The Cheshire Motor Inn, an intown landmark for more than seven decades, has closed. The motel, located at 1865 Cheshire Bridge Road, opened in the 1950s and closed in recent days, according to a source in the area. The motel reportedly hosted its last guests on October 12.
A note posted to the motel's office is hard to read as it's several feet away and behind the new fence, but it seems to confirm the closure and thank patrons for their years of business.
The 24 room motel had in recent years been a popular filming location playing host to Identity Thief (2013), A Walk In The Woods (2015), The Mule (2018), and Netflix's Ozark, season 3 (2020), among other productions. The motel was often used alongside its neighbor, The Colonnade, but while the restaurant has experienced a resurgence in the past year, the motel has struggled as Hollywood productions have fled the state, and its room revenue was limited.
The motel also included about a half dozen permanent resident units that were also vacated in recent days, with barbed wire fencing now surrounding the whole property. The rear of the property also included a small baseball field that we were told was used by traveling baseball teams in the 50s and 60s.
Related: Paces Properties announced plans in early 2018 to convert a 1960s motel at 1944 Piedmont Circle, about a half mile from the Cheshire Motor Inn, to a boutique mid-century modern "Bunkhouse" hotel. Ultimately, the Atlanta firm scrapped those plans and sold the property which was subsequently demolished and is now home to The Edley, a 392 unit apartment community.
The Colonnade Restaurant, which relocated from the corner of Lindbergh Drive and Piedmont Road to its current location in 1962, was sold last September, and its new owners, along with General Manager Scott Duke, have breathed new life into the classic Atlanta restaurant that will celebrate its centennial birthday in 2027. The restaurant, while part of the same parcel that includes the motel, is owned separately and remains open.
"The Cheshire Motor Inn has been a great neighbor to The Colonnade for many years. Together, the hotel and The Colonnade have been featured in many movies. It's sad to see another Cheshire Bridge landmark disappear," said Paul Donahue, Co-Owner of The Colonnade, in a statement to ToNeTo Atlanta.
Atlanta-based Selig Enterprises owns the roughly 4.5 acre property that includes both the motel and the restaurant. It remains to be seen what plans, if any, the firm has for the motel property in the near term.
Did you know the Cheshire Motor Inn was still open? What is your favorite business along Cheshire Bridge Road? What would you like to see happen to the motel property?
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15 comments:
I would like to see the Cheshire Motor Inn remain open!!! I think the owners of the Colonade should buy it!!
I thought it was still open & sad it closed because there is no telling what they will do to that special piece of property there.
It will probably be razed and then redeveloped as The Bradley apartment homes.
Back in October 1991 my wife and I visited Atlanta to prepare for a move to the area in 1992 (we relocated primarily because we wanted to be around for the 1996 summer Olympics). This is before the internet explosion so I was dependent on finding lodging using AAA travel guides. We picked the Cheshire Motor Inn for the reasonable price and central location. Back then, Cheshire Bridge Road was a crazy strip of strip clubs, adult stores and surprisingly good restaurants (RIP San Gennaro, the Italian Feast). We had a great time touring around and the entire city was abuzz with the Braves first playoff run in years. For some reason we never ate at the Colonnade until decades later.
That stretch of Cheshire Bridge? We can hope for a Trader Jacks?
Perhaps a Hole Foods?
Probably make more unaffordable mixed used ,like Metro Atlanta needs it.
Another high rise piece of crap
Definitely the Strip Joints
that place looked super sketch.
I think you meant Alfredo's. San Gennaro was on N. Highland. But YES, RIP to both.
No, San Gennaro was on Cheshire Bridge. I think Alfredo was there also down the street. There is a Facebook post that talks about it. https://www.facebook.com/groups/35571284073/posts/10161782606949074/
I'm expecting a new nondescript apartment complex like the others that have been built down the street. Unfortunately character doesn't mean profitability.
I think you meant Olive Garden but Spaghetti Factory was good too!! 🍝
Atlanta lost its soul years ago. Not surprising this place is getting demolished.
Put the meth down sweetie.
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