A new Captain D's Seafood Kitchen is being planned for Jimmy Carter Boulevard, just off Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Norcross. The new restaurant is slated to open alongside relatively new locations of both RaceTrac and Zaxby's, along with PetSuites of America. The approximately 2,200 square foot restaurant will be built on a roughly .8 acre site. The new Norcross Captain D's will be one of the first new build restaurants the Nashville-based company has built in metro Atlanta in the past decade or so.
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Once ubiquitous around metro Atlanta, Captain D's has closed dozens of locations around metro Atlanta and the south over the years, having only recently seen a resurgence of both popularity in the brand and franchise interest in new development.
Local resident Amin Alibhai of Alibhai Investments is opening the new Norcross Captain D's.
Over the years, Captain D's has changed hands a number of times. Most recently it was purchased this past December by New York-based private equity firm Sentinel Capital Partners. Sentinel added Captain D's to their stable of investments which include controlling stakes in other restaurant brands such as Newk's Eatery, Fazoli's and Huddle House, among others.
Launched in Donelson, Tennessee in 1969, the chain is today seen as the largest quick serve seafood chain restaurant in the nation, operating over 500 units in over 20 states. In Georgia, the chain has over 100 units, most of which are in smaller, rural markets.
In recent years, the company has opened additional franchised locations in Georgia including restaurants in Rockmart, Kingsland, McDonough and Acworth, among other communities. Although it once had many locations around metro Atlanta, the chain has only a few left such as the three it operates in Decatur and pair in Tucker. Former Atlanta area Captain D's included those on Buford Highway in Brookhaven and on Roswell Road in Sandy Springs.
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