The start of the new year has marked many a restaurant opening around the city. Sadly, along with it came multiple closings this month. Here are the major restaurants that closed in Atlanta in January 2025.
The popular pizza place Humble Pie at the Interlock on Howell Mill Road, backed by Lazy Betty chefs Ron Hsu and Aaron Phillips, announced it will close permanently today. It was open for two years in West Midtown.
“It’s been hard getting the business coming [through] the doors,” reads a comment from the restaurant on Instagram. “We love this area and hope what comes after really serves you all well!”
The restaurant was known for its wood-fired pizzas, lunch buffet, and a tight selection of natural wines.
Culinary Dropout at the Brickworks in West Midtown closed permanently on January 15, after opening in late 2023. The Dunwoody location remains open. Tomorrow’s News First reports the restaurant’s big size (12,000 square feet over two floors and a rooftop) and paid parking made filling the venue difficult. Sam Fox founded the restaurant and is by the Arizona-based Fox Restaurant Concepts group behind Atlanta’s Flower Child and North Italia. There are multiple locations of Culinary Dropout in Arizona, Alabama, Colorado, North Carolina, and Texas.
Food and wine pop-up, Long Snake, announced in a lengthy post on Instagram that it will be ending its residency at Banshee by the end of February, citing the lack of government support and resources. The pop-up will continue every Sunday and Monday next month at Banshee, with a possibility of return in a new iteration.
“Long Snake is not dying, but it has worn out this skin, and it will not return in the same form, as a weekly residency somewhere else,” reads the post. “When it returns, it will be less frequent, but more collaborative, and even more community driven. It will be outspoken, and it will be more creative.”
The Los Angeles-based savory waffle place, Bruxie, has closed in Chamblee after less than a year, opening on April 6 last year. They were known for their fried chicken and waffle sandwiches, bowls, and shakes.
Ten months after opening at Midtown’s Colony Square Politan Row, Don Fausto’s Cocina Cubana announced on Instagram that the food stall is now closed. The former food truck, which launched during the pandemic, made its permanent location debut on March 4, 2024. The reason for closing is unknown. The post, captioned “closing time,” reads “We don’t know what the future holds for Don Fausto’s, but we sincerely thank those of you that supported us this past year.”
Just months after taking over the Corner Tavern (which closed in July last year) in Little Five Points, heavy metal dive bar Halford’s has closed. Mikey Braswell, a longtime employee at Corner Tavern, launched the bar in October creating a space for metalheads to gather. The reason for closing is given to the building getting sold, according to an Instagram statement made by the bar. Braswell hopes to relocate and reopen soon.
Jenny Levison, founder of Souper Jenny, announced on social media that the location inside Nuts ‘n Berries in Brookhaven will move a mile down the road to Chamblee in June this year. It is taking over the former Ruchi Bangladeshi Kitchen space. On the reason for the move, Levison states, “more space, more parking, more community.”
Souper Jenny has additional locations in Westside, Buckhead, Decatur, and Roswell.
The owners of Triple Jay’s Pizza, Jay and Lasonia Terrence, announced on Instagram that their Midtown pizzeria will close on January 19. Comments from diners have poured in, saying they will miss the pizza spot and its New York and Detroit style pies, vegan options, and wings. The couple hope to own and operate multiple franchisee locations of Peach Cobbler Factory around Atlanta.
2025-01-13T15:32:53Z