Signage at the restaurants suggest the closures are temporary, neighboring businesses say otherwise.
Paul’s Restaurant and Social Vinings, two Atlanta staples since 2005 and 2008 respectively, quietly closed their doors over the Christmas holiday.
The restaurants, owned and operated by famed Atlanta chef Paul Albrecht under parent company Great Food Group Inc., shuttered Christmas Eve, according to employees at neighboring businesses.
“The staff at Paul’s were only given a days notice,” a Peachtree Hills resident wishing to remain anonymous told What Now Atlanta (WNA) on a trip to the restaurant Wednesday night.
Signage at Paul’s Restaurant suggest the eatery, at 10 Kings Cir NE, is “closed for renovations.” Employees at neighboring businesses say the restaurants won’t be reopening.
Both restaurants’ websites and social media have been taken offline and their phone numbers disconnected. Great Food Group’s website has also been taken offline.
Albrecht was reportedly looking to sell the concepts, and listed both Paul’s and Social Vinings for sale earlier this year to no avail.
Patrick Albrecht, Paul’s son and day-to-day operator of the restaurant group, has not returned our requests for comment.
Developing…
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So disturbing to see our small businesses making the hard decision to close permanently.
Small businesses were the backbone of America, and the big corporations have just eaten them up– now we have a pandemic that further escalates that.
Dine-in restaurants can’t subsist on take-out and/or a 50% cut in dining capacity– plus 39 other requirements.
Sadly, I’m certain more closures are to come…
I am in complete agreement, add to that the heartless attitudes I have witnessed from our fellow citizens calling for boycotting restaurants that try to open and follow the guidelines just saddens me.
I live in Midtown and see people crowding restaurant patios and the park every day. I don’t see people protesting that, I see people protesting them opening a Dollar General because they wanted Becky’s Birkin Botique instead, even though a small business couldn’t afford to rent the space. A big part of Midtown’s problem starts with rents being too high because of all the money laundering, its not as extreme as San Francisco but something like 400 restaurants closed there in 2019, before the pandemic. Everyone is paying too much rent, and we send the problem welfare checks. Supply side economics, what fun.
Georgia Grille had been planning to close l-o-n-g before COVID-19 came onto the scene. I was told this by the owner back in late-2019. JSYK.
Hahaha it’s just like the major leftist publications calling everything a covid19 death even though the situation will have been someone skydiving without a parachute.
Those doggone leftists keeping Merica from being great again!
The Corner Tavern is mislabeled as Edgewood. This location is actually in O4W.
Umm
It’s on Edgewood, the street, not the neighborhood.
It’s on Edgewood
Believe the Folks restaurant chain is gone. Tucker location for sale at any rate. Not sure on Woodstock or Hiram.
All of Folks has closed, sadly.
Folks in Marietta closed before covid 19 was even an issue.
Hope that Golden Corrals & Fried Tomato Buffets reopen soon.
Buffets will definitely be a thing of the past unless they get very creative. I am not touching another spoon that someone else just touched to serve themselves, sorry.
No one that is interested in their health was eating at buffets before. I’m sure it’ll be the same going forward…
This is such a sad article to have to re-read with each update. I hate it for the folks having to make the decisions to close up shop for good.
The Georgian Club is the one that strikes me … kinda viewed that as an ‘esablishment’
Add Cacao Cafe in Va-Hi to the list…
Tassa Roti Shop (Alpharetta location) is permanently closed, per the website:
https://tassarotishop.com/menu/alpharetta/
Sent comment awhile back regarding closing of Churchill’s in Buckhead and now the Your Pie store as well…