After 32 years, meat-and-three spot Eats is closing. Known for its jerk chicken and affordable prices , this unassuming restaurant on Ponce opened in 1993 and has been one of the few old-time holdouts amid the development of the Beltline and Ponce City Market.

Its last day of service will be October 18. Owner Bob Hatcher announced the closure last week via a social media post , and the restaurant has been packed ever since.

“It’s a crazy experience. It’s just like an onslaught of memories—all these people coming in, saying, I ate here when I was pregnant. This is my adult son. People who went to college here, people I haven’t seen in forever. I had one ex-employee show up today. I hadn’t seen him since the ‘90s. He drove all the way from just north of Nashville,” Hatcher says.

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