Revelator Coffee’s The Mourning Dove Cafe at The Shops Buckhead Atlanta closed over the weekend. The Mourning Dove opened in the luxury complex on Peachtree Road early last December taking over the space previously occupied by Corso Coffee, a concept from New York's LDV Hospitality.
Despite having walked into a million dollar plus build out, the absence of foot traffic at The Shops Buckhead Atlanta seemed to be too much for Revelator to succeed.
Exterior signage at The Mourning Dove was still up as of Tuesday afternoon, as was both its interior and exterior seating. Its Big Green Egg had been moved inside. No closing signage or notice of any kind was posted for would-be patrons.
According to sources close to the shop, the Mourning Dove plans to reopen "soon" in an as yet undisclosed West Midtown location . The cafe will not take over the former Revelator coffee shop at the Cottonwood Westside apartments at on Howell Hill Road at 14th Street. The Cottonwood shop closed in June and was transformed into Revelator’s training lab and the Birmingham-based coffee brand’s Atlanta headquarters.
ToNeTo Atlanta reported in August that Revelator plans to open a pair of new locations later this fall in Lenox Square and Phipps Plaza. The shops in Lenox Square and Phipps Plaza are slated to open in November and are expected to feature Queen of Cream Ice Cream.
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| Interior of The Mourning Dove September 4 |
Revelator is also opening a new coffee shop in downtown Atlanta in the street level of Centennial Tower at 101 Marietta Street. The downtown location, first revealed early this year, has been delayed a number of times with the most recent permit for work on the space filed with the City of Atlanta in early July. Sources close to the coffee shop indicate it’s expected to open before the end of the year.
Other Revelator locations include one in the former Grant Park Octane coffee shop, in Ponce City Market, and within the Whole Foods Market stores in Chamblee and Kennesaw.
Octane still holds onto its name at the original shop on Marietta Street on the Westside, the Woodruff Arts Center in Midtown and Atlanta Tech Village in Buckhead...for now.
Atlanta remains Revelator's largest market by store count.
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