Casual steakhouse Steak & Grace abruptly closed January 22 after about ten months in business in Dunwoody. The restaurant, opened and operated by Barry Mills of Big B's Fish Joint in Chastain Park, seemingly never caught on and Mills was able to sell the business.
Our suspicions were confirmed Saturday when The Aha! Connection, a local Dunwoody publication, reported that Abes was in fact the mystery buyer behind the Steak & Grace purchase.
According to Aha!, the new concept already has a name - Stable - and a cuisine, Southern.
When we contacted late Saturday, Abes confirmed the news and name, adding that it will be spelled {S}table, feature Southern comfort food, and plans to offer Sunday brunch, too.
While Abes and his team are no doubt still fine-tuning the concept and menu, the bits we do know should be welcome news to the many neighbors yearning for such fare in the 10+ years since the beloved Old Hickory House closed.
Abes, a veteran of both Here to Serve Restaurants and Buckhead Life Restaurant Group, opened his first Dunwoody Village establishment Bar{n} booze {n} bites in November 2021, which started what is now DASH Hospitality Group. In the years since, he has added several other concepts to the area he has since christened "Funwoody," including Morty's Meat & Supply, Message In A Bottle, and most recently, Good Vibes ice cream and soda pop shop.
Yoffi, a casual Mediterranean eatery which had operated from the stationary food truck in the center, was recently retired as a standalone concept but several of its most popular items were previously added to the menus of the other restaurants.
Are you excited at the prospect of having a new southern comfort food eatery in Dunwoody? What is currently your favorite restaurant in Dunwoody? What kind of restaurant would you most like to see open in Dunwoody?
Please share your thoughts below.
I think Southern Comfort food will be welcomed in Dunwoody. My fave restaurant there is Novo Cucina
ReplyDeleteSomething tells me that bringing up Old Hickory House as a comparable is not something the team at {S}table is hoping for!
ReplyDeleteAlways a negative. Any jack wad can do that.
DeleteSave the fish places for Bankhead Hwy
ReplyDeleteThere is no road called that.
DeleteOK Rand McNalley, but you know where I'm talking about
DeleteHonesty
DeleteSave you rudeness for another platform.
DeleteSave you racism to the ballot box
Delete"Save you racism to the ballot box". Boy there's a shining example of a government education.
DeleteHow do you know its a boy?
DeleteHow you people think grits is good eats blows my mind.
ReplyDeletethis guy needs to be stopped with his half-baked restairant ideas and let someone new have a chance
ReplyDeleteLoose the { }. Awkward restaurant names add mystique, but not the type of mystique that attracts customers!
ReplyDeleteOr maybe they should 'tighten' it up and add parentheses instead.
DeleteGrits should be on every menu. If you don’t like grits go back up north. We don’t need you.
ReplyDeleteDon’t forget the fried okra and hush puppies.
ReplyDeleteFunwoody is what all Dunwoodians reference Dunwoody as. We have for decades. This guy didn't coin the phrase
DeleteThe term "Funwoody" was not "Christened" by this gentlemen. Those of us who grew up and lived here all our lives have always called it Funwoody for decades.
ReplyDeleteNo one ever calls it that
DeleteAnd remember this establishment as Beef and Burgundy
DeleteAnd remember this establishment as Beef and Burgundy
DeleteAnd remember this establishment as Beef and Burgundy, squak!!
DeleteHe's gonna do GREAT there! Go David!
ReplyDelete