Southeastern eatery Georgia Grille is closing its doors for good, at 2290 Peachtree Road NW, after 30 years in business, the Atlanta institution Monday posted to its Facebook page.
News of Georgia Grille’s shutter arrives as a growing list of restaurants have started reopening their dining rooms after being closed nearly a month to fight the spread of COVID-19.
“It is time to say goodbye,” Owner Karen Hilliard wrote in the social media announcement.
“Grateful for an amazing 30 years. Grateful for the best customer-friends. Grateful for years of loyal employees. Grateful for our vendors. Grateful for everyone that joined with us to create a special place for the community to come together and celebrate life!”
Hilliard in closing the restaurant is selling Georgia Grille “memorabilia”:
- “Georgia and Alfred” by Penley – $15,000
- Antique Coca-Cola cooler – $3,500
- Reception writing desk – $250
- Old Mexican cantina bar – $250
- Drinking Margaritas on “The Bench” – $250
Atlantans interested in purchasing any of the memorabilia are invited to reach out to Hilliard directly.
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GA Tech students have to pay so many school expenses that they don’t even have money for chicken fingers.
During my 12 years at GT I survived on dress-2-cheese-all-side just about every day. It’s a real shame its time is ending.
With Tech Square dining options, and the opening of campus to the outside world it’s easy to see why this has happened. It’s really sad though, I have lots of memories of eating there in the early 2000s.
Tech website says Junior’s is trying to stay open and looking at options:
http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=65691
My memories of Junior’s are of eating french toast on weekend mornings more than eating chicken tenders or burgers. I went there fairly regularly when I was a Tech student in the early 90s. I wish it hadn’t moved on campus after the Olympics. With its on campus location and newer hours it made it hard for those of us no longer on campus to get there for a meal.
@Jonathan: Apparently, you haven’t looked at the cost of other tier 1 engineering schools. GaTech is the biggest bargain in education.
I never liked their burgers.
junior’s grill update: http://whatnowatlanta.com/2011/04/21/owner-of-juniors-grill-gasps-for-air-at-tech/
Hope juniors can reopen. Always loved their burgers and gyros. Ate there as a student and an alumnus. It’s a short distance across North Ave (overhead walkway). $1.50 to park for an hour. IMO its not hard to get there at all. You just need to be willing to walk a couple hundred yards…actually it’s nice when the weather is good. But most alumni tend to forget about it as an option, even if they live in town.