The Little Five Points location of Hudson Grille is closing after just over six years in business. The restaurant, located at 351 Moreland Avenue, occupied about half of a building that previously housed Tijuana Garage and Front Page News which closed in December 2018 and December 2019 after fifteen and nineteen years in business, respectively.
Sources close to the restaurant indicate that Hudson Grille's last day in business in Little Five Points will be Tuesday March 31. No reason has been provided for the closure, and its closure less than 100 days before the World Cup with its expected tens of thousands of local and visiting fans is more than a little surprising.
In related news, Danny Glusman with Widespread Commercial Group is actively marketing the Hudson Grille property for sale. Officially 351–361 Moreland Avenue, the property includes the 23,510 square foot mixed-use building (of which Hudson Grille currently occupies only a portion) on a parcel that is approximately 0.80 acres. The two-story structure includes established restaurant infrastructure on the ground floor and second-level office/flex space. The property is currently zoned NC-1 (City of Atlanta) and includes approximately 44 onsite parking spaces.
The asking price is $6.5M.
The Hudson Grille on Peachtree Road in Brookhaven previously closed in March 2020 and was later renovated into a nontraditional Chick-fil-A. Hudson Grille's parent company, Atlanta-based Metrotainment Cafes, has previously closed several other concepts around metro Atlanta including Einstein's and Joe's on Juniper in Midtown, Cowtippers in Piedmont Heights, Sugar Shack in Brookhaven, and its Garrison's Broiler & Tap concept with locations in Dunwoody, Vinings, and Johns Creek.
Following its Little Five Points closure, Hudson Grille will continue to operate five locations: Midtown, Downtown, Sandy Springs, Kennesaw, and Tucker.
What would you like to see open in place of Hudson Grille in Little Five Points? Are you looking forward to the World Cup in Atlanta? What is your favorite Little Five Points Eatery?
Please share your thoughts below.
Too much urban blight in the area.
ReplyDeleteYou sound like a person who has never been inside 285.
Delete@11:29, I live within a stone's throw of 75, 85 and 400. I know all about urban blight.
DeleteAnd that just proves it…
DeleteNope. No blight. Stop making up lies.
DeleteSubpar food, terrible service, and high prices for crap that’s all frozen.
ReplyDeleteIsn't terrible service the norm for Atlanta now?
DeleteOnly if you're an entitled boomer.
DeleteRight terrible service is the norm anywhere you go these days... sad
DeleteThe space is extremely large but share the same bathrooms. Would love to see two distinct concepts go into this space. Works well for a sports bar and they have some of the best patios around.
ReplyDeleteDemocrats once again ruining a perfectly viable good concept like Hudson grill is so typical
ReplyDeleteGarbage comment
Delete“Hudson Grill” and “good” should never be in the same sentence….
DeleteTrader Joe’s.
ReplyDeleteUnless there was some legal reason it has to close or an imminent buyer that won’t be there in 6 months, it does seem dumb to close it before they can gouge people for beer during the WC and Inman Park Fest.
ReplyDeleteThe Trump Virus and Trump Depression and Trump inflation strikes again. Who can compete with the outrageous price inflation thanks to the Trump tariffs and Trump virus?
ReplyDeleteLOL $6.5 million. Restaurants can't turn a profit and demand for commercial real estate demand is tanking. This building will sit empty for a long time.
ReplyDeleteI can assure you that CRE is not tanking.
DeleteIt's inevitable.
DeleteNever understood the attraction to Hudson Grille! The food is horrible.
ReplyDeleteIsn’t everything horrible? Everywhere?
DeleteTo be honest, Lil 5 Points is slowly fading away
ReplyDeleteAs Atlanta tears more cool spots down, places like little 5 will suffer. What creative type can afford a $2000/mo apt? Little 5 has been on a slow decline since the early 2000's as has the entirety of Atlanta.
DeleteThat’s why all the apartments over there and in Virginia Highland are completely empty. Like 90% vacancy. They’ll probably have to sell the buildings and tear them down or make self storage places.
DeleteAtlanta has been on a slow decline since 1974. It accelerated to warp speed in 1991.
DeleteLittle 5 Points died about 20 years ago
DeleteL5P is all empty buildings now and weeds. Its a wasteland, with not one single person visiting any of the stores, bars or restaurants ever. Since 1991. All empty. Go look and see right now.
DeleteWhat's it like living in a subpar city with the worst traffic in the country? The Chinese built a 175 km elevated railway in Africa in 3 years for less than it's cost to build an incomplete 26 mile sidewalk around Atlanta that's already taken 10+ years.
DeleteI also heard the Koreans built a 348cm underground roadway in Uruguay in 1976 for less than 25 cents and it only took 9 minutes.
DeleteDuly noted you have no defense of being swindled.
DeletePat Swindall? He’s dead.
DeleteHudson’s is trash food.
ReplyDeleteI think this would be a great location for a traders Joe. The closest one is in midtown
ReplyDeleteWhat about a Neimans Marcus? Or a Mcs Donald?
DeleteDrive thru lanes are against city ordinance in L5P. Only sit down or take out is allowed. Period, no variance either. L5P is owned by a handful of old money, it’s not going to change.
DeleteI am sad. This is my place every Saturday evening. I will miss the folks who work at that location.
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