The Porter Beer Bar

Behind Porter Beer Bar is a young couple with a culinary résumé that most people in the restaurant business don’t acquire until they are much older; some never at all. Chef Nick Rutherford and Molly Gunn once worked for Seeger’s, mega chef Guenter Seeger’s five-star wonder in Buckhead, for example. To their abundant smarts add a bit of panache on a very low budget, and a prime spot in Little Five Points where they serve hip bar food and more than 100 different beers. Voilá, a gastropub is born. Sure, there are the usual pub grub suspects -- burgers, fish and chips and, since this is Little Five Points, a black bean burger. But there are also “signature” hush puppies fried with applewood-smoked bacon and served with a tangy apple sauce. And brandade, served with toast slices for dipping, smearing and generally rubbing around until there is absolutely none of this classic, a puree of salt cod, garlic and potatoes, left.