Wahlburgers will be closing its last remaining Atlanta area restaurant this coming Sunday November 3, according to employees at the restaurant. The restaurant is located at the corner of Heritage Court and Battery Avenue at The Battery Atlanta.
The restaurant, physically located at 455 Legends Place, will be open for regular business hours and close for good at 8 pm Sunday.
A second Atlanta location of Wahlburgers opened at 218 Peachtree Street in downtown Atlanta in January 2020. As we all know, that was a challenging time to run any restaurant, let alone get one off the ground in a downtown neighborhood decimated by reduced business and event travel in the wake of the pandemic. The restaurant quietly closed at the end of 2022 and remains vacant today.
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It remains unclear why Wahlburgers is closing now - before the end of the year and also seemingly mid-lease term - but it suggests that The Battery has a replacement lined up and that they want to move quickly to have the new tenant, likely another restaurant, open by next year's All-Star Game.
There are several local and national burger joints and other quick-serve restaurants that would likely have interest in the space, so it will be exciting to see who scores the space.
Are you surprised that Wahlburgers is closing at The Battery Atlanta? What is your favorite burger joint in metro Atlanta? What restaurant would you most like to see open in place of Wahlburgers at The Battery Atlanta?
Please share your thoughts below.
31 comments:
Shake Shack is taking over the space
My only surprise is that it has lasted this long. It was pretty good when it first opened, but it’s been bad for a while. The food went downhill, but what really took a nosedive was the service. Terrible waitstaff and ridiculously long wait times. They haven’t had the business they once did in quite some time. I haven’t seen it even half full in a while. There are too many other good choices at the Battery.
Wahoo! ... It was not good. Overrated.
Only ate there twice but seemed to be poorly run. The last time about 6 months ago, the restaurant seemed a disorganized. I wonder if this is more of a local management issue compared to the product if executed correctly.
I opened both of these restaurants! Sad to see them go.
Thanks chaunce
Was excited to try it when it first opened. Service was awful and the burger was just a burger, nothing special. Haven’t been back since.
Sooooo true! Terrible staff and food!
Very sad to watch this happen. A lot of great staff works there. Came here quite often and will miss them dearly
To read the comments, it either sucked, or it didn't. Must have as it is now closed. Switching gears slightly, look at Wahlburgers meat in the grocery store, the fat content is staggering. Meat flavored fat.
Chaunce, Joe, Nick are all super great. Sorry to hear this guys
It was either good or it wasn’t. It was either meat or fat. It was either raw or cooked. It was either fries or chips. It was either coke or diet come. Either
Either you're an @$$ or just a idiot. My bet is on either.
I was the chef at the one downtown Atlanta and I cooked with love and fresh food daily I would love to have that spot for my business need help with funding.
Is the H&F burger place still open at The Battery?
Yes
It was run poorly because they had to use dei employees. They needed to have the best of the best
Bartenders were obnoxious and thought they were better then what they were
Nic was a horrible manager. Let’s his friends and favorites run the place. Good riddance the place went under
Most of all the staff is terrible. All the female waitstaff were mid of big headed
Fact. Definitely overrated
Being a customer and hearing how management and service staff speak about customers to frequent there, it’s good to see this place go under. Karma.
Most of this horrible staff will end up working at cultivate next door. It’s a buddy system of non talented service workers bouncing from one finesse to the next.
Sometimes you need a little finesse, sometimes you need a lot!
Is Shakeshack confirmed? Would be nice to see Murph’s relocate here as I understand they are moving due to renovations coming to the Galleria.
It’s always sad when something with good potential goes downhill. The comments here say so much. Will be exciting to see what comes in next with such a prime spot!
Overpriced, overrated, poorly managed. The surprise is that it lasted this long.
Murph's would be awesome at the Battery!
Murphy’s Mart cafeteria with AYCE chicken dinner for $2.79! Rolls, buttered corn, whipped potatoes. Order a hot fudge sundae for dessert for 89 cents!! And a coffee!
Very sad to see it go.
Very sad to see it go.
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