A Ponce de Leon staple that fed generations is serving its final plates October 18.
🍽️ Why It Matters: Eats Restaurant shaped Atlanta’s dining culture for more than three decades — a rare kind of longevity in a city where restaurants come and go like seasons.
📅 What’s Happening: The restaurant announced on social media it will close Saturday, October 18th, ending a run that started in 1992.
🏙️ The Backdrop: Eats opened when Atlanta looked different — before the BeltLine, before the Olympics reshaped downtown, before Ponce became the kind of corridor where old spots get priced out or swallowed by development.
It survived all of it. Until now.
The restaurant became known for its jerk chicken, its regulars, and the kind of vibe that doesn’t get replicated easily. The kind of pla