New food and fun coming soon to Loganville

Photos from early construction and of view of downtown Loganville from the rooftop of 262 Main Street Loganville.

For most of 2024, visitors to downtown Loganville have watched the first rooftop restaurant going up at 262 Main Street. And then everybody has waited in anticipation for it to open following the announcment that Tacos N Beer Grill and Bar was the restaurant that would be coming to that location.

But, as is often the case with restaurants, things often take longer than initially expected. Such is the case with Tacos and Beer.

“We have hoped to have it open before the end of the year, but that doesn’t look like that is likely to happen,” said Branden Whitfield, Loganville councilman and owner of the newly renovated and expanded rooftop building on Main Street. Whitfield and his family own BBK Rentals, the company that had purchased the property. They did this with hopes that it would begin revitalizing the downtown Loganville area.

Tacos N Beer had decided to open a second restaurant in Walton County and chosen the rooftop building on Main Street in Loganville to do so. The problem, however, was that just that one building began to look like it may be a little small for the number of customers they were expecting to host – and that turned out to be a good thing.

“My sisters and I recently were lucky enough to acquire a new building on Main Street here in Loganville,” Whitfield announced, adding that it just happened to be the building right next to Tacos N Beer! And here is where that good thing comes about.

“Since the new building shares a wall with Tacos N Beer, they will be using that space as extra seating for their restaurant so they can better host the many customers that are excited to visit their business. However that’s not all,” Whitfield announced. “The back half of the building will be occupied by a new business coming the downtown called Game On Main! Game On Main is going to be an arcade/game room that will have a variety of new games, classic arcade cabinets, pinball, air hockey, and more. A great space to bring in food and drinks from any of our Main Street restaurants, pop in after some shopping, school, or during one of the City of Loganville’s great events. I’m excited because this is going to be a good place for people to interact with each other and have fun!”

Both these building will be bringing new concepts to downtown Loganville, but will not be changing the historic nature of the downtown area. The buildings are being renovated and in some cases somewhat rebuilt, but will keep the same small town features of a historic Loganville Main Street.

While neither of these new business were able to be open to the public by the holiday season, Whitfield says the plan is to have them open in early spring, hopefully before all the spring events begin in downtown Loganville – something new to look forward to in early 2025!

Graphics from Game on Main Facebook Page

Game on Main’s journey from start to finish is currently being showcased on its own Facebook page. It is posting pictures throughout the process of the build out, updates on the progress and to showcase what games will be included in the game room!

You can follow the updates at here at the Game on Main Facebook page.