Archive for the ‘1072 Lake Murray Boulevard’ tag
Seafood Connection, 1072 Lake Murray Boulevard: Early January 2020 2 comments
This attractive stone-accented building up the hill from Columbiana Drive on Lake Murray Boulevard has featured here several times. First it was Atlanta Bread, which closed in May 2008, and then re-opened around September 2011, finally closing again in May of 2014. Next it was Urban Cookhouse, which closed in October 2018.
Seafood Connection, which was a second location for a Charlotte restaurant, opened here in August 2019. The State had the story celebrating the "Lowcountry boil", and "secret spice". They also had the story on the closing, putting in in context with a number of seafood openings, but with no details on the reasons.
I don't see any obvious reason why this spot is not a good one for a restaurant, but history seems to suggest it is not. We'll see what goes in next.
(Hat tip to commenter Mr. Hat)
UPDATE 22 June 2021 -- To become an El Jimador Mexican restaurant:
Urban Cookhouse, 1072 Lake Murray Boulevard: 27 October 2018 5 comments
I think the concept of Urban Cookhouse, as I understand it, is interesting: Fresh cooked meats done over a charcoal grill with fresh local vegetables and bread as well. I'm a little surprised I don't see a burger on the menu; that would seem be be a natural. At any rate, I have never gotten around to an Urban Cookhouse, either this one in the old Atlanta Bread building on Lake Murray Boulevard, or the other one in Shandon.
I still think this is an attractive building, and hope they find something that sticks.
(Hat tip to commenter Heath)
Atlanta Bread Company, 1072 Lake Murray Boulevard: 12 May 2008 (Closed Again) 25 comments
I never visited the Atlanta Bread Company on Lake Murray Boulevard, though I did do a closing on the one at Sandhill and do visit the one on Sunset every once in a while. In general, I consider ABC a step down from Panera but perfectly acceptable (though both chains skimp on the AC outlets..)
The first thing I would say about this ABC is that it's a very attractive building, especially in the evening sun.
The second thing is that I don't believe I have ever seen a closing note as extraordinary as the one taped to the door here. In its own bland and elliptical way, it's pretty devastating, especially considering the source!
UPDATE 26 September 2011: I'm marking this one as "open again" based on commenter julie's report. Presumably all the problems the first iteration had have been worked out.
UPDATE 30 September 2011 -- COmmenter Andrew sends this picture of the We Are Back sign:
UPDATE 1 April 2017 -- Finally getting around to noting in the post itself (already noted in the comments) that this place is closed again, and in fact a new operation Urban Cookhouse is now up and running:
