Showing posts with label Atlas Cafe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Atlas Cafe. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

2nd Avenue closings: Spiritea, Dia and Atlas Cafe


Some more permanent closings on Second Avenue to note (joining Thailand Cafe and Mermaid Inn along here)...

• Spiritea, 300 E. Fifth St. at Second Avenue

The fruit-and-milk tea shop, which debuted here in May 2019, will not be reopening. Management confirmed the closing. Their locations in Vancouver and Irvine, Calif., remain open.

The space went under a drastic renovation early last year ... it had been vacant since 100% Healthy  Blend (or maybe just Healthy Blend) closed after three months in November 2016. Previous tenants include the Mexican restaurants Dahlia's and Mary Ann's.


• Dia, 58 Second Ave. between Third Street and Fourth Street

The restaurant specializing in Roman-style pizza and coastal Italian seafood has closed. The Did website is offline and their phone has been disconnected. Open Table lists them as permanently closed.

The restaurant debuted in the fall of 2018.


• Atlas Cafe, 73 Second Ave. between Fourth Street and Fifth Street.

After a renovation earlier in the summer, Atlas briefly reopened in late August... only to go dark again in September. Multiple sources confirmed that they will not return. (H/T Derek Berg!

The restaurant, which served reliable vegan (and non-vegan) menu items with a Moroccan vibe, first opened in 1999. 

Multiple readers have pointed out that the block here on the west side of the Avenue between Fourth and Fifth has become quite seedy... mounds of discarded items have been stacked up outside 75 Second Ave. — home of the now-closed Nostro Italian restaurant... 


Someone moved the pile to the vacant storefront to the north, but it always seems to return... an owner of a store nearby describes it as a "drunken junkyard" ... and so far, calls to the city (311) haven't yielded any results ... the store owner says all this has been bad for business...

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Renovations at Atlas Cafe



Updated 11 a.m.: Ownership says that they are renovating, per Derek Berg. Headline changed to reflect that.

Atlas Cafe has been dark throughout the COVID-19 pause. Yesterday, someone put the contents from the mostly-empty restaurant out on the curb here on Second Avenue between Fourth Street and Fifth Street...



The Atlas phone number is no longer in service... and the website is offline.

The restaurant, which serves reliable vegan (and non-vegan) menu items with a Moroccan vibe, first opened in 1999.

H/T Lola Saénz!

Sunday, November 20, 2011

DOH temporarily closes Atlas Cafe



A visit by the DOH on Friday has knocked out Atlas Cafe over on Second Avenue... 87 violation points.