After closing his eating places tenth and Piedmont and G’s Midtown in early January to make “enhancements” to the kitchens and eating rooms, proprietor Gilbert Yeremian is ready to exchange each within the coming weeks with a brand new restaurant serving Mexican fare.

Positioned on the nook of tenth Avenue and Piedmont Avenue, simply past Midtown’s famed rainbow crosswalk, Casa Almenara: Tulum Delicacies and Craft Bar takes over the areas previously residence to tenth and Piedmont and G’s Midtown. Yeremian, who says it’s time to “introduce a brand new chapter of our restaurant historical past” into the 2 areas, describes Casa Almenara as a “neighborhood vacation spot” for Latin American dishes, centering on meals present in Tulum and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.

Just like the meals, the design for Casa Almenara will lean into the luxurious coastal vibes of Tulum, with breezy impartial tones, reclaimed wooden, and inexperienced vegetation all through the eating room and bar. Search for brunch served within the morning and early afternoon, adopted by dinner and cocktails within the night. Yeremian additionally plans to host a reside leisure collection referred to as Tulum Nights throughout dinner at Casa Alemenara,

Yeremian’s brother Sean is the proprietor of a number of Atlanta places of Hobnob Neighborhood Tavern and Cattle Shed Wine and Steak Bar at Halcyon in Alpharetta.

Earlier this week, Eater reported on one other longtime Midtown restaurant closing. The Lawrence closes Monday, January 30, after almost 11 years on Juniper Avenue, co-owner Darren Carr confirmed. Nonetheless, Carr and his enterprise associate Eric Simpkins plan to exchange it with a brand new restaurant later this yr.

“Neighborhoods change. The restaurant simply wants a brand new breath of life,” Carr says. “Midtown is such a special neighborhood now from what it was when the Lawrence opened over a decade in the past.”

Whereas he and Simpkins have but to decide on a selected idea for his or her new Juniper Avenue restaurant, Carr says it is going to heart on the neighborhood and native residents with artistic meals and cocktails. The pair may also open cocktail bar the Ready Room above their different Midtown restaurant Bon Ton across the finish of January.

Brunch: Wednesday – Friday, 11:30 a.m. to five p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to five p.m. Dinner: Wednesday – Sunday, 4 p.m. till closing.

991 Piedmont Highway, Atlanta. casa-almenara.com