Atlanta’s Auburn Angel Speaks Its History

When Asa Fain opened Auburn Angel within a 1949-built property, he discovered it requires grit and patience. Fain didn’t seek out a historic building, but he saw potential in Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn neighborhood (which is also the birthplace of Martin Luther King Jr.) and appreciated the building’s location within it. The building had always housed a restaurant, and a smoke pit from its resident in the 1960s remains outside. “I feel like...