A new Mellow Mushroom pizza restaurant is coming to East Cobb. The Atlanta-based franchise chain will open in the 5,200 square foot space most recently home to locally owned Muss & Turner's in Woodlawn Square shopping center. The center, along Johnson Ferry Road, is anchored by The Fresh Market and is also home to Half Price Books, J. Christopher's and Hollywood Feed, among other tenants.
The new Mellow Mushroom marks the return of the chain to the East Cobb community following the 2015 closure of the Mellow Mushroom at The Fountain at Olde Towne, a mixed use development that was demolished. The property is now home to Northside Hospital's East Cobb Medical Center.
The space in which Mellow Mushroom is set to open was home to Muss & Turner's from March 2017 until February 2018. Before that, the space was home to Common Quarter, a sibling restaurant to Muss & Turner's that operated from 2013 until 2017.
The East Cobb Mellow Mushroom will reportedly be operated by the same pair of business partners who opened the West Cobb Mellow Mushroom at Parkside West Cobb. The 4,991 square foot restaurant opened September 11, 2017 in a center anchored by Sprouts Farmers Market and Marshalls on Dallas Highway.
A source at Woodlawn Square owner Retail Planning Group told ToNeTo Atlanta over the weekend that the lease with Mellow Mushroom was signed earlier this year, but only recently has the restaurant started serious interior work, which is why the "coming soon" signage was installed.
It's likely too early to speculate on an expected opening date but sources indicate it will hopefully be open by early fall.
In more immediate news, the freestanding Chick-fil-A at Woodlawn Square recently announced it is due to reopen Monday April 15 after a nine-month "scrape & rebuild" process.
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