DBA Barbecue has announced the closure of its Virginia-Highland restaurant, but fans can visit the Chastain location while they get excited about the brand’s new concept coming to Clarkston.
DBA Tacos & BBQ will showcase street tacos and a scaled-down traditional barbecue menu, including halal beef options, in a fast-casual environment. There will be beer, wine and a select cocktail menu.
Restaurateur Matt Coggin co-owns DBA Barbecue along with his parents. The Virginia-Highland closure and subsequent Clarkston opening will allow him to focus on smaller-format stores and to expand the brand’s catering services.
“It comes down to, more employees is harder, more square footage is harder,” he told What Now Atlanta. “You’re managing all of that. And after the pandemic, doing takeout and setting up a fake drive-thru, I thought, ‘I like this. This is reenergizing me. I’m enjoying being right out here and handing people their food – at a six-foot distance.’ I enjoyed it.”
Dine-in service will be offered at the 2,600-square-foot space in Clarkston, but the focus will be on takeout, including renovation of the existing drive-thru. (The property used to be a KFC/Taco Bell hybrid.)
Coggin said that having tacos on the new location’s menu just made sense. Add some pico de gallo, cilantro, lime and radish to your favorite barbecue protein, and you have a tasty street taco.
“Chastain’s our traditional barbecue menu,” Coggin said. “Clarkston’s gonna have that, but also six to eight street tacos utilizing the same meats that we use for our barbecue… That’s why it’s so easy for me to put tacos together with barbecue. They’re not that far apart.”
DBA Tacos & BBQ is set to open at 4540 E Ponce de Leon Avenue the first week of April, with the drive-thru opening about a month later.
In the meantime, DBA Barbecue Chastain is extending its hours to be…
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