Watershed restaurant, located for 13 year in a converted gas station in Decatur, is re-locating to The Brookwood, a mixed-use condominium community located on Peachtree Street in the historic Brookwood neighborhood. The Brookwood is Atlanta’s only LEED certified high-rise condominium community.
The move will enable owners Ross Jones, Indigo Girls’ Emily Saliers and Chef Joe Truex to grow the business with private dining, a patio and parking. They plan to maintain aspects of the Decatur Watershed, while updating it to match the new location.
The new location, set to open in Spring 2012, will seat 175. Truex plans to update Watershed’s Southern-inspired cuisine with flavors from the Georgia Coast to the Louisiana Bayou and everything in between including the diverse ethnic flavors found throughout the South. The restaurant will continue with the monthly wine club tastings and bring back Fried Chicken Night with a twist.
Truex took over as Watershed’s chef in 2010 with the departure of long-time chef Scott Peacock. A Louisiana native, Truex came to Watershed after closing his award-winning eatery, Repast. With a degree from the Culinary Institute of America his career has taken him from New Orleans to New York and Basel, Switzerland. He came to Atlanta as executive chef of the Swissôtel and later Château Élan Winery and Resort in Braselton, before opening Repast in 2005.
