We’re excited to host our second Recovery Brunch on May 31st from 11AM to 2PM in Downtown Decatur. Since 2000, Side by Side Brain Injury Clubhouse has been dedicated to recovery - working side by side with men and women who’ve experienced a brain injury as they recover community, purpose, and hope.

In collaboration with Chai Pani Decatur, Side by Side’s Recovery Brunch will feature beverages and bites from over 20 community partners, including a mix of returning favorites from 2025 and new participants. The brunch will be hosted at Chai Pani Decatur, a lively indoor-and-outdoor space that brings the vibrant energy of Indian street food into the heart of the restaurant experience. The Decatur location was named one of Atlanta Magazine’s Best New Restaurants in 2013, and its executive chef, Sahar Siddiqi, was recognized as a 2023 James Beard semifinalist for Best Chef: Southeast.

Restaurants:

Baby Girl • Botiwalla • Chai Pani • El Super Pan • Farm Burger • Fawn • Fords BBQ • Good Word Brewing • Kamayan ATL • Kimball House • Lyla Lila • Mule Train • Muss & Turners • Poco Loco • Smileys • The Companion • The Deer & The Dove • The Third Space • Twin Smokers BBQ

Beverages:

Banshee • Chai Pani • Creature Comforts • Fawn • Good Word Brewing • Lucky Star • Minhwa Spirits • Montane • Murrell’s Row • Raani Coffee • Ticonderoga Club • Wine for Good

Sweets:

Avondale Breakfast Club • B-Side • Butter & Cream

The Recovery Brunch will feature a silent auction, live auction and a DJ! 

• $160 General Admission tickets are all inclusive and include unlimited beverage enjoyment and a “bite” from each participating restaurant.

• $50 Zero Proof tickets are all inclusive and include unlimited non-alcoholic beverage enjoyment and a “bite” from each participating restaurant.

• $25 “Pancake Pass” tickets available for kids age six and over. Children under five are welcome for free.

Honoring Elizabeth George: We are honored to present the 2026 Jim Long Servant Leadership Award to Liz George at this years Recovery Brunch! Named for our beloved former Board Chair, Jim Long, the award recognizes individuals who model servant leadership, are generous of time, talent and treasure, and understand the significant unmet needs of the brain injury community. Liz doesn’t just support the mission, she passionately serves the people behind it, and it’s our distinct privilege to recognize her service.

More details here: https://www.sidebysideclubhouse.org/award

Why we brunch: Chai Pani’s Executive Chef, Sahar Siddiqi, became intimately connected to the brain injury community when she was eight years old. Her grandfather suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed on the entire right side of his body (known as hemiplegia). That experience shaped her understanding of brain injury and caregiving as not just something that changes a person, but something that calls for the right kind of support, patience, and community. Read Sahar’s story here.