In addition to our normal news coverage, What Now Atlanta is tracking ways Atlanta’s businesses are adapting to the novel coronavirus and the challenges it brings to brick-and-mortars.
Zinburger, a chain of wine and burger bars, won’t be reopening its two Atlanta-area restaurants, the company’s Co-CEO and President Rick Barbrick told its VIP members in an email Thursday.
“First, let me thank you for being a loyal VIP member. It has truly been our pleasure to serve you,” Barbrick wrote.
“Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant financial impact on the restaurant industry and we are unable to reopen your local Zinburger.”
The local Zinburgers were in Buckhead’s Lenox Mall, at 3393 Peachtree Rd NE #3065A, and in Dunwoody, at 4555 Ashford Dunwoody Rd NE, and are included in a list of 15 permanent closings for the company.
Both Atlanta locations temporarily shuttered in early-April to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus as mandated by Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.
“Only our Marlboro and Bridgewater, NJ locations will reopen when it is safe to do so. Clifton, NJ has remained open for delivery and pick up and the dining room will open as soon as the Governor allows.”
Food and supplies from the 15 closed locations were donated to local food banks, according to the email.
Zinburger joins a growing list of Atlanta-area eateries that permanently shuttered citing financial hardship brought on by the COVID-19 outbreak.
[H/T to What Now Atlanta reader Tondaleya Carter, a commercial realtor with KW, for sharing the email with us.]
[Editor’s note: The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is rapidly evolving as is its effect on Atlanta, and the City’s businesses and its residents. Click here for What Now Atlanta’s ongoing coverage of the crisis. For guidance and updates on the pandemic, please visit the C.D.C. website.]
13 Responses
All this for a virus that has a 99.97 percent recovery rate. Of course it didn’t help that Manuel’s stayed completely closed for a very long time and didn’t pivot business operations to take out when other restaurants did or that 75% of their customer base are aging Baby Boomers.
Take you FOX Noise and Trump fake news BS somewhere else
Might as well close, go fund me won’t generate enough to keep it open. Reopen next year.
Who owns Manny’s Grant Park??? Bad fact check.
Jack, we edited the article and issued a correction. Thanks!
The Trump Pandemic and the Trump Great Depression strike again. If only Trump hadn’t lied about the virus, calling it a hoax and the flu because the traitor cared more about the stock market than saving American lives, bars like Manuels wouldn’t be on the brink of collapse. Trump has really destroyed this country in every way
True. We only have to look at the rest of the world to see that Covid was well controlled with minimal casualties in every country that doesn’t have a Trump. /s
The way this administration handled the pandemic is an embarrassment– and literally cost us lives.
Any competent leader would not have peddled conspiracy theories, gone against
scientists/doctors, and further divided this country. He’s a psychopath.
Didn’t the Maloofs own their building and the parking lot across the street until a few years ago?
Now there are million dollar townhouses in that parking lot.
They sold the building and the parking lot next door where the townhomes are. I believe they still own the parking lot across the street adjacent to Buddy’s.
And they’re hurting for money?
Geez…
All for a lie
There are 274,000+ people who would probably disagree with you– except they’re not around to talk about it.