Hobnob Opens Where Caribou Left
Gilbert’s Neighborhood Concepts, the owners of Gilbert’s Café and Bar in Midtown, is opening Hobnob Neighborhood Tavern at the corner of Piedmont Avenue and Monroe Drive. Brothers Gilbert and Sean Yeremyan will pattern their second restaurant after the neighborhood friendly feel of Gilbert’s, with a menu featuring comfort pub cuisine.
Located in the space that was formerly Caribou Coffee, Hobnob will have 76 seats. There will be a 20-seat bar, 28 seats in the dining room and 28 seats on two patios, which will be heated in the winter. Restaurants Consulting Group designed this space, which was originally built as a gas station, with an emphasis on airy open dining, featuring a glass garage door opening the dining room up to the patio.
Chef Brett Ring, formerly the sous chef at STATS, will be the executive chef, creating quality comfort food, including sandwiches, pizzas, salads and entrees. Chef Ring is a graduate of Johnson and Wales University in Charleston, SC. Three Merians, formerly the manager of Gilbert’s, will be the general manager.
Hobnob will offer an extensive selection of beers, including high gravity and craft beers, as well as wine and a full bar. There will be house-infused vodkas, pitchers of margaritas, six to eight beers on tap and 50 varieties of bottled beer. Hobnob plans to offer beer dinners, beer tastings and flights of beer.
Located at 1551 Piedmont Avenue, Hobnob will be open for lunch and dinner nightly as well as weekend brunch and Midnight Specials.
