A popular Midtown tavern has announced it will be closing this month after ten years in business. Henry's Midtown Tavern, located at 132 10th Street, opened June 2013 and will close as of November 30, according to a Facebook post from owner Maureen Kalmanson. "It is with great sadness and disappointment that I announce HENRY’S closing."
Henry's, nestled at the corner of Juniper and 10th Street, a short walk to Peachtree Street and Piedmont Park, became frequent watering hole for the neighborhood and its massive patio was especially popular. The establishment was also known to be an especially friendly and safe space for the LGBT+ community.
Kalmanson's other restaurant, Campagnolo, located around the corner at 980 Piedmont Avenue, will remain open with Kalmanson inviting Henry's patrons to join her there.
It's unclear what may come of the soon-to-be former Henry's space, but its landlord, Dewberry Capital Group, helmed by infamous developer John Dewberry, is known to play the long game and is seemingly content with sitting on empty space for extended periods of time. In a 2017 story in Bloomberg, the publication titled their piece on Dewberry "Atlanta's Emperor of Empty Lots."
Henry's is the latest in a string of popular LGBT+ establishments in Midtown to close following the closures of Cowtipper's in late 2018 and Einstein's and Joe's on Juniper in 2021. The former Cowtipper's property was re-developed into an uber boring Chase bank, while the former Einstein's and Joe's property is being redeveloped into a two tower multifamily project that will bring a reported 470 units to the area. ROXX, located on Cheshire Bridge Road, closed "temporarily" in December 2021 but never reopened. A new outpost of Six Feet Under is currently under construction to replace it.
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