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Atlanta · 2026-10-06

Arnette's hides a 35-day dry-aged cowboy rib eye in Brookhaven

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Atlanta Magazine's steakhouse list notes a bar with rock-and-roll portraits and a Manhattan made with private barrel Knob Creek rye.

A juicy steak on a plate
A juicy steak on a plate · Atlanta Magazine

Atlanta Magazine includes Arnette's Chop Shop on its list of the city's 10 best steakhouses. The restaurant sits in a reclaimed warehouse on a Brookhaven side street and is described as rebelliously discreet. Its dry-aged steak focus includes a cowboy rib eye aged 35 days for maximum tenderness.

Owner Michel Arnette opened it in 2018, after three other Brookhaven restaurants on Dresden Drive. Past the heavy front door, the magazine describes stairs framed with steer-rib-style bones leading to a bar.

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