Key Points:
- El Tesoro will relocate from Wild Heaven Beer’s West End taproom to the former Best End Brewing space at Lee + White.
- El Tesoro will remain open in the Wild Heaven taproom until the first week of March, when it’s scheduled to move to its new location.
- The future home of El Tesoro in West End will also serve as the restaurant’s commissary kitchen.
In March, El Tesoro will move from the taproom at Wild Heaven Beer in West End to the former Best End Brewing space at Lee + White. The 8,600-square-foot space features two kitchens and an expansive patio facing the Westside Beltline.
Earlier this week, the owners of Wild Heaven Beer announced they had purchased the rights to Eats. The beloved meat-and-three restaurant closed this past October after 33 years on Ponce de Leon Avenue. Eats will replace El Tesoro in the taproom at Wild Heaven in West End.
El Tesoro owner Alan Raines called the situation “a perfect storm.”
“We had a great two years at Wild Heaven,” Raines said. “That was a great collaboration and an opportunity to prove to ourselves that people want to come to El Tesoro on the West End.”
“We actually saw a little bit of a dip in business in the Edgewood location because the people who were coming from the west side … could come [to Wild Heaven instead],” Raines added
Related:
• Wild Heaven will resurrect Eats at West End taproom this spring
• Edgewood taqueria El Tesoro joining South Downtown restaurant lineup
The future home of El Tesoro in West End will also serve as the commissary kitchen for all three El Tesoro restaurants. (Later this year, a third location of El Tesoro will open in South Downtown.)
Adding a commissary kitchen to the business will allow El Tesoro to ramp up catering. Having a larger indoor space and patio in West End means the restaurant can host more events without worrying about the weather. The Edgewood location of El Tesoro is mostly outdoors.
El Tesoro’s original chefs, Mayra Vazquez and her mother, Cristina, will oversee culinary operations and the chefs at each of El Tesoro’s three restaurants. While they’re sticking to the same menu, each El Tesoro location will include special dishes.
“We kind of get to control our own destiny with our drinks and service,” Raines told Rough Draft. “We will have the opportunity to feature some new food items on the menu and more specials. Each location is going to have its own kitchen manager.”
El Tesoro will remain open in the Wild Heaven taproom until the first week of March, when it’s scheduled to move to its new location at Lee + White.
Raines, along with business partner Samantha Eaves, first opened El Tesoro in Atlanta’s Edgewood neighborhood in 2019. The West End location opened in 2024. A third location should open in South Downtown on Mitchell Street ahead the 2026 FIFA World Cup matches at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
El Tesoro, 1036 White St., West End. Relocating March 2026.