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.
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