California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) will this weekend permanently close its restaurant in Peachtree Corners. The restaurant, located in The Forum (5173 Peachtree Parkway) is due to close at 6 PM, Sunday March 31, according to a restaurant employee. The roughly 5,500 square foot restaurant first opened in May 2009.
The company blamed the the East Cobb and Dunwoody closures on the pandemic and "related lease challenges with our landlords." There was no explanation provided for the Peachtree Corners closure but we are told that Forum owner North American Properties is actively working on a replacement restaurant.
The Forum, which was acquired by North American Properties in 2022, is expected to welcome several new eateries in the near future including first-to-market locations of Cookie Fix, a Birmingham-based cookie franchise and Nando's PERi PERi, a South African chicken restaurant. The development, which is currently under renovation, is also expected in the months to come, to welcome a new location of Politan Row, the popular food hall with Atlanta area locations in Midtown (Colony Square) and Dunwoody (Ashford Lane).
CPK's closure in Peachtree Corners also marks the third restaurant to close in the area in recent weeks following the closures of Capital Tacos and Corner Bakery.
Following the closures, CPK will operate three restaurants in metro Atlanta: Lenox Square in Buckhead, near North Point Mall in Alpharetta, and at Atlantic Station in Atlanta.
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