Yeppa & Co. Beltline

Yeppa is a Romagnol exclamation of delight, and the restaurant group behind it — Pietro Gianni and Stephen Peterson of Y Hospitality, previously responsible for Storico Fresco, Storico Vino and Forza Storico — built the concept around Rimini, the seaside city in Emilia-Romagna. The BeltLine location sits at 667 Auburn Avenue NE in the Old Fourth Ward, opening straight onto the Eastside Trail with a spacious covered patio, outdoor seating, fire-pit tables and strings of lights, which is where most of the trade happens in good weather. It serves dinner Tuesday through Friday from five and adds weekend lunch from 11:30am, running to midnight on Friday and Saturday.

Aperitivo is the format, and that is precisely why the non-alcoholic list works here rather than feeling like a compromise. An Italian spritz is a structural drink — bitter, effervescent, low in sugar, drunk before food — and it survives the removal of alcohol better than almost any other cocktail category. Yeppa's house Spritz drops both the prosecco and the bitter liqueur and rebuilds it on Lapo's non-alcoholic aperitif lengthened with soda, keeping the bitterness and the colour. Amore e Passione is the floral counterpart, made with Floreale non-alcoholic aperitivo, passion fruit, lemon and soda. DiningOut, surveying Atlanta's zero-proof bars in 2026, judged that both Yeppa outposts carry a zero-proof section that fits the aperitivo ethos perfectly. The kitchen runs handmade pasta, wood-fired dishes and Adriatic-leaning seafood alongside. The restaurant is fully licensed with a substantial wine programme, so it sits at four rather than five, but the zero-proof drinks are named on the printed menu, priced as cocktails and built behind the same bar — and on a stretch of the BeltLine where most patios are drinking-first, that matters. The Eastside Trail runs past the door, so the room draws walkers and cyclists coming off the path as well as booked tables, and the patio is the part of the operation most people encounter first. A second Yeppa operates in Buckhead Village under the same ownership with the same zero-proof section but longer daytime hours; we list the two separately because they are distinct addresses with distinct kitchens and schedules.