Chefs Rachel Best and Ben Watter to Open New Restaurant in Greater Fulton

We don’t get much news about the Fulton area so when this press release about Blue Atlas came into our inbox piqued our interest. The credentials of the two chefs involved are nothing to sneeze at either.

Chefs Rachel Best and Ben Watters are opening a new restaurant in Schoolhouse at Artisan Hill, the newly-renovated former schoolhouse in Greater Fulton. The restaurant, Blue Atlas, will feature a clean, global comfort food concept, with shared plates and a fun, welcoming dining experience.

Best has most recently served as the R&D Chef at Ellwood Thompsons, and Sous Chef at Secco Wine Bar and Restaurant, in addition to operating her own catering company. She is a Richmond native, but started her restaurant career in Boulder, Co., where she was Executive Chef at Leaf Vegetarian Restaurant. Best graduated with honors from the Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts in Boulder.

Watters was most recently with LeMaire at The Jefferson, and previously Executive Chef at Aloi, and Sous Chef at Brenner Pass and 24 Carrot Bistro in Erie, CO.

Best and Watters each have extensive experience with a variety of cuisines, fine dining, and impeccable catering. Blue Atlas will have an intimate dining room featuring a large bank of mullioned windows, in addition to outdoor service on the large portico ~ both overlooking sunset views of the City. The restaurant is set to open in May.

They will also open Blue Atlas Market, right across the hall from the restaurant. The community market will offer quick-service breakfast and lunch, along with a full-service coffee bar, grab-and-go meals, and market essentials.

Catering will still play a big part in their offerings. They will be the on-site catering team for the rental event spaces in Schoolhouse at Artisan Hill, and have plans to expand to offsite catering, from boxed lunches to large events and weddings.

Get updates at SchoolhouseatArtisanHill.com.