Atlanta Restaurant Closures, July 2024

July saw a spike in restaurant openings, from Northern China Eatery opening a new dumpling restaurant to a new soul food restaurant on Politan Row and a new luxury dog ​​park in Alpharetta. As for closures this month, there were far fewer announcements. Here are the places we’ll be sad to see go.

Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks won’t reopen downtown after water main break

Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks owner Derrick Hayes announced on Instagram this month that he would not reopen his flagship restaurant due to extreme damage caused by Atlanta’s water main break.

“This time it hurt,” Hayes says in the video caption. “The water really destroyed the site, it’s not worth reopening. We’ve tried so hard to get it reopened, but it’s not working,” Hayes says in the video.

The flagship restaurant is located on Forsyth Street in downtown. There are five other locations. Hayes ends the announcement by saying that something “bigger and better is coming.”

Rwby in Midtown closes unexpectedly

Rwby, a beloved new Midtown restaurant, has closed unexpectedly. Eater Atlanta received a tip from a diner who says he made dinner reservations at Rwby on July 6, but when he showed up, the doors were locked, the lights were out, and phone calls went straight to voicemail. Google says it’s permanently closed. We’ve reached out to the restaurant to find out why it’s closing, but have yet to hear back.

Darren Carr and Eric Simpkins closed Lawrence on Juniper last year and replaced it with Rwby (pronounced “Ruby”), a low-key neighborhood restaurant that offered a variety of seasonal dishes and innovative cocktails.

Dailies and Sides to Become Brick and Mortar, a Chef Residency Program at Pullman Yards

The now-closed Dailies and Sides restaurant in Pullman Yards will now become Brick and Mortar, a restaurant with a regular menu and a rotating chef residency program. The first chef to take over the program has been announced: Chef Kiyoka Nishikawa of Japanese pop-up restaurant Cheffrey’s Kitchen will begin dinner service on August 16. She will serve a traditional seven-course Kaiseki (Japanese fine dining) meal for $80 per person. There will be two sittings of 20 guests each night. Reservations are required and open.