King + Duke

About King + Duke

King + Duke, a Chef-owned restaurant from Atlanta's Ford Fry, offers a seasonal dining experience in the heart of Buckhead. A 24-foot open hearth is the restaurant's centerpiece, and their passion for cooking over wood comes through in every dish. Named after characters in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, King + Duke nods to classic literature and American traditions. The locally sourced dishes harken back to the way food used to be prepared: cooking over fire is a primitive technique that lets the ingredients speak for themselves. A California native, Executive Chef EJ Hodgkinson marries his well-researched knowledge about the food industry and sustainable, organic advocacy with King + Duke's signature bent toward old-world open-fire cooking. With age-old technique and a 24-foot open-fire hearth, Hodgkinson injects the over-arching theme of responsible butchering and direct-heat cooking into the juicy, smoky menu at King + Duke – continuing to propel the restaurant into the red-hot center of Atlanta's food scene.