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Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
R. Thomas Deluxe Grill owners selling iconic Buckhead restaurant
An iconic Atlanta restaurant will soon have new owners. R. Thomas is known for offering a variety of organic, vegetarian and vegan menu items, but also for their colorful birds outside the restaurant. Now, it's going on the market. Representatives for R. Thomas Deluxe Grill owner Linay Thomas Sheltra confirmed to Channel 2 Action News that she is selling the restaurant. Sheltra's father, Richard Thomas, opened the restaurant on Peachtree Street back in 1985 and it quickly became a Buckhead staple. Sheltra and her partners will be looking for a new owner who wants to keep the business going. We're speaking with the owner on what led to the decision to find a new owner, today on Channel 2 Action News. TRENDING STORIES: Georgia special tax refund: Who's eligible, how much you'll get, how you'll receive it Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport kicks off centennial celebration Cobb neighbors get county to pause plan to cut down trees that line 'calming' median [SIGN UP: WSB-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
Axios
15-04-2025
- Business
- Axios
R. Thomas Deluxe Grill is for sale
R. Thomas Deluxe Grill, Atlanta's late-night beacon of healthy food, fresh-squeezed juices and tropical birds, could be yours for the right price. Why it matters: Though healthier options are easier to find today, R. Thomas remains an outlier where the menu — R's Meatless Meatloaf! — is just as colorful as its surfer shack decor of beaded curtains, rattan and bright colors. For generations of metro Atlantans, the quirky Buckhead spot has been a refuge from chains and a yin to the Waffle House's yang after a night out partying. Driving the news: Owner Linay Sheltra, the daughter of Richard Thomas, the former fast food entrepreneur who opened the Bay Area-inspired restaurant in 1985, told the AJC she's looking for another health-minded individual to take over. What they're saying:"We're going to be vetting people a little bit more, maybe deeper than we normally do," Atlanta entrepreneur Cliff Oxford, who's helping Sheltra sell the restaurant, told the AJC, the first to report the news.
