Restaurant plans for second reopening–we’ve planed for their third and final closing
The Glenwood in the East Atlanta Village has closed for the second time in two months.
The gastro pub at 1263 Glenwood Avenue hopes to reopen in time for St. Patrick’s day on March 17, according to co-owner Dan Simpson.
The restaurant first closed Jan. 1 when Simpson was unable to renew the pub’s liquor license (story here). “We didn’t have a liquor license because we didn’t pay for one,” said Simpson. “We had not generated the income to renew that license.”
The Glenwood reopened the second week in January (story here), Simpson told What Now Atlanta on a trip to the restaurant Tuesday, and closed for the second time mid February.
In an attempt to win back the community, Simpson and staff are “revamping the menu to make it more accessible.”
“We’ve added comfort food items like pork chops and meatloaf.”
The Glenwood’s extensive beer list will also be reduced from a selection of 160 to 100 for reasons of “maintaining inventory,” according to Simpson.
The space is now one big opened room. The walls sepearating the smoking and non-smoking sections have been removed and a “horseshoe bar” is now the restaurant’s centerpiece.
“When a restaurant is selling liquor, they have to have smoking to be successful,” said Simpson. “Our non-smoking section always sat empty which made us no money.”
General manager and former owner at the Gravity Pub next door, Josh Westberry, told What Now Atlanta that Gravity is “getting more business” since The Glenwood closed.
“However, we have two very diverse crowds,” said Westberry. “The Glenwood is more of the grown-up, husband takes his wife out for a drink whereas we cater to the younger, tattooed meets Cheers crowd.”
As for The Glenwood opening and closing on multiple occasions, Westberry said “they’ve created so much confusion for their patrons.”
So let’s put a date on their third and final closure– what are your predictions?
The Glenwood Gastro Pub
1263 Glenwood Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30316
