Atlanta Restaurants & Food

8 weeks after 5-year-old’s death, Atlanta’s Sun Dial restaurant re-opens

Atlanta's iconic Sun Dial restaurant remained closed Monday, more than a month after a 5-year-old boy was killed.
Atlanta's iconic Sun Dial restaurant remained closed Monday, more than a month after a 5-year-old boy was killed.
June 10, 2017

Atlanta’s Sun Dial restaurant has re-opened eight weeks after a 5-year-old boy died after getting stuck between a table and a wall.

On April 14, Charlie Holt of Charlotte, N.C., was having lunch with his parents when he wandered away from the family’s table, according to investigators. Somehow, the boy got his head pinned between a table and a wall inside the revolving restaurant, located at the top of the Westin Peachtree Plaza downtown.

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Witnesses rushed to help the boy’s father free him. But Charlie died from his injuries after being rushed to the hospital.

The restaurant closed after the boy’s death and did not publicly announce when it would again open. On Friday, the restaurant was open for lunch and dinner.

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