Mexican restaurant to shutter after 22 years
UPDATE (July 19, 2010): Caramba Cafe to reopen at the Pencil Factory Lofts Downtown
Caramba Cafe, a Mexican restaurant located in the Morningside area on N. Highland avenue, is closing.
The 22-year-old Mexican restaurant originally opened in 1988. The cafe will close its Morningside location this Saturday, June 12.
Saturday marks the expiration of their 20 year lease. In renegotiating, management suggests that the new rent price is an unaffordable increase and is why the restaurant is closing after what appears to be a successful run.
However, Caramba Cafe fans can rejoice in knowing that there are plans for a new location and according to management, are well underway. Scouting out possible space, hopes for the new location include one that is within a three mile radius of the original. There isn’t a working lease at the moment and the new location has not been confirmed.
As much as it is upsetting to continuously write about all of the recent restaurant closures in this great city of ours, any thoughts or suggestions on what should fill this space or the recently shutter Pomodoro Italian restaurant across the street?
Caramba Cafe
1409D N. Highland Ave.
Atlanta, Ga. 30306
