About us

Who would expect to find such a fine restaurant in this location? I only wish we had found it sooner."   

Mary Mercer, Open Table, March 2024

Fueled by the spectacular cooking of Chef Charles Zeran, Terra Terroir is 4.7 Open Table Diner's Choice Restaurant with an emphasis on cuisine and atmosphere. Not to mention their wine list which has quietly garnered over 18 national wine awards in the past 15 years. "An under the radar institution," wrote one critic. "Fine by me as long as I always can get a reservation:)

Besides have a creative menu, Terra Terroir also instituted an air cooled patio, minimizing the famous Georgia humidity. In the winter months, heat lamps create a mild 70 degree temperature and create an intimate cozy atmosphere where no one cares to get up and leave.

Terra Terroir is open six nights a week (Monday-Saturday) and six days a week (Monday-Saturday). AAA Four Star Diamond winner Chef Charles Zeran  commands the kitchen. 

For Dinner Reservations, please call 404-841-1032. or book on Open Table.  Parties of 6 or more please email info@terraterroir.com with your reservation request--or call 404-841-1032.

 The Terra Patio consists of 4 different distinct areas  and is seated by reservation on a first come basis. There is the Main Patio (seats 64), The Secret Garden (seats 24) The Bramble (Seats 10) and The Veranda (seats 38). In the front of the restaurant, a fully stocked Bar Terroir can accommodate up to 40 people comfortably.  ( Parties who wish to wait will be accommodated in  Bar Terroir).. For larger PRIVATE PARTIES, please go to PRIVATE PARTIES on our web site for more information or email Mary O'Brien at MaryO@terraterroir.com.

Charles Zeran has earned nine DiRoNA Awards (Distinguished Restaurants of North America) at three restaurants as well as nine Wine Spectator Awards. He neither went to culinary school nor worked under other chefs prior to running his first kitchen. Free of the constraints often imposed upon chefs who travel a more traditional path, Chef Zeran is at liberty to develop menus that are truly innovative, with novel dishes reflective of his personal vision. He takes a cue from molecular gastronomy, the science of cooking and its effect on food, combined with molecular cuisine, joining art with science. Together they produce intense infusions and dishes, notable for their creativity.

His culinary adventure has taken him from dining rooms in Washington State to the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Those memorable stops included being executive chef at the popular Flight in Memphis, where he achieved the # 1 rating on TripAdvisor, placed on Open Table's Top 100 in the Nation.  and where he maintained a 4.9 Open Table rating;

Four years later at the renowned Relais & Chateaux property The Lodge at Glendorn in Bradford, Pennsylvania,  Chef Zeran was awarded a listing on the Distinguished Restaurants of North America and oversaw a 6000 bottle wine cellar. Three years later he joined  Four Moons in Orange, South Carolina where he earned the coveted AAA Four Diamond rating in less than 9 months;. In 205 he became Executive  Chef the Stone Manor Inn in Middletown, Maryland where he won another DiRoNA Award and was named to Washingtonian Magazine "Very Best Restaurants List."

The critics' reviews of his skills continually point to his uncanny skills of matching food and flavors and textures with wines that accentuate that talent (see those reviews here: www.reviews CharlesZeeran.com. Such harmony in the kitchen was a wonderful change from his first career: 7 years as a divorce attorney. He now enjoys just one cook in the kitchen—himself.

He joined Terra Terroir in the summer of 2019.

He can be reachedatStonemanchef@hotmail.com