After several unexpected delays, the new downtown Alpharetta location of Hen Mother Cookhouse is almost ready to open. The new location at 50 S. Main Street replaced Holmes, which closed this past November after about five years in business. The owners of Hen Mother purchased the business from the owners of Holmes and as of last fall, planned to open this past spring.
Core items on the restaurant's menu are generally static but chef/owner Soraya Khoury often introduces or features new and recurring specials that may be available one day and gone the next.
Khoury, an Illinois native, who had been working and living in Napa, California, was recruited in 2016 by Rumi's owner Ali Mesghali to be the Executive Chef at his then soon to open Avalon outpost. A residential real estate meeting at Farmhouse Coffee in Johns Creek would change her career trajectory. In May 2018, just a few months removed from her role as Executive Chef at Rumi's Kitchen Avalon, Soraya Khoury, along with her husband and sister, opened the original Hen Mother Cookhouse in place of Farmhouse Coffee at 11705 Jones Bridge Road.
In the six years since, the breakfast and lunch spot has garnered a large following with some patrons making weekly pilgrimages from many miles away to dine at the restaurant.
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