ‘CUE: WOOD’S CHAPEL BBQ (ATLANTA MAGAZINE, BEST OF ATLANTA 2019) - DEC 2019

REVIEW: WOOD’S CHAPEL BBQ BRINGS TOP-NOTCH BARBECUE TO SUMMERHILL (ATLANTA MAGAZINE) - NOV 2019

REVIEW: WOOD’S CHAPEL REVEALS HEART, SOUL OF MODERN BARBECUE (AJC) - AUG 22, 2019

TAKE A FOOD TOUR OF ATLANTA’S SUMMERHILL NEIGHBORHOOD (AJC) - SEPT 26, 2019

THE VERDICT ON 3 NEW ATLANTA RESTAURANTS: WOOD’S CHAPEL BBQ, SCEPTRE BREWING ARTS, THE DEER AND THE DOVE (ATLANTA MAGAZINE) - SEPT 9, 2019

FIRST LOOK: FIND SMOKED MEAT AND MORE AT WOOD’S CHAPEL BBQ IN SUMMERHILL (AJC) - JUN 24, 2019

FIRST LOOK AT WOOD’S CHAPEL BBQ: 'FOOD IS ONE THING THAT BRINGS ALL WALKS OF LIFE TOGETHER' (ATLANTA BUSINESS CHRONICLE) - JUN 20, 2019

PEEK INSIDE WOOD’S CHAPEL, BRINGING BARBECUE AND CHESS PIE TO SUMMERHILL TODAY (EATER) - JUN 19, 2019

AJC DINING GUIDE, THE HEART OF BARBECUE: MEET THESE 26 SMOKING METRO ATLANTA PITMASTERS - APR 26, 2019

WOOD’S CHAPEL BBQ WILL BRING CUE-BANO SANDWICHES AND CHEERWINE WHISKEY SLUSHIES TO SUMMERHILL THIS SPRING - MAR 27, 2019

GARDEN & GUN, THE SOUTHERN AGENDA: DEC 2018/JAN 2019

REHABBED SUMMERHILL BUILDINGS TURNED OVER TO FUTURE TENANTS; OPENINGS IN SIGHT - OCT 4, 2018

BARBECUE BECKONS: ATLANTA FINE-DINING CHEFS ADDING PITMASTER TO RESUME - MAY 2, 2018

THE MOST ANTICIPATED ATLANTA RESTAURANTS OF 2018- JAN 24, 2018

THE GENERAL MUIR TEAM IS OPENING A BARBECUE RESTAURANT- JAN 16, 2018

THE TEAM BEHIND GENERAL MUIR BRINGING BARBECUE TO SUMMERHILL-JAN 16, 2018

40 PHOTOS: INSIDE SUMMERHILL’S HISTORIC COMMERCIAL STRIP AS REDEVELOPMENT BEGINS- OCT 25, 2017

HOW ATLANTA’S SUMMERHILL, IN SHADOW OF TURNER FIELD, COULD BE DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT IN A YEAR- MAY 16, 2017

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