Brewpub 5 Seasons Brewing Closes Its Flagship Sandy Springs Location

5 Seasons Brewing closes its flagship restaurant

Brewpub 5 Seasons in Sandy Springs closed on New Year’s Eve after 19 years at the Prado, Tomorrow’s News Today reports. The restaurant made the announcement on Facebook only saying of the closure that the lease was up. The Marietta Street location in Westside plans to remain open. [ToNT]

Weekday brunch returns to 8Arm

Weekday brunch is back at 8Arm starting January 2, 2019, according to Instagram. Brunch is served Tuesday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The restaurant announced in September it would no longer serve weekday breakfast and lunch, followed by the news of the Japanese-style kanzume cocktail bar Ink opening inside 8Arm’s former coffee shop in October. [Official]

King Barbecue at Avalon in Alpharetta closes

Seven months after converting Bantam & Biddy to King Barbecue at Avalon, the restaurant owned by Shaun Doty and Lance Gunmere closed on Monday, December 24, What Now Atlanta reports. The Facebook announcement mentions opening a new restaurant this year saying, “...we will now be switching our focus to opening a new set of doors in early 2019.” [WNA]

Ribalta pizzeria closes in Midtown

Neapolitan pizzeria Ribalta on Peachtree Street in Midtown closed, Sunday, December 30, according to Tomorrow’s News Today. The New York-based restaurant was open for less than five years. [ToNT]