The Jason's Deli at 11720 Medlock Bridge Road in Johns Creek Village in Johns Creek has closed.  The roughly 5,000 square foot restaurant was one of 13 nationally closed by the Beaumont, Texas-based chain.  Four other locations remain "temporarily closed," including at Cumberland Mall near Smyrna and their East Cobb location in Marietta.  According to their website, the chain operates nearly 300 restaurants across 28 states. 

                   

According to data compiled by CNN, Deli Management, Inc., the parent company of Jason's Deli and owner of most of the chain's restaurants, was approved in April for a PPP loan of between $5 million and $10 million.  

Two of the other Jason's closures took place in Maryland leaving the chain with a single unit in Columbia.  The chain appears to have closed no locations in their home state of Texas, where they continue to operate 114 locations. 

For those looking to own their very own Amana commercial microwave, box of brown sugar, ceiling tiles, small, long or big green tables or other "miscellaneous tools and bits," Restaurant Equipment.bid is holding a virtual auction to liquidate the restaurant's FF&E.   

Sixteen other locations of the deli remain open in Georgia including metro Atlanta outposts in Buckhead, Alpharetta, Decatur, Tucker, Midtown, Kennesaw and Peachtree Corners, among others.  

Are your surprised to see Jason's Deli close their Johns Creek restaurant?  What would you like to see open in place of Jason's Deli in Johns Creek?  What is your favorite deli in metro Atlanta?

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Corner Bakery Cafe has permanently closed its Alpharetta location at 10920 Haynes Bridge Road near North Point Mall.  The bakery cafe opened October 28, 2013, and after being marked "temporarily closed" for the past few months, has now been removed from the Corner Bakery website.  A "for lease" sign from Brand Properties appeared in the restaurant's window within the past few days, according to local readers.  

Corner Bakery has in years past closed locations on Peachtree Street at Colony Square in Midtown and within the Maggiano's Little Italy at Perimeter Mall in Dunwoody.  

In addition to the permanent closure in Alpharetta, Corner Bakery locations on Peachtree Parkway in Peachtree Corners, in Lenox Square in Buckhead and in Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, remain "temporarily closed."  Other Atlanta area Corner Bakery locations remain open on Ashford Dunwoody Road in Dunwoody, on Peachtree Road in Maggiano's Little Italy in Buckhead, on Cobb Parkway in Akers Mill Square near Cumberland Mall, and on Peachtree Street downtown at the Southern Building.

There are approximately 200 Corner Bakery Cafe location nationwide.  

Are you surprised that Corner Bakery has permanently closed its Alpharetta location?  What is your favorite bakery cafe type restaurant?  What would you like to see open in place of the former Corner Bakery? 

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Hardee's has closed its restaurant at 91 South Main Street in downtown Alpharetta after nearly 40 years in business.  There was reportedly no advance warning of the closure which apparently took place this past weekend.  Despite still being listed as open on Google as well as on the Hardee's corporate website, the restaurant has permanently closed and all exterior signage has been removed.  The roughly 3,300 square foot restaurant was built in 1983 and sits on just under one acre. 

A simple sign on the door directed would-be restaurant patrons to the next nearest Hardee's at "801 Holcomb Bridge Road."  Problem is, there is no Hardee's at 801 Holcomb Bridge Road.  Instead, Hardee's is located at 891 Holcomb Bridge Road where it occupies a former Pollo Tropical.  

Metro Atlanta is littered with former Hardee's restaurants, but the company, today owned by Atlanta-based private equity firm Roark Capital Group, has in recent years opened several new restaurants in the area including outposts on Lawrenceville Highway in Lilburn and Mountain Industrial Boulevard in Tucker.  

In addition to the closure of Hardee's, at least three local Burger King restaurants have closed in recent months as well as at least two Wendy's.  

The Burger King closures include the following locations:

11780 Haynes Bridge Road in Alpharetta  

1725 Buford Highway in Cumming (where Back Yard Burgers closed previously) 

1425 Market Boulevard in Roswell  

These three Burger King closures are in addition to the closure on Alpharetta Highway we previously reported.  

For its part, Wendy's, which according to a recent CNN report, is "eating McDonald's breakfast," closed their restaurant at 1100 North Point Drive, near North Point Mall in Alpharetta.  The restaurant reportedly closed within the past few days and is the second area eatery to shutter, following the permanent closure of Corner Bakery, another Roark Capital Group owned concept.

Wendy's also closed its 20-year old restaurant at 13794 Highway 9 in Alpharetta.  

Second generation drive-thru restaurants are historically highly desirable, with the COVID-19 pandemic sparking even more interest in the feature for quick-serve restaurants and other businesses that continue to expand.  

Are you surprised that so many fast food burger joints have closed?  What would you like to see open in any of the former Hardee's, Burger King or Wendy's restaurants?  What is your favorite fast food burger joint?

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This weekend McDonald's will permanently close their longstanding Dunwoody restaurant at 2460 Jett Ferry Road in the Williamsburg at Dunwoody shopping center.  The restaurant, located in an outparcel of the center, is owned by McDonald's, according to DeKalb property records, rather than Regency Centers, owners of the center itself.  Customers were informed of the upcoming closure Thursday.  The restaurant will operate its normal hours but will close at 11 PM on Sunday August 16 and not reopen.  

DeKalb tax records indicate the McDonald's opened in 1984, is 4,266 square feet and sits on about eight tenths of an acre.  

The closure of McDonald's in Dunwoody marks the second fast food burger chain to close in the area in the past two years following the early 2018 closure of Burger King at 5468 Chamblee Dunwoody Road in Dunwoody Village, about two miles away.  Despite reported interest in the space, the former Burger King remains available according to a sales flyer from Brand Properties.  

McDonald's closures, while rare, have happened elsewhere in metro Atlanta.  In early 2018, McDonald's closed a restaurant at 5220 Buford Highway in Doraville.  As ToNeTo Atlanta readers may recall, this closure was quite special as it marked the permanent closure of the oldest McDonald's restaurant in Georgia.  The restaurant, which had been completely rebuilt at least twice, first opened in 1961.  Amazingly, the restaurant, which like many of the burger chain's, was owned by McDonald's corporate, was demolished a short time after its closure, and as of earlier this year, was sitting barren.  

For Dunwoody residents seeking to satisfy their fast food burger cravings, there will remain a second area McDonald's open for business at the corner of Perimeter Center West and Ashford Dunwoody Road, just north of Perimeter Mall.  

McDonald's closure in Dunwoody comes as several of its competing burger joints have also recently closed outlets in the greater metro Atlanta area.  ToNeTo Atlanta reported Thursday that Hardee's, Burger King and Wendy's closed a total of six Atlanta area restaurants in recent weeks with Hardee's having been the most recent, closing their near 40-year old location on South Main Street in Alpharetta. 

Are you surprised that  McDonald's is closing this Dunwoody restaurant?  What is your favorite fast food burger?  What would you like to see open in place of McDonald's in Dunwoody?

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Taqueria Tsunami has permanently closed its Sandy Springs location.  The restaurant, located on Roswell Road, about two blocks north of I-285, had been "temporarily closed" since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  Covered signage on the restaurant tipped us off to a potentially more permanent closure which we were subsequently able to confirm with Fork U Concepts co-owner Scott Kinsey.  

Double Zero Napoletana, a pizza restaurant from Castellucci Hospitality Group, previously occupied the large format restaurant space from May 2011 until August 2016 when it "moved" to Emory Village. 

The former restaurant will reportedly soon see new life as an event venue.  

Despite the closure and the pandemic, Fork U did recently open a new Taqueria Tsunami location at Madison Yards, the new Publix / AMC Theatres anchored project on Memorial Drive in Reynoldstown.  The restaurant, which opened in June, is one of eight of Taqueria Tsunami locations with other outposts on the Marietta Square, Roswell, Athens (2), East Cobb, Woodstock and Peachtree Corners.  In addition to Taqueria Tsunami, Fork U operates Stockyard locations in East Cobb, Vinings and on the Marietta Square, as well as Forno Vero at Marietta Square Market and Stilla Del Toro on the Marietta Square.  

Taqueria Tsunami previously closed locations in south Buckhead off Peachtree Road where 1Kept operated for several years before recently closing and reopening as APT 4B.  Another Taqueria Tsunami previously closed at The Outlet Shoppes of the Bluegrass in Simpsonville, Kentucky, the sibling property of the Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta, home of the restaurant's Woodstock outpost. 

Are you surprised that Taqueria Tsunami closed their Sandy Springs restaurant?  What is your favorite taqueria in metro Atlanta?  What is your favorite Sandy Springs area restaurant?

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Plant Based Pizzeria, which last year became the first all-vegan pizzeria to open in Atlanta, is preparing to open a second metro location. The new restaurant, coming to Sandy Springs, is opening in a seemingly cursed restaurant space that has gone through at least seven different concepts in the past dozen or so years.  Anchoring Huntridge Center at 8540 Roswell Road, the new eatery is located between Northridge Road and Hightower Trail, just south of the Chattahoochee River.   

Since its opening, Plant Based Pizzeria has reportedly served pizza to celebrities such as Jermaine Dupri and Keri Hilson, as well as thousands of other vegans and "flexitarians" alike. The restaurant has an overall 4 1/2 star rating with more than 230 reviews on Yelp.com.  

In addition to assorted pizzas, the restaurant also features several flatbreads, calzones and even a few burgers, which, like the "meat lovers pizza," are made with Beyond Meat products.  The restaurant also features some more adventurous meat and cheese alternatives like "walnut meat" and "cashew cheese."  

As we mentioned, Plant Based Pizzeria is at least the eighth eatery that will have occupied the anchor space in the multi-unit center along Roswell Road over the past several years.  B Social Supper Club was the most recent occupant.  Other previous occupants of the space include CasAgave, Rock 'N' Taco, Moderna, taqueria + teatro,  The Old Crow Grill & Tavern, Foxy's Sports Bar & Chop House and Driggers Sports Grill, among others.  [Rock 'N' Taco late last year "relocated" from Buckhead to the former Pastis space on Canton Street in Historic Downtown Roswell. 

At least three different brokerages have leased the center, too, including Green-Koh Commercial Real Estate, Hale Retail Group and Perimeter Commercial Real Estate, among others.  

Plant Based Pizzeria, like fellow vegan eatery "The Slutty Vegan," is a black-owned business.  Pinky Cole started selling her trendy "slutty" burgers via Instagram during the summer of 2018, after which she eventually got a food truck to optimize efficiency.  Cole opened the first Slutty Vegan brick and mortar location on Ralph David Abernathy Boulevard in southwest Atlanta in October 2018, and has since expanded the business to include a second location in Jonesboro and a third coming soon to Edgewood Avenue in southeast Atlanta.  

Sources close to Plant Based Pizzeria indicate that it will open in "less than 60 days."

Are you excited for the opening of Plant Based Pizzeria in Sandy Springs?  Have you been to the original Plant Based Pizzeria in Atlanta?  What is your favorite type of faux meat or cheese? 

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Beloved eatery Roy's Cheesesteaks in Smyrna has closed for good.  The restaurant, located at 2900 Highlands Parkway, just off I-285 at South Cobb Drive, did not explain its closure but did recently update its website to confirm the disappointing news. "ROY'S CHEESESTEAK IS NOW OFFICIALLY CLOSED." All other components of the website i.e. About, Menu and Media are seemingly disabled, with the website now essentially just a splash page with the closure notice. 

For those unfamiliar, American Deli got its start at South DeKalb Mall in 1989 and today has several dozen locations across Georgia and more than 100 franchises nationwide.  The restaurant serves a wide variety of food, ranging from wings, salads, burgers and Reubens to gyros, fish fillets and even fried rice and Philly cheesesteaks!  That said, it's hard to have faith in the quality and authenticity of a restaurant with such a dizzying variety.     

Roy Brostrand, the South Jersey native who founded the Philly Connection in the early '80s, opened his namesake eatery in 2007 and quickly grew to have an almost cult-like following.  The restaurant by no means had an "in your face" location, but his authentic food and generous portions drew fans from Smyrna and the greater Atlanta area.  

While Roy's may have closed, locals still have several options for authentic cheesesteaks in metro Atlanta.  Options include Woody's CheeseSteaks in Midtown and Buckhead, The Mad Italian in Chamblee, and Big Dave's Cheesesteaks downtown at the Healey Building on Forsyth Street, among others. 

For those wishing to give the Philly at American Deli a shot, they plan to open their new location in October. 

Are you sad that Roy's Cheesesteaks has closed? Have you ever been to American Deli?  Who in metro Atlanta do think makes the best Philly Cheesesteak?

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The Uncle Maddio's Pizza locations in Smyrna and Acworth have closed.  The restaurants, both of which occupied 2,400 square foot inline spaces, reportedly closed within the past few days with each space now being marked for lease by their respective owners.  Franchisees Mike and Cajgie McGaha- Dickey opened the Smyrna location in July 2015, followed by the Acworth location in November 2017. 

Surprisingly, both locations remain listed as open on the Uncle Maddio's website with customers invited to "Order online now!" despite the fact that both are closed and their phones have been disconnected.  Additionally, the Smyrna and Acworth Uncle Maddio's facebook pages remain active but have not been updated since late April.  

The Dickeys each came with decades of restaurant experience, Mike with Darden and Cajgie with Applebee's, yet both were drawn to Uncle Maddio's, despite the brand's struggles which while not crystal clear in 2015, were definitely obvious by 2017.  

“Besides the great-tasting food, we were so impressed by the speed of growth and success of the brand that we knew we had to sign on,” said Mike Dickey at the time of the Smyrna opening. “We know Atlantans love Uncle Maddio’s and we can’t wait to meet our new guests in Smyrna,” he added.  

Despite the pedigree of having been started by Matt Andrew, co-founder of Moe's Southwest Grill, Uncle Maddio's may be one of the finest examples of a failed franchise in recent history.  

The first Uncle Maddio's Pizza Joint opened at Toco Hills shopping center in 2009.  Looking to recreate the success of Moe's [a 400+ unit chain by 2009], Andrew started franchising Maddio's in 2010.  

According to online records, there are currently only sixteen Uncle Maddio's in operation across seven states. [Included in the 16 is a "temporarily closed" unit at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.]  At its height, the chain had 38 units open, and as of the Smyrna opening, claimed to be "on track to have 300 restaurants open in five years with 1,000 units in development" with new units reportedly opening every 10 days.  

Last April, Uncle Maddio's filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with the filing indicating the company had estimated assets less than $50,000, and liabilities between $1 million and $10 million.

While there was no known press release or formal announcement that the company had "emerged" from bankruptcy, the company is once again selling franchises, according to a pop-up on the company website.  The pop-up, headlined "NOW AWARDING FRANCHISES," is a bold move considering so many units have closed and the franchises that remain open are, according to several well placed sources, not doing well and in some cases are "barely hanging on."  [The company was reportedly restricted from selling new franchises during the bankruptcy process.]

The Acworth and Smyrna closures leave the Atlanta-based pizza franchise with just one location in metro Atlanta, in Tucker, near Northlake Mall.  Elsewhere around the state, there are two other locations open, one in Canton, the other in Warner Robins, as well as the aforementioned "temporarily closed" unit at Hartsfield Jackson.  

To date, 46 Uncle Maddio's franchises have closed. 

Are you surprised to see so many Uncle Maddio's failures?  Have you ever been to an Uncle Maddo's Pizza?  What would you like to see open in the now shuttered Uncle Maddio's locations in Smyrna and Acworth?

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Cafe Posh in the street level retail of Hanover Buckhead Village in Buckhead has closed.  The Mediterranean eatery, which relocated from Fountain Oaks shopping center in Sandy Springs, closed as of Monday.  Owner Simona Edery had hoped to open a second Cafe Posh closer to her original Sandy Springs location but a series of unfortunate personal and later business events, not the least of which was the COVID-19 pandemic, resulted in her closing the business and abandoning those plans.  

Ponko Chicken opened July 31 in place of Steel City Pops in downtown Decatur.  The new Ponko is owned by Johnny Esposito, the same owner as the Midtown location . The Atlanta-based quick-serve chicken chain now has five locations open - Chamblee, Chastain Park, Marietta Square Market, Midtown, and Decatur - as well as a pair of outposts at Mercedes-Benz Stadium Downtown.  At least two new Ponko locations are expected to open soon in the Fashion Cafe [food court] at Lenox Square in Buckhead and at The Maxwell, a new development near Alpharetta City Center in Alpharetta.  A third Ponko is reportedly in the works for Canton, too.

Lao street food eatery Snackboxe Bistro has closed its location within Asian food hall PH'EAST at The Battery Atlanta.  Other concepts in PH'EAST including Poke Burri, Kung Fu Tea, and Lifting Noodles Ramen remain open.  The original Snackboxe Bistro, located in the H Mart anchored Peachtree Pavilion shopping center along Peachtree Boulevard in Doraville is also still open.  

The KFC/Taco Bell combo location in Clarkston has closed.  The restaurant, at the corner of Brockett Road and East Ponce de Leon Avenue, closed abruptly earlier this month and its shared building has been stripped clean of all logos and branding.  Property records indicate that the restaurant, 4540 E Ponce De Leon, was built in 1984, is 2,636 square feet and sits on a .6 acre lot.

The upcoming Kimpton Hotel on East Paces Ferry Road in Buckhead has a name: Kimpton Sylvan Hotel.  Set to open in early 2021, the new hotel will be helmed by General Manager Tristan Haas, a veteran of the Kimpton brand.  An adaptive reuse of the 1950s era Sobu Flats condo building, the Kimpton Sylvan Hotel "will embrace the mid-century modern design scheme of the original exterior adding a splash of understated sophistication and heartfelt Southern hospitality."   The hotel's name, which is derived from the Latin word for forest, silva, references Atlanta’s “city in a forest” nickname felt especially in the neighborhood’s canopy of trees.  The property will include 216 guest rooms and suites, a "vibrant living room lobby," a private pool and over 4,000 square feet of meetings and events space.  The hotel, like other Kimpton properties, will also feature several food and  beverage outlets including a street-level restaurant, which will feature an "old Hollywood vibe" and serve Continental cuisine and the tucked-away, ground-level garden bar and 9th floor rooftop lounge will open.  

McDonald's has closed their longstanding East Cobb restaurant at 1305 Powers Ferry Road.  The freestanding restaurant, originally built in 1993, closed as of Sunday, August 16.  No reason was given for the closure but a sign posted on multiple doors/windows at the restaurant said in part  "our staff would like to thank you for allowing us to serve you thru the years!!!"   

The decision to close the Powers Ferry location is especially baffling when you consider that the 2,600 square foot unit was one of the first to undergo significant renovations, reportedly in part paid for by McDonald's corporate.  The renovation, costing nearly $600,000 according to permits on file with Cobb County, in early 2012, remodeled the restaurant to give it the current more modern [but boring] look it sports today.  

The Powers Ferry McDonald's and several others in Cobb County and around metro Atlanta are owned by "DH Cars, INC" and related entities, all controlled in whole or in part by Dave Hamilton.  In addition to owning several McDonald's franchises, Hamilton, a nearly five decade veteran of the McDonald's brand as not only a multi-unit owner, but as an executive as well, is also the current President of the Greater Atlanta McDonald’s Operators Association.  Cobb Business Journal did an extensive [paywalled] "Executive Profile" on Hamilton in December 2017.  

While locals may no longer have a neighborhood "golden arches," they do now have a place to patronize that has square, rather than round, burgers, as "they don't cut corners."  Wendy's opened a largely brick and almost Frank Lloyd Wright-looking restaurant across Powers Ferry from the former McDonald's Wednesday.  The new Wendy's is part of the new Marketplace Terrell Mill shopping center that will reportedly, eventually, at some point in the future potentially be anchored by a new large format Kroger and accompanying fuel center.  In addition to Kroger, a new Panera Bread with drive-thru is expected to open in the coming weeks along Terrell Mill, along with a new Regions Bank along Powers Ferry Road.  A new Chick-fil-A is expected to open beside Panera, but has yet to start construction. 

The two McDonald's closures come as several of its competitor burger joints have also recently closed outlets in the greater metro Atlanta area.  ToNeTo Atlanta reported August 13 that Hardee's, Burger King and Wendy's closed a total of six Atlanta area restaurants in recent weeks, with Hardee's having been the most recent, closing their nearly 40 year old location on South Main Street in Alpharetta. 

The shuttered McDonald's sits on about .8 of an acre and has an existing drive-thru which will likely make it highly sought after by other restaurants, among others.  

Are you surprised that  McDonald's is closing this Dunwoody restaurant?  What is your favorite fast food burger?  What would you like to see open in place of McDonald's in Dunwoody?  

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Jason's Deli has permanently closed its restaurant in East Cobb.  The restaurant, located in the Target-anchored Merchants Festival shopping center, opened in late 2018.  A combination of lower than expected sales since opening and the affects of the COVID-19 pandemic reportedly caused first a temporary closure, but now the permanent closure of the 6,900 square foot restaurant at 1401 Johnson Ferry Road, near its intersection with Roswell Road.  

The closure of the East Cobb Jason's Deli is at least the second known permanent closure in metro Atlanta for the Beaumont, Texas-based company.  ToNeTo Atlanta reported August 8 that Jason's Deli had permanently closed its restaurant on Medlock Bridge Road in Johns Creek.  At the time, the East Cobb restaurant as well as the Jason's in Cumberland Mall, were both listed on the company website as "temporarily closed."  The Cumberland Mall location still indicates it is temporarily closed, while the East Cobb location has been removed from the website entirely.  

Jason's Deli is the second national chain restaurant to close near the intersection of Johnson Ferry and Roswell Roads in just the past sixty days.  California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) closed their restaurant in the Trader Joe's-anchored Pine Straw Place shopping center June 30 after about thirteen years in business. 

A siteplan for Merchants Festival was updated last week by Coleman Morris of JLL who is handling leasing of the center.  Interestingly, despite its recent update, Jason's Deli is still shown as a tenant, which could indicate that like Black Swan before it, there are legal issues preventing the removal of the restaurant and acceptance of their likely early lease termination. 

When Jason's Deli East Cobb opened, it did so in a space that had for a short time been home to an outpost of locally owned, now bankrupt, Sage Social Kitchen & Bar.  Before Sage, the space was also for a short time home to a "relocated"Chequers Seafood + Steak which had replaced longtime tenant and sibling concept Houlihan's.

Sixteen other Jason's Deli locations in Georgia remain open including metro Atlanta outposts in Buckhead, Alpharetta, Decatur, Tucker, Midtown, Kennesaw and Peachtree Corners, among others.  

Are you surprised that Jason's Deli closed in East Cobb?  What is your favorite East Cobb area restaurant?  What would you like to see open in place of Black Swan Tavern and Jason's Deli in East Cobb?

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On Sunday, August 30th, California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) permanently closed its restaurant located near Perimeter Mall at 4600 Ashford Dunwoody Road in Dunwoody, despite representations from as high as CPK's Legal Department, as explained below, that it would not.  Indeed, amateur signage posted at the restaurant confirmed the closure to would-be patrons.  By Sunday evening, the restaurant's dumpster was seen full of CPK signage, equipment and other materials.   Additionally, CPK posted the following message on its website linked to the "Perimeter Mall" location: 

Interestingly, as ToNeTo Atlanta readers may recall, we first reported on the purported Dunwoody CPK closure August 7.  In the days that followed we were asked first by the restaurant's PR firm to remove the story, and then were threatened with "aggressive legal action" by their attorney if we did not remove, what the attorney characterized as "[our] blatantly false"blog entry.  In one email exchange with us, the attorney asserted, and we quote from her August 12th letter:  "CPK has no intentions to close the Dunwoody location, and your statements to the contrary are plainly and blatantly false." (italics added).  

In a separate exchange, the bankrupt restaurant chain's attorney asserted "Your false blog entry constitutes defamation, for which you can be held legally liable. It has damaged CPK, and has caused anxiety and concern among both our employees and guests." 

Despite making adjustments to our post to report CPK's self-described efforts to "terminate select leases", we were eventually sent a Cease & Desist letter, which stated materially: "We demand that you cease and desist from continuing to publish this false story. Please completely remove this entry from your blog and issue a retraction within 24 hours of the date of this letter. If you fail to comply with this request, we will consider our options for more aggressive legal action against you."    

After consulting our attorney, we removed both the original post AND (at CPK's further request), the link to the post via our Facebook page on August 18. [The post has been reinstated following the closure.]     

If, notwithstanding the restaurant's closure and threatened, but now empty, legal action you are confused with the turn of events, so are we.  

What are your thoughts on the recent closure of CPK in Dunwoody?  

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A Thailand-based bubble tea business will open their first United States outpost in Buckhead!  Nobi Cha, headquartered in Bangkok, will later this year open a new shop in the Publix-anchored Chastain Square shopping center on Roswell Road in north Buckhead.  In Chastain Square, Nobi Cha will occupy a 1,000 square foot space previously occupied by a Jamba Juice franchise.  The new bubble tea shop will be ideally located, situated between popular restaurants Tacos & Tequilas and Pho Dai Viet.  

Nobi Cha will be the first bubble tea shop in Buckhead, but is at least the fourth within a few miles on Roswell Road. Local operator teamo tea cafe is located within Parkside Shops shopping center in Sandy Springs with Sharetea in Hammond Springs shopping center at the corner of Hammond and Roswell Road and Gong Cha just north on Roswell Road near Hilderbrand Drive.  

Nobi Cha is the second new eatery to open in Chastain Square during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Atlanta newcomer Sahara Cafe, a Mediterranean fast casual eatery, opened June 1 in the former Starbucks space between Supercuts and Swoozies and has quickly become a neighborhood favorite.  

According to the Nobi Cha facebook page, the Buckhead location is expected to open later this fall and will be the first of several in the United States.  

Are you excited for the opening of Nobi Cha in Buckhead?  Have you ever had bubble tea?  Where else would you like to see Nobi Cha open in metro Atlanta?

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Which Wich"Superior Sandwiches" has closed its location at TOWN Brookhaven in Brookhaven.  The restaurant, which occupied a corner space along the same strip as HOBNOB, closed as of August 21, according to a sign posted to the business's front door.  The notice did not cite any specific reason for the closure but did say the decision was made "with a heavy heart."  

The 1,600 square foot Which Wich space is not yet shown as "available" or "for lease" on the marketing materials from Colliers International who handles the center's leasing but Which Wich was noticeably absent from a recent advertisement for the property.  

TOWN Brookhaven has a long unfortunate track record when it comes to closures, specifically restaurants.  Which Wich was one of the final few original tenants from when the project opened in 2011 and is at least the 20th food operator to have shuttered in the project since its inception.  

Closures like Which Wich, while sad, could present an opportunity for gutsy entrepreneurs looking to open or expand businesses in metro Atlanta.  Second generation restaurant spaces provide significant savings for aspiring restaurant owners, and landlords are likely to be more flexible than ever in working to fill vacant space.  

What is your favorite sandwich shop?  What is your favorite eatery in TOWN Brookhaven? What would you like to see open in place of Which Wich in TOWN Brookhaven?

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