BREAKING  - Big Monday morning restaurant news here in Decatur!  Dave Blanchard of the Brick Store Pub/Leon’s Full Service fame gives DM the scoop…

The Kimball House Hotel once stood on an entire city block of downtown Atlanta. It played host to famous musicians, athletes, politicians, local heroes and artists as well as scoundrels, vagrants, con men and loose women. As with many of Atlanta’s marvelous old history-laden structures, it was razed in the 1960s. In the spirit of progress and preservation, and as an homage to the barmen who kept the beautiful hotel lounge, we are resurrecting the Kimball House name. The new restaurant and bar, Kimball House, will be located at the historic Railway Depot in Decatur, Georgia. The food will encourage gathering. The drinks will encourage conversation. Kimball House will smell like bacon and taste like seawater.

Much has been done to improve the Atlanta drink scene in the last ten years, especially with beer and cocktails. We hope to contribute to this storyline and offer something new and old along the way. We hope to add to the culinary landscape and cook with the seasons while taking full advantage of our local southern bounty.

At Kimball House the rumble of a nearby train and the constant clatter of the cocktail shaker will barely be distinguishable from the laughter of neighboring tables. It will look like a restaurant but feel like home. No jackets required (except perhaps denim). Dirty jokes lauded. Local heroes, scoundrels, vagrants, con men and loose women all welcome in the Spring of 2013.

Wikipedia’s got some good info on the old first and second Kimball House if you’re interested.

Depot photo courtesy of jimmywayne via Flickr, Kimball House photo via Wikipedia

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Photo courtesy of PURGE

Rick sends in this jack-o-lantern photo from Oakhurst’s Pumpkin Carving Party.

Aaronica writes in…

My puppy ran off yesterday on mead st and I haven’t been able to find her. Someone suggested your site so I was wondering if you could post something about her. I’ve attached a picture of the flyer here.

Michael points to this “Coming Attractions” post on Eater Atlanta...

From Paul Calvert and the Victory Sandwich Bar team comes a new restaurant and bar, Paper Plane. It’ll be located at the same address as the forthcoming Decatur Victory Sandwich Bar at 340 Church Street and will offer a full dinner menu in addition to drinks. The two restaurants will have separate entrances but will also be accessible from each other by a not at all secret door. Both are set to open later this year.