Popular Krog Street Market restaurant and bar Ticonderoga Club is closed indefinitely after water damage resulting from a burst pipe.
The restaurant posted about the closure on its Instagram account, announcing that Ticonderoga Club will be closed through the remainder of 2022 and until further notice, with Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve reservations canceled. The restaurant was fully booked for the holidays and well into January, according to co-owner Paul Calvert.
The pipe, which burst late Saturday night or Sunday morning, caused extensive damage including destroying the restaurant’s kitchen and upstairs storage space and damaging the Canteen dining room. In addition, major electrical and plumbing repairs are needed and the restaurant needs to be repainted.
“Lincoln Property Group is assisting with all discovery and repairs,” Calvert told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in an email. “We have insurance, of course, but also, insurance pay-outs move pretty slow.” No other Krog Street Market businesses were damaged.
In order to assist with repairs, Ticonderoga Club is throwing “Keep the Boat Afloat” holiday parties from 6-10 p.m. Dec. 22 and 23 at Little Tart Bakeshop in Grant Park, which is owned by Calvert’s wife, Sarah O’Brien.
Tickets, which are $100 and available on the restaurant’s website, include three drinks and bites from the Ticonderoga Club kitchen. All proceeds help pay wages and health insurance for the restaurant’s employees. Donations can also be made on the Ticonderoga Club website.
Calvert, Greg Best, David Bies, Bart Sasso and Regan Smith opened Ticonderoga Club in October 2015. Since then, the restaurant has garnered numerous accolades, including being named a James Beard Award finalist for Outstanding Hospitality in 2022 and Outstanding Bar Program in 2019, and offering all its employees health insurance since 2021.
The eatery has also navigated several pandemic-related obstacles.
Ticonderoga Club closed in March 2020 and reopened that June, starting with limited takeout lunch and dinner and morphing into the temporary concept Ticon-To-Go Club.
The restaurant eventually resumed dine-in service with a menu that features favorites like the Cobb salad, Ipswich clams and Poh’s eggplant. The cocktail list offers drinks like the Ticonderoga Cup and the High Water.
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