Movie star chef and Actual Housewives of Atlanta star Kelli Ferrell celebrated two main milestones this previous Friday evening: the upcoming launch of Disney’s Freakier Friday and the grand opening of her latest Nana’s Rooster & Waffles location in Sandy Springs, Georgia.
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The occasion, held at Ferrell’s newly opened restaurant in The Prado Purchasing Middle, served as a vibrant preview celebration for Disney’s extremely anticipated sequel to the 2003 hit movie Freaky Friday, starring Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis.
With the official premiere set for August 8, the night doubled as a family-friendly kickoff to the back-to-school season in Atlanta, and a heat welcome to the second outpost of Ferrell’s beloved Southern eatery.
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Friday evening’s occasion was filled with superstar company and group figures. Seen on the scene was former #RHOP star Mia Thornton, who introduced her earlier progeny out in town…
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Kelli Ferrell’s cute daughters, Probability, Chastiti, and Chelsi…
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platinum-selling rapper Warren G and his spouse Tennille Griffin…
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Sincerly Ward…
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and wellness influencers Leticia and Rob Gardner.
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The group loved trivia video games themed across the Freaky Friday franchise whereas sipping on signature cocktails from Belaire and Bumbu.
Kelli Ferrell Celebrated The Second Location Of Nana’s Rooster & Waffles
The “Queen of Waffles’” new restaurant was the proper location for the family-friendly occasion.
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Positioned at 5600 Roswell Street in a 2,800-square-foot area previously occupied by Marlow’s Tavern, the brand new Nana’s restaurant is Ferrell’s reply to overwhelming demand for a location contained in the perimeter. The unique Nana’s opened in 2016 alongside Flat Shoals Street in Conyers and later moved to McDonough in 2022. The Sandy Springs opening marks the following chapter in Ferrell’s culinary journey, which has included appearances on Meals Community’s Final Thanksgiving Problem, Man’s Grocery Video games, and OWN’s Meals Fantasies.
Visitors had been handled to a beneficiant sampling of the restaurant’s iconic menu, together with a colourful waffle unfold—purple velvet, banana pudding, peach cobbler, lemon, cinnamon roll, and extra—in addition to Southern favorites like shrimp and grits, catfish and grits, fried inexperienced tomatoes, fried grit desserts, and New Orleans-style beignets.
Whereas adults mingled and indulged, children loved hands-on actions like Y2K-style bracelet-making stations.
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Ferrell, alongside together with her daughters Probability, Chasiti, and Chelsi, hosted the night and led a energetic film trivia session, tying collectively the movie theme and the festive ambiance.
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“The demand to get a location inside the perimeter has been large,” Ferrell famous per a press launch. “With this new location, we plan to fulfill that demand and convey our tasty menu choices to new patrons.”
Ferrell’s workforce studies that her entrepreneurial spirit extends past the restaurant. She not too long ago launched a line of connoisseur waffle mixes, 24K gold flaked maple syrup, and stone-ground Cajun grits—all accessible for nationwide delivery. She’s additionally the creator of Kooking with Kelli, a cookbook full of household recipes and Southern inspiration handed down by means of generations.
With plans to broaden the Nana’s menu to incorporate off-menu specials just like the Honey Lobster Sriracha Waffle, Ferrell continues to construct a model rooted in taste, hospitality, and group connection.
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