Last Resort Grill

What Last Resort Grill does

Last Resort Grill is a privately held, single-location full-service restaurant operating at 174/184 W. Clayton Street in Athens, Georgia, serving southwestern-inspired southern cuisine since 1992. The restaurant carries the name of the original 1966 Last Resort music club and offers dinner seven days a week beginning at 5pm, with weekend brunch and lunch service from 11am to 2pm. Its menu spans small plates, soups and salads, and big plates and pastas, featuring signature items such as the Rockville shrimp and salmon pasta, piloncillo-crusted hanger steak, fire-cracker filet, and house-made vegetarian options, alongside seasonal specials.

The business operates as a traditional dine-in establishment with no proprietary technology, no mobile application, and no publicly disclosed menu pricing. Its distribution is anchored by the physical restaurant location, with a supplementary e-commerce layer for gift card sales hosted on ToastTab and a small retail line selling 12-ounce bottles of its signature house-made dressings. The customer base consists of general diners — local Athens residents, University of Georgia community members, and visitors — purchased via individual dine-in transactions with no enterprise or contracted accounts.

The restaurant has been independently operated since 1992 and transitioned to new ownership in January 2023 when Kelly and Tom Call acquired the business. The company has no disclosed funding, parent company, subsidiaries, or institutional investors, and operates with approximately 26 employees. There is no indication of multi-unit expansion plans, catering operations, delivery partnerships, or technology platform development.

Name

Last Resort Grill

Website

https://lastresortgrill.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1992

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Last Resort Grill is a privately held, single-location full-service restaurant in downtown Athens, Georgia, serving southwestern-inspired southern cuisine to local residents, University of Georgia community members, and visitors since 1992.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Full-Service Casual Dining Restaurant

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Farm-to-Table & Contemporary American Restaurants (THAFACAF)

Keywords

• Southwestern southern cuisine
• Full-service restaurant
• Casual dining establishment
• Weekend brunch service
• House-made signature dressings

Headquarters

HQ city

Athens

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Last Resort Grill operates a single-location full-service dine-in restaurant in Athens, Georgia, serving southwestern-inspired southern cuisine for dinner seven nights a week at 5pm and brunch/lunch on Saturdays and Sundays from 11am to 2pm. The menu features small plates (fried green tomatoes, crisp pork belly, crab cakes, shrimp quesadilla), soups and salads, big plates and pastas (chicken in parchment, Rockville shrimp and salmon pasta, piloncillo-crusted hanger steak, cornbread crusted trout, fire-cracker filet, salmon and grits), and signature house-made dressings (gorgonzola, jalapeño honey mustard, vidalia bacon, balsamic vinaigrette). Supplementary offerings include gift cards sold via the ToastTab platform and 12 oz retail bottles of the restaurant's signature dressings.

Product overview

Last Resort Grill is a single-location southwestern-inspired southern cuisine restaurant in Athens, Georgia, serving dinner seven days a week and brunch/lunch on weekends. The restaurant offers a unified dining experience with dinner service featuring small plates, soups and salads, and big plates/pastas; weekend brunch and lunch service includes eggs, omelettes, lunch entrees, and sandwiches. The restaurant is not structured as a platform with modules but provides an integrated dine-in experience centered around its full-service menu.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dine-in Dinner Service Full-service in-restaurant dinner service featuring southwestern-inspired southern cuisine, served seven nights a week at 5pm to walk-in diners, Athens-area residents, the University of Georgia community, and visitors. The menu includes small plates (fried green tomatoes, crisp pork belly, crab cakes, shrimp quesadilla), soups and salads, and big plates and pastas (chicken in parchment, Rockville shrimp and salmon pasta, piloncillo-crusted hanger steak, cornbread crusted trout, fire-cracker filet, salmon and grits, maple smoked tofu). Big plates are served with biscuits and a seasonal salad.
• Weekend Brunch and Lunch Service Full-service in-restaurant brunch and lunch service available Saturdays and Sundays from 11:00am to 2:00pm, featuring southwestern-inspired southern items including eggs, omelettes, lunch entrees, and sandwiches, with house-made signature dressings available as accompaniments. Targeted at weekend diners in the Athens, Georgia market.
• Restaurant Gift Cards Denomination-based gift cards redeemable for dine-in meals at Last Resort Grill, sold to consumers and gift-givers online through the ToastTab platform and usable at the Athens, Georgia location.
• House-Made Signature Dressings (Retail Bottles) 12 oz retail bottles of four house-made signature salad dressings — gorgonzola, jalapeño honey mustard, vidalia bacon, and balsamic vinaigrette — produced in-house by the Last Resort Grill kitchen and sold at the restaurant for off-premise consumption by diners and Athens-area consumers.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ToastTabminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorToastTab serves as the online gift card sales platform for Last Resort Grill, hosting the restaurant's gift card purchasing page at toasttab.com/last-resort-grill-174-184-west-clayton-street/giftcards

Recent moves3 records

Emerging players

• The Grit: Athens, GA established vegetarian full-service restaurant. Comparable as a longstanding independent Athens dining institution, though with a much narrower menu focus.

Broad incumbents

• Bonefish Grill: National casual-dining chain with a fish/seafood-forward menu similar to several of Last Resort Grill's big plates (salmon, trout, crab cakes). Comparable as a broader full-service incumbent competing for similar dinner occasions, but lacks the local Athens heritage.
• Waffle House: Iconic Georgia-based 24/7 diner chain. Comparable as a Georgia-anchored full-service dining brand competing for Athens-area diners, though at a very different price point and operating model.

Direct peers

• Trappeze Pub: Athens, GA full-service pub and dining room operating in the downtown market. Direct competitor for evening covers, local residents, and game-day/UGA-driven traffic.
• Five & Ten: Athens, GA farm-to-table full-service restaurant long associated with elevated southern cuisine. Most directly comparable to Last Resort Grill by city, full-service format, and farm-influenced southern-leaning menu.
• The National Tavern: Athens, GA downtown full-service restaurant and bar. Direct competitor for downtown Clayton Street dinner traffic, local diners, and UGA-affiliated customers.
• Heirloom Cafe: Athens, GA farm-to-table cafe and dinner spot. Closely comparable by city, scratch-cooking approach, and farm-fresh sourcing philosophy that overlaps with Last Resort Grill's menu language.

Regional players

• Mama's Boy: Athens, GA breakfast and lunch-focused southern comfort restaurant. Comparable Athens full-service operator and overlapping southern-cuisine positioning, though daytime-focused.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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