Nani’s Piri Piri Chicken is closing its Ponce City Market doors, a company spokesperson Wednesday told What Now Atlanta in an email. The restaurant’s final day of service will be Tuesday, February 28, 2023.
“The Nani’s concept for delicious rotisserie chicken and homestyle sides was born of the pandemic, opening in 2020, and we feel it has lived its best life,” the spokesperson said. “The Chai Pani Restaurant Group plans to focus its resources on its Indian street food restaurants Chai Pani and Botiwalla. In particular, we plan to expand Botiwalla this year outside the Southeastern market.”
Sister eatery Botiwalla and retail store Spicewalla, also located in Ponce City Market, will continue business as usual, the spokesperson said. Nani’s closed its original outpost in Asheville in summer 2022, turning it into a Spicewalla retail space and secondary kitchen for Chai Pani.
“The response to our Outstanding Restaurant Award from the James Beard Foundation has exceeded our wildest expectations and made it clear that showcasing Indian street food — what we believe to be the most democratic, egalitarian, approachable, affordable cuisine of India — is our most pressing mission right now,” the spokesperson said.
