The restaurant announced the news Tuesday on Facebook.
Ink & Elm in Emory Village will close its doors after dinner service Saturday, possibly sooner depending on the restaurant’s inventory.
The news was announced Tuesday evening on Ink & Elm’s Facebook page.
After 21 amazing months, Ink & Elm is saying farewell. We have enjoyed serving the neighborhood, the Emory community, and the city of Atlanta. We were warmly embraced by many, many who have become great friends. From our house to yours, we thank you for your support and friendship.
We plan to continue to serve the Druid Hills/Emory neighborhood through Saturday depending on our inventory. Please come in, relive great memories, and say good-bye in person. We will even have our bourbon/whisk(e)y wall discounted by up to 50% for your enjoyment.
Once again, thank you.
It’s unclear why the restaurant, which first opened September 2013, is closing.
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Too expensive for the location. Even the tavern would set me and my bf back $80 bucks for a couple of glasses of wine and two apps. For a large section of Druid Hills this is the closest place to walk to dinner. It was a nice idea to have someplace a little bit nicer to have a dinner out (nicer than say subs and pizza). But to be able to make it a regular go to spot it has to be a lower price range with a max entree price of $20 or so and less than $12 for a 4 oz pour of wine.
I really think this all comes down to service, I went there a total of three times with different groups of friends. Each time the service was absolutely terrible – not a little slow, but horrible and frankly rude. We hosted a group birthday party and they almost turned us away the night of (after we made the reservation 2 weeks in advance because they didnt have a place to seat us in the main dining room, then they sat us in the tavern and told us we couldn’t order off the main dining room menu… whaaaaaaaaaat?). Another time at brunch there was plenty of seating but the hostess had no idea what was going on and we waited for ages and then had a very rude waiter. I think this is the classic case of investors putting a pretty restaurant together with a good chef, but then walking away from the actual management and daily operations. At the prices this restaurant charges, you MUST invest in good management and servers, that’s the most basic fundamental takeaway from restaurant 101. It’s a shame as this could have had so much potential…