A new location of Nana's Chicken-N-Waffles is coming to Sandy Springs. The locally owned breakfast and lunch eatery, currently with one location in McDonough, is betting their offerings will be just as popular ITP as they are OTP.
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| Kelli Ferrrell, owner of Nana's Chicken-N-Waffles. Image: Courtesy of Kelli Ferrell |
Founder Kelli Ferrell opened the first Nana's Chicken-N-Waffles along Flat Shoals Roads in Conyers in 2016. The restaurant proved popular but much to the dismay of local patrons, the Conyers location shuttered ahead of the McDonough location's debut at the bustling South Point development in late 2022.
Although the restaurant first opened in 2016, it promotes "Recipes since 1939." One might expect the "Our Story" tab on the Nana's website to explain the origin story but instead it states only: "It started from a vision board, then our dreams and prayers became a reality."
The McDonough restaurant has as overall 4.3 star rating on Google with more than 4,300 reviews.
The new Sandy Springs location is opening about a half mile north of where a Waffle House restaurant closed this past December after more than 50 years in business. There is also an existing J. Christopher's about a mile north in the Kroger-anchored City Walk shopping center as well as locations of both Egg Harbor Cafe and Flying Biscuit Cafe, less than a mile north along Roswell Road. That said, one has to wonder if there is enough demand for a more upscale ["Secret" menu items push $50+] breakfast & lunch option to open in the area, especially a center as congested as The Prado where upfront parking at their space is limited.
In addition to her restaurants, Ferrell in 2019 published a cookbook Kooking with Kelli: Kollection of Family Recipes from Nana's Chicken-N-Waffles and also sells select products both online and in her restaurants including Kooking With Kelli Kajun Grits, Nana's 24K Maple Syrup and Nana's Take Home Waffle Mix.
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