Sherlock’s Wine Merchant Buckhead relocates to larger space as old location becomes parking
Sherlock’s Wine Merchant Buckhead in the Parkway Place shopping center is relocating to a larger space, according to spokeswoman Elizabeth McDonald.
McDonald told What Now Atlanta Wednesday that the wine store located at 3401 Northside Parkway will close to move three doors down in the same shopping center, slated to open May 1.
“The old location will transition into greatly needed additional parking,” McDonald said.
Doubling in size, the new Sherlock’s Wine Merchant Buckhead will offer old and new world wines, a tasting bar, area for special events and wine education program, more vintner receptions and private tastings.
Owner Doug Bryant feels the relocation is best for the wine retailer, currently with five locations across Metro Atlanta.
“We’re taking it to the next level and expanding all elements of what we offer, including parking.” Bryant said. “It’s a win-win situation for everyone.”
Grand opening events will be scheduled throughout the month of May.
Sherlock’s Wine Merchant
3401 Northside Pkwy NW
Atlanta, GA 30327
8 Responses
Let’s get rid of revenue generating space in order to make room for a parking lot. Keep up the good work Atlanta…
Urbanist – Your POV is clear to anyone who reads this blog even sporadically. That being said, your statements would have more power if used (not to repeat myself) sporadically. Do you know where this store is? It’s in the suburbs. People drive in the suburbs. Where should a customer park in the shopping center in question if there are no parking spots? The alternatives are other shopping centers (which may get your car towed or booted) or 1/2 mile away in a neighborhood. It’s all good and well that you’re for smart transportation and smart development, but there are certain situations where the only solution is to build more capacity for the gas guzzling vehicles that many of us drive. Instead of just making a snide comment, why didn’t you suggest a valid solution?
That shopping center is fugly. 1970s Polynesian inspired brown crap. Does this also mean some remodeling is in store?
I don’t know if I’d call this location the “bubs”. It’s not central to the city by any means, but it’s also no the burbs. I’m pretty sure that in the vast majority of my posts on here, that happen to be critical, I offer plenty of suggestions and solutions. When there’s an article on here about something I agree with, I’m pretty complimentary as well.
I simply disagree with the notion that we should “build more capacity for the gas guzzling vehicles we all drive”. In this particular case, it’s a private development so the developer can do whatever he wants. However, I think that mentality – the “we need to accommodate the sprawling population of commuters/drivers” mentality – is destroying this city. What the city needs is a focus on accommodating city residents and facilitating better connectivity, development, and transportation for the city. Allocating resources to projects and improvements that encourage sprawl and growth are the worst thing this city can do to ensure it’s demise…
It’ll be interesting to see what happens here. I’ve driven through this shopping center several times over the years to get to OK Cafe, Goldbergs and this wine store — and I’ve always found navigating this lot to be particularly unpleasant.
I share Urbanist’s desire to see Atlanta move away from its heavy car dependency (one of my big dreams is to live here car free and I’m always making gains toward that), but there’s no denying that there’s a huge demand for added parking in this shopping center and that this corner of Buckhead will probably not be adopting walkable development any time soon. In the spirit of choosing one’s battles wisely, I think it’s best to focus on other areas of the city for walkability. This zone is owned by the asphalt.
Everyone,
Why waste your time with Urbanist? He knows way more than everyone and his opinion is the only opinion. Just ignore him.
Since when did having and expressing an opinion become a sign of omnipotence?
If you don’t want to waste your time discussing/debating, then don’t. I, however, enjoy the people here who have opinions and like to debate/discuss them.
I’m with Darin on this one. This isn’t exactly a place that was about to turn the corner toward walkable urbanity anyway.
Besides, think of it this way: Here’s a local business that’s doing well enough that it NEEDS more space and more parking. How often do you hear that?