[Update] Plans filed for La Hacienda in Midtown

By + on December 31, 2012
La Hacienda Mexican Restaurant - Rendering courtesy of YSM Design

Silver Grill to be demolished making way for Mexican Restaurant.

After nearly a year of permitting with City of Atlanta, La Hacienda is making headway toward opening in Midtown.

A building permit for the Mexican restaurant was filed this week with City of Atlanta, to erect a new structure where Midtown’s Silver Grill currently stands.

Originally, the Mexican restaurant was going to spend $100,000 making commercial alterations to the space, and then open in Silver Grill’s place.

The new 2,000-square-foot La Hacienda Mexican restaurant will cost an estimated $150,000 to construct.

An additional $25,000 will be spent demolishing the 1,339-square-foot Silver Grill building, according to permits filed earlier this year.

La Hacienda’s reason for building its Midtown location from the ground up instead of occupying the Silver Grill space as planned, has not been confirmed.

La Hacienda Mexican Restaurant - Rendering courtesy of YSM Design

Rendering courtesy of YSM Design

About caleb j. spivak

CJS is the Founder of What Now Atlanta. He was recently featured in The New York Times, Creative Loafing's "20 People to Watch in 2012," named "Lifestyle Blogger You Need To Know" by Rolling Out Magazine and highlighted as Atlanta's Metropolitan Male in fashion magazine, 944. WNA was named "Best of Atlanta" by Creative Loafing and Atlanta Magazine.

5 Comments

  1. Lisa

    December 31, 2012 at 10:47 am

    I’m guessing that the $150K is just for the core structure itself and none of the interior systems (plumbing, HVAC, venting, etc)?

    • caleb j. spivak

      December 31, 2012 at 11:02 am

      Hi Lisa, yes. I’d expect we’ll see more permit applications early 2013.

      - CJS

  2. Susy

    January 1, 2013 at 11:34 am

    We drove past the building the other day, I think it’s apparent from the exterior appearance why they’re going to build from scratch.

  3. MIke

    January 2, 2013 at 12:37 pm

    Aah, but what became of the iconic Silver Grill neon sign? I always hoped Clay Harper would rescue it for his collection of historic Atlanta signage and display it at a Fellini’s…

  4. Marlene

    January 11, 2013 at 12:21 am

    Finally there are starting to demolish the old silver grill I hope la hacienda will be open buy the end of summer.

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