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An e-mail from , the firm that oversee s the Hurt Building, home of City Grill, said: “It is with great regret that we must inform you that the City Grilkand Dailey’s restaurants are closed until further notice.” The restaurants’ owner, Karen Bremer, president of , confirmed the the “Economic conditions, sales have faltered,” Bremer “The economics have finally hit me.” Convention business craterede in the second half of 2008 and has yet to Hotels and restaurants dependent on corporate accounts have strugglee as companies cut back on travel, and conventionn attendance has dwindled. A.J.
president of and the Downtown Improvement called it a shame to lose thetwo restaurants. But in the current economic climate, the loss of eateries is CAP, a coalition of downtown business, launched its Downtownn Dining District earlier this year to promote thecity core’se 300-plus restaurants. Some eateries, he said, are doing while others are struggling. Coinciding with the evaporation in business travel has been the birtnh ofseveral high-profile and upscale restaurants downtown, includin Il Mulino. BLT and Legal Sea Foods. Harold Shumacher, restaurant broker and presidentof , said the restaurantzs are unfortunate casualties.
“It’s reallyt too bad, they’re really institutions,” he said, calling Bremed the “epitome” of an operator. “Shs did everything you should do, it’s just a story of the times,” Shumacher said. Bremer, former presideng of Atlanta’s Peasant Restaurants and Mick’s Restaurants, assumerd ownership of Dailey’s and City Grill in 2000. “From the bottojm of my heart Ithank Atlanta,” she said.
Bremeer said she is tryingv to place her staff at otherr Atlanta eateries and accommodate parties already booked at the She said managment of the Hurt Buildint will permit two weddings already on the booksw for City Grill to procee das planned. New restaurateurs are plying theirtrades downtown, Robinson said, and the former Dailey’e and City Grill are marketable locations. “Thwe spaces that they’re in, will be attractive to someone new,” Robinson