Shipfeifer On Peachtree Sank After Nearly 35 Years. Is There Rumi For Sufi’s To Succeed?
Sufi’s Kitchen is opening next door to R. Thomas Deluxe Grill in the old Shipfeifer On Peachtree space at 1814 Peachtree Street in Buckhead.
Slated to open by the end of summer, the space (owned by The Shumacher Group) is currently boarded up. Sources at R. Thomas say construction has begun.
Prior to leasing the space to Sufi’s Kitchen, research indicates that Shipfeifer of Athens Inc., said owner of Shipfeifer On Peachtree, tried to open a Gyro Wrap to replace Shipfeifer .
With building permits in place, the reasons for failing to open Gyro Wrap are unknown. Shipfeifer of Athens Inc. owns other Gyro Wrap franchise locations.
Specific details on Sufi’s Kitchen are still unidentified and several “news sources” indicated that the new eatery was going to be called “Soufi’s,” including The Shumacher Group who posted about the lease signing here.
Sufi’s Kitchen will be serving Persian fare according to The Shumacher Group. Less this turn into a crash course in History, we did conduct some light research (thank you Google and Mica P.) to try and make an educated guess on what Sufi’s Kitchen might be serving.
Here’s what we found on Sufi and Sufism (Islamic mysticism) from Serving A Guest — A Sufi Cookbook:
The 15th Century poet Kabir, whose Sufism represented a fusion of principles from both the Islamic and Hindu traditions, unequivocally condemned meat eating, characterizing it as the ultimate failure of compassion, deserving of eternal punishment; he stated that even the companionship of meat-eaters was harmful to the soul.
What’s the verdict? Our guess is Vegetarian.
Sufi’s Kitchen
1814 Peachtree Street Northwest
Atlanta, GA 30309
