Photo courtesy of American Roadhouse on Facebook

Restaurant to join growing retail mix at Pencil Factory Flats & Shops.

American Roadhouse is opening a new location Downtown.

The restaurant will open early spring 2012 in the Pencil Factory Flats & Shops, at 349 Decatur Street, according to a press release Tuesday from Perennial Properties, Pencil Factory’s developer.

“American Roadhouse is poised to become the center of the Pencil Factory community,” Aaron Goldman, president of Perennial Properties, said in the release. “This is an ideal addition to a perfect tenant mix at the Pencil Factory.”

American Roadhouse will join Caramba Cafe, Melange Salon, Intown Market, Village Theatre and Hill Street Tavern at Pencil Factory Flats & Shops, located at the historic intersection of Hill Street and Decatur Street.

American Roadhouse’s original location, at 842 North Highland Avenue, has been a mainstay in the Virginia-Highland neighborhood for 23 years.

“[Pencil Factory Flats & Shops] provides the perfect mix of communities (Inman Park, Candler Park, Edgewood, Downtown), offering a very cool edgy vibe,” Ed Udoff, the founder and proprietor of American Roadhouse, said in the release. “We are thrilled to open in this unique cross section of Atlanta.”