‘Alice in Wonderland’-themed eatertainment venue is coming to The Center

Credit: Courtesy of the Looking Glass

Credit: Courtesy of the Looking Glass

The Looking Glass will offer a variety of carnival-style games, immersive art inside a Hall of Illusions, challenge-based attractions, nine-pin bowling and tabletop games.

An experiential, choose-your-own-adventure activity called the Curiosity Quest will take participants through a mystery narrative a bit like a scavenger hunt. Customers will find clues and surprises while working “through different chapters of the story in their own way, uncovering different aspects of the world as they explore,” according to a news release.

The business will be open for lunch and dinner with a menu of small plates and pastries like lemon pepper shrimp, spicy tuna crispy rice, beignets, brown butter tea cake and raspberry rose macarons.

This is the latest tenant set to join The Center (styled as The CTR) redevelopment in downtown Atlanta. Real estate firm CP Group bought the building several years ago before CNN started moving out of its newsroom. In 2023, CNN announced it would completely move its Atlanta operations to the Turner Techwood campus in Midtown.

Since then, the CP Group has shared its ambitious plans to transform The Center into a bustling mixed-use development with a food hall, apartments, hotel rooms, a public atrium and a temporary FIFA exhibition site on the ground floor.

Mastro’s Ocean Club, an upscale steakhouse and seafood restaurant, is also set to take over the former McCormick & Schmick’s space on the ground floor of The Center.

Its food hall, CTR Food Works, and the revamped atrium are set to open in June with a large central bar and a dozen food and beverage offerings.