To our loyal MetroFreshuals
We had a fire on Friday night 2/27. No one was here and no one was injured, but we had some fairly significant damage. We will be closed for the near future while we work through everything. In the meantime, please visit us at MetroFresh Uptown
1360 Peachtree St.
(1 block north of the High Museum.)
We are open there Monday-Friday 8am-2:30pm for Breakfast and Lunch
We will be handling all catering at MetroFresh Uptown - NO WORRIES! So please email us as usual at catering@metrofreshatl.com and we’ll take care of you.
MetroFresh Midtown will be closed until further notice. On Friday night Feb 27, we had a fire in our electrical room. No one was in the building at the time and no one was hurt. But we sustained some fairly intense damage and it will take a while to rebuild. We will let you know when we can resume operations. In the meantime, MetroFresh Uptown will be open for business as usual Monday-Friday for breakfast and lunch - 8am-2:30pm. ALL CATERING OPERATIONS WILL PROCEED AS NORMAL, Please email catering@metrofreshatl.com or go to the catering page on the website to place an order. To our regulars, please support us by coming in for fresh food, soups, salads, and sandwiches at MetroFresh Uptown. 1360 Peachtree St. Between 16th and 17th. 1 block north of the Woodruff Arts Center. Click above on "Uptown" to see the menu.
Open until 7:30pm Thursday
- M: Meat
- Gf: Gluten-Free
- D: Dairy
- Vn: Vegan
- Vg: Vegetarian
- F: Fish
- E: Egg
- N: Nuts
Thought
by Mitchell
Good morning from MetroFresh Uptown.
It has been a busy few days trying to wrap my head around what has happened. In case you missed it, in brief - last Friday night 2/27, there was a fire in our back mop room. It happened around 11pm after my crew had left, but thankfully while our neighbors were still there. Fortunately the fire part was localized to that one area, unfortunately there is extensive smoke damage throughout the whole space.
I met with the insurance adjustor, the remediation guy, and my independent claim analyst yesterday in the space. And the more they looked the longer the list of "things that will need to be trashed and either replaced or rebuilt" got longer and longer. My spirits ebbed as the list grew. It's crazy. It's sad. And it's hard to see the silver lining, although I'm sure there is one somewhere.
Because the cause is still under investigation - most probably that lithium batter from our leaf blower, the insurance company has told us we CANNOT TOUCH ANYTHING until independent investigators from the insurance co, Ryobi and most likely Home Depot, get a chance to do their own anlysis of the situation. Everyone will be going after everyone else to get them to pay.
This all means I may not have any sort of timetable or estimate of costs for a couple of weeks. Ugh!
The good news is I am cooking everything over at MetroFresh Uptown and we are getting a steady stream of regulars in to support. AND lots of new catering orders! I so appreciate everyone reaching out to offer support. For now the best way you can support us is by coming over here - 1360 Peachtree, Monday-Friday between 8am and 2:30 pm. Or 7:30pm for Thursday Happy Hour. We validate parking in the garage. Also - Kyle and Sarah are sharing delivery duties. So if you can't make it over and still want a MetroFresh Lunch, call us at 404-500-2685 and we'll be happy to deliver. All catering clients head to the website or email catering@metrofrehatl.com and we'll continue to fill our schedule as we can.
Thanks for all the kind words. Hopefully soon I'll have more direction and let you know the next steps in the process. For now, my "to-do" list from the insurance company is V. long. It's like a second full time job on top of my full time job! Good times...