South Fulton County

The last S&S Cafeteria in metro Atlanta is closing this weekend

ATLANTA — S&S Cafeteria, the family-owned dining institution known for its southern cooking, is closing its last metro Atlanta location.

The S&S Cafeteria located at 2002 Campbellton Road in southwest Atlanta will shut its doors for good on Sept. 30. The restaurant has been open for 50 years.

A sign posted on the door announces the closure.

“It is with deepest regret that we announce the closing of our Campbellton Cafeteria at 6 p.m. on Sunday, September 30, 2018.

S&S Cafeteria has been a major part of the Atlanta community since 1968. We consider our customers family after all these years.

To all of our employees – we salute you with pride, a heartfelt thanks and appreciation for a job well done.

To our customers – thank you for 50 years and thank you for the friendships we have made.”

The general manager told Channel 2's Sophia Choi that a company bought out S&S Cafeterias and decided to close this one. Employees got the word on Tuesday, just five days before the final Sunday service.

"You come in, you work hard and then all of a sudden, bam, you're fired," employee Randy Harper said.

About 50 employees work at the location. The company is now helping them find other jobs.

"They're just not going to leave us out there to hang and dry, you know? So they're giving us job opportunities at other places," employee Kim Jackson said.

In 2016, S&S closed its location at Embry Village on Chamblee-Tucker Road. It had been open since 1973.

Six other S&S locations remain in operation. These include one in Augusta, two in Macon and units in Greenville and Charleston, South Carolina and Knoxville, Tennessee.