Beverly Bremer Silver Shop will soon permanently close its Buckhead store. The roughly 3,000 square foot shop, located at 3164 Peachtree Road in Peachtree Plaza shopping center, has been a favorite for Atlantans - and thanks to the internet, the world - for nearly five decades. News of the store's upcoming closure was made public Sunday via an update to the Beverly Bremer Facebook page.
Bremer, "a maverick in the secondhand fine silver business," credited her lifelong sales and marketing expertise to her early retail years spent under the direction of Richard "Dick" Rich of the beloved Rich's department store.
The original Beverly Bremer Silver Shop opened in a booth at the Lindbergh Flea Market (where the Lindbergh MARTA station stands today) in 1975. Bremer relocated her shop, now featuring a wider variety of flatware, hollowware, jewelry and other fine sterling, to its current Peachtree Road home a few years later, only to see it burn to the ground a year into its new location. During the rebuild of the store, Bremer operated the business from the basement of her home.
Following Bremer's death in early 2017 at age 85, her daughter Margaret "Mimi" Woodruff has continued the business with a small but knowledgeable staff with a combined 150 years of service.
The closure of Beverly Bremer is the second in Peachtree Plaza in just the past five years. Huff Furniture closed its retail store in 2018 after more than 60 years in business. Turkish furniture retailer Lazzoni reopened in what had been the Huff Furniture space in late 2019. Fortunately, White House restaurant, a popular neighborhood breakfast and lunch spot, continues to hum along in its Peachtree Plaza home of nearly 50 years.
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