Restaurant empire closes 10 eateries

Here to Serve Restaurants abruptly shuttered 10 of Atlanta’s most popular restaurants on Monday night, leaving about 1,000 employees and even more patrons bewildered.

In addition to Prime, Shucks, Smash, Strip and Twist, the 19year-old private company operated three Noche locations (Brookhaven, Virginia Highland and Vinings) and two locations of Coast (Buckhead and Johns Creek).

A statement on the company’s website hinted that owners hadn’t totally surrendered.

While employees and diners were shocked by the closings, the restaurant group’s troubles had been visible for some time. In the last year, it closed several concepts, including Shout in Midtown, Aja in Buckhead and Goldfish in Perimeter Mall.

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