Everything I had at Petit Chou was fresh and delicious. The prices were fair and service was great. I can't think of anything really wrong with our experience. I give this simple bistro 4.5 stars rounded up to 5. Petit Chou, pronounced "petite shoo," is French for little cabbage. This is a small cafe/restaurant serving a variety of coffee, tea, and housemade beverages along with farm-fresh French and American Southern food. The business is locally owned and independent. It opened in Cabbagetown, a small neighborhood east of downtown Atlanta, in March 2017. Originally serving breakfast, brunch, and lunch, the restaurant may be open for dinner service by the time you read this. The restaurant is located at the corner of Memorial and Powell in a standalone, light-blue-painted, brick building. Free parking is available on the property's nicely paved lot. You can also street park on Powell (also free). Since opening, this restaurant has become a neighborhood hot spot. Our group of 7 visited for a Saturday morning breakfast with reservations booked for 8:30am. It was quiet before 9am. By the time we left around 9:45am, it was loud. Every table was taken and there were people waiting outside. This place is popular and for good reason. There's not much to the place. Inside, there's a rectangular bar in the center of the space surrounded by tables. There's a covered patio outside with picnic tables. I guesstimate the bar and dining room can seat roughly 30-40 customers and the patio 20. The interior looks like it was designed with repurposed materials. There's a garden outside with a variety of flowers and other plants. It wouldn't surprise me if the floral centerpieces at each table came from the garden. The atmosphere was casual, inviting, and unpretentious. The staff and clientele were eclectic. During our visit, there were 9 items on the breakfast menu, ranging in price from $7.00 to $10.50. They included items like chicken liver mousse and Boursin (French cheese) and avocado toast. The kitchen uses free-range eggs from Beulah Farms (northwest Georgia), sources local produce delivered daily, and serves sprouted grain whole wheat toast and housemade buttermilk biscuits made from ingredients from Southern Swiss Dairy (east Georgia). In addition to the menu, there was a small selection of pastries in a display at the bar. They included Danishes, palmiers (butterfly-shaped pastries), muffins, croissants, and more. Cafe drinks are also made with ingredients (milks) from Southern Swiss Dairy. You can get an espresso for $2.75 and an iced mocha or latte for $5.25. Petit Chou makes their own Madagascar vanilla bean syrup (+$1). There's a rotating selection of craft beverages, each under $5, including drinks such as a strawberry and anise hyssop soda and a blackberry and basil limeade. I tried the biscuits and gravy ($7.50) and a croque madame ($10). Petit Chou serves a croque monsieur too ($8.50) with the only difference between the two being the croque madame is served with a poached egg on top. Both entrees were delicious. The biscuits and gravy were among the best I've had anywhere in terms of both taste and presentation. Generally, all of the dishes served were plated and presented cleanly and beautifully. Petit Chou's biscuits and gravy are made with a creamy and savory chicken sausage gravy and each biscuit is topped with a poached egg. Overall, this was a well balanced dish. Both the biscuits and gravy were delectable and one did not overpower the other. The gravy was satisfyingly addictive. The croque madame was meaty and flavorful. It's a grilled ham and cheese melt made with Dijon mustard, Gruyere cheese, and one poached egg. It comes with a small side of dressed greens which, in our case, was chard (I'm pretty sure). The sandwich was easier to eat with fork and knife. The stacks of ham were a little salty (not uncommon), but tender and quite tasty. My favorite part was the smooth and nutty Gruyere and I enjoyed the fresh, crisp, and dark leafy greens as well. Some of my friends ordered the Cabbagetown breakfast bowl (a grits bowl with cheddar, meat, and vegetables; $10.50) and the "Morning Biscuit" (chicken biscuit with poached egg; $5.50) and they looked excellent. I also tried two drinks: an iced chai latte ($5.25) and an iced vanilla latte with soy milk ($5.25 + $0.50 for the soy milk). Originally, we tried to order an iced mocha ($5.25) with soy milk, but it wasn't possible to order a mocha made with soy, so we were offered the vanilla latte instead. It was made with the housemade Madagascar vanilla bean syrup and turned out to be fantastic. It's Petit Chou's iced latte ($4.75) plus the vanilla syrup added ($1). It was so good, I'd order it again. The iced chai latte wasn't as sweet, but it was still yummy and very refreshing. Mischa S was our server and she was terrific. read more