Atlanta restaurant closures, July 2024

July saw a huge spike in restaurant openings, from Northern China Eatery opening a new dumpling house to a new soul food joint on Politan Row to a new upscale dog park in Alpharetta. As for closures this month, there were far fewer announcements. Here are the places we’re sad to see disappear.

Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks Won’t Reopen in Downtown After Water Main Burst

Big Dave’s Cheesesteaks owner Derrick Hayes announced on Instagram this month that he will not be reopening his flagship restaurant due to the extreme damage caused by a broken water main in Atlanta.

“This one hurt,” Hayes says in the video’s caption. “The water really destroyed the place, it’s not worth reopening. We’ve tried so hard to get it back open — we just can’t,” Hayes says in the video.

The flagship restaurant is located on Forsyth Street, Downtown. There are five other locations of the restaurant. Hayes concludes the announcement by saying that something “bigger and better is coming.”

Rwby in Midtown closes unexpectedly

Rwby, a new and beloved restaurant in Midtown, has unexpectedly closed. Eater Atlanta received a tip from a diner who said they had a reservation at Rwby on July 6, but when they arrived, the doors were locked, the lights were off, and calls went straight to voicemail. Google says it’s permanently closed. We reached out to the restaurant about the reason behind the closure but have not heard back.

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

Dailies and Sides becomes Brick and Mortar, a chef residency program at Pullman Yards

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