It’s official. Over the weekend, Midtown staple Einstein’s closed its doors after a thirty year run, soon to be followed by neighboring restaurant Joe‘s on Juniper, which is expected to close in October.
Metrotainment Cafes, the parent company of both restaurants, sold the properties to developer Middle Street Partners back in March. Shortly after the sale, Middle Street Partners released renderings for the dual skyscrapers that are slated to be built where Einstein’s and Joe’s on Juniper now stand.
In a statement provided to What Now Atlanta, Metrotainment Cafes confirmed that Einstein’s is now officially closed for regular dining. “The restaurant and space will be available for private events until October for those seeking spaces for rehearsal dinners, wedding receptions, corporate events, and more,” the statement read. “Additionally, Joe’s on Juniper will remain open until October, allowing guests to enjoy the summer season on the famous patio in Midtown.”
The news comes as a blow to Einstein’s and Joe’s on Juniper loyalists, many of whom have been frequenting both restaurants for decades. But as the old saying goes, every cloud has a silver lining. Wedding season is upon us, and for those who want to send Einstein’s out with a bang, you can seal the deal with a kiss in your favorite restaurant, before we all move on to a towering new chapter.
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Phase 2 in Atlanta means never or at best 20 years later…..
Agreed. On the call they were stumbling around a bit about whether the parking podium would be built all at once or in phases to coincide with the towers. That part will be interesting.
Phase two will NEVER happen. If all of it isn’t built at the same time it ain’t happening. Heard it over and over again from these developers
So glad that we are making more progress over paving over anything green left in midtown and removing whatever character might be left. But as has been the case for the last 40+ years that I have lived here, as long as the developers make a tidy profit, quality of life doesn’t matter. Let’s keeping adding even more development so that the next time there is a problem on one of the highways and everybody takes to the surface streets, it will take an act of God or the National Guard or both to sort out the mess. Just sayin’.
In general I agree about the paving over anything green, however it’s not the case here. It’s two restaurants and a boarded up building in between them. Nothing green about any of it.
Well, nothing green except two giant old trees out front, a few smaller mature trees out back and several more down the block.
Gotta agree.
Sorry to see this pocket of human-scale homes/patios go. They give the city a little bit of “visual breathing room” as well as contributing to the vibrancy of the neighborhood.
And I totally forgot about the in-town debacle that our melted highway caused– good grief, seems so long ago…
This building looks great. I love the design and that it does not look like everything else. I just hope they can incorporate some patio space for the two restaurants. That is the best part of the experience from what is there now.
I don’t get what everyone likes about the building design. To me it looks like Eastern European retro future.