Watershed Lease Now Online; Peacock Reacts to the Move
Decatur Metro | August 4, 2011
In case you were looking to open your own restaurant in downtown Decatur – and honestly, who isn’t these days? – the Schumacher Group just posted the Watershed space for lease on their website.
In related news, Patch editor Ralph Ellis snagged a nice little interview with former Watershed chef Scott Peacock about Watershed’s impending move outside of the Decatur city limits. Here’s a little taste from Peacock…
Watershed and Peacock are often credited with sparking the town’s growth and making Decatur a dining destination. In a telephone interview, Peacock said he doesn’t know if that’s true.
“I’m not somebody who thinks in those terms, though it’s a wonderful thing to hear,” he said.
(Pic above from courtesy of Schumacher)
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Ain’t that like Scott Peacock…the man wouldn’t take credit if you hit him over the head with it.
I sure wish the folks from The Grit in Athens would think about expanding. I think they’d be great in this space. And it’s a restaurant niche that really is unfulfilled in Decatur.
+1,000,000. I would get the Golden Bowl every day.
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YES PLEASE. Yes yes yes.
I REALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! want The Grit to bring back their old standard, Yellow Indian Curry, my favorite meal of all-time anywhere. It’s been gone 6 months, and while their Sides of the Day sometimes has other curries, they ain’t the same.
Oh hell yeah! I’m pretty sure it was on DM that I brought up the idea of The Grit or a similar concept in Decatur and I’ve been dreaming of that (and a Morelli’s franchise) ever since. I’m not vegetarian but often prefer meatless meals. It’s surprisingly hard to do that around here without eating the same pizza and throwaway veggie burgers over and over. Thank god (or Krishna?) for the great South Indian options nearby but it’s really hard for me to convince many folks to eat at them with me. A place like The Grit would be beyond awesome. Can we get someone to forward this thread to them? If they’ve ever thought of expanding, I can’t imagine a better place than Decatur!
It’s possible that Joe Truex got hold of an advance of Cliff Bostock’s piece on Watershed in this week’s Creative Loafing and announced the closing based on that.
Ouch!
Yes, it was bad. Read this and you might get an idea as to why Watershed is closing:
“I ordered a pork chop grilled medium that arrived at the table literally raw in parts. It’s rare for me to return a dish to the kitchen, but I obviously couldn’t eat this as prepared. Weirdly, the server took a fork to the chop and carried it off, leaving my dinner plate of mediocre, half-eaten okra and tomatoes behind. The rest of the chop, looking like a reheated scrap, was soon redeposited on the plate.”
http://clatl.com/atlanta/visits-to-edgewood-morellis-watershed-and-nonis/Content?oid=3730676
Yep, i looked forward to the Tuesday night fried chicken platter, 2 weeks ago. I’m sorry, but this was over done/under whelming/average/basic fried chicken. A LOT of average/underwhelming friend chicken. Good bye watershed, your best days ended months ago.
Hate to see a $25/ plate fried chicken restaurant fold. Maybe a $10 gourmet hamburger restaurant will move in…oh, wait there’s already one next door