A lease has been signed with "Stone Age Korean Steakhouse" at Ashford Place in Dunwoody. The new Korean steakhouse is opening in a roughly 7,200 square foot space left vacant since the 2022 closure of Memphis BBQ Co. The space was also previously occupied by Firkin & Gryphon, a British pub, and before that, Smokey Bones, a casual BBQ restaurant.
The owners of Stone Age Korean Steakhouse opened their first location in Huntsville in August 2020, followed it up with one in Madison (November 2022) and Birmingham/Hoover (February 2024).
Similar to the newly opened Sushi Kingdom, Stone Age features an AYCE (All You Can Eat) menu model where kids are those ages 5 to 9 and adult pricing starts at age 10. The restaurant offers both hot pot and Korean BBQ with prices offered individually or with access to both. Diners are allowed a maximum of two hours to complete their meal. There is no mention of whether the restaurant charges customers a fee for unfinished food.
The opening of Stone Age in Dunwoody marks the return of a Korean steakhouse to the area following the closure of Breakers Korean BBQ at Perimeter Mall last August.
Although officially in Sandy Springs, Top Korean BBQ & Hot Pot, which opened in November 2022 in the former Sweet Tomatoes on Peachtree Dunwoody Road, is less than two miles from where Stone Age is opening. Here, kids are separated into two categories: Ages 4-6 and ages 7-10 with "adult" pricing starting at age 11. Top's menu indicates it has the right to charge customers $13.99 per pound for "food waste."
Further away, Iron Age Korean Steak House has since 2018 had a location at The Prado, the Target-anchored shopping center just inside the perimeter along Roswell Road in Sandy Springs. According to the Iron Age menu, kids are those ages 4-7 with "adult" pricing applying to anyone age 8 and above. Iron Age's menu indicates they charge customers $5 per ounce for "leftover food."
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