Actor and Musician Clifford "T.I." Harris unveiled his latest endeavor, Scales 925 Fine Food & Spirits, at a ribbon cutting last week. The full service "upscale southern" restaurant is located downtown at 30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard in the former FAB (French American Brasserie). Attending the opening event last week, Mayor Reed said of T.I.’s Scales 925, it will be “One of the best restaurants in the city.” Chef Ashley of Chef Ashley Inc. is the restaurant's "head chef." Scales 925 will reportedly open to the public April 14th.
New York-based Exhale is bringing a new studio to Inman Quarter. Exhale opened its first location in Atlanta at the Loews Midtown in 2010. A second location opened this past fall at Avalon in Alpharetta. The new roughly 2,300 square foot studio at Inman Quarter is slated to open later this fall and will be joined by such restaurants as MF Sushi and Bartaco. Inman Quarter is located at 280 Elizabeth Street in Inman Park and will also have hundreds of one and two bedroom apartments.
New York-based Exhale is bringing a new studio to Inman Quarter. Exhale opened its first location in Atlanta at the Loews Midtown in 2010. A second location opened this past fall at Avalon in Alpharetta. The new roughly 2,300 square foot studio at Inman Quarter is slated to open later this fall and will be joined by such restaurants as MF Sushi and Bartaco. Inman Quarter is located at 280 Elizabeth Street in Inman Park and will also have hundreds of one and two bedroom apartments.
The Guess store at Lenox Square will soon relocate, providing more space for the casual retailer. Guess is currently located in a 4,433 square foot space on the main mall level, sandwiched between BCBG Maxazria and Gap. The new Guess store will be 5,762 square feet and will replace the former C.Wonder, adjacent to the new Topshop, and near Bloomingdale's, also on the mall's main level.
Champs Sports is now open in their new and enlarged space on the lower level of Lenox Square, just outside Bloomingdale's.
Jimmy Johns has opened its new location on Howell Mill Road on the westside. The new sandwich shop is situated in a newly built, freestanding building across from Chattahoochee Avenue.
Charlotte, North Carolina's Old Hickory House on North Tryon Street is slated to permanently close Saturday, April 4th. Following last year's closure of Old Hickory House in Dunwoody, the Tucker unit is the location I'm aware that still exists of the once many unit chain.
The long awaited new eatery from chef Guy Wong, Le Fat, opened Tuesday at the 935 apartments on Marietta Street. The full service Vietnamese restaurant replaces the short-lived Yum Bunz eatery.
Another Walmart Neighborhood Market is quietly coming to Savannah. Like the upcoming location in Athens, the new Savannah location is being planned simply as "Grocery Store" but is in fact a Walmart Neighborhood Market. The approximately 42,000 square foot grocery store and accompanying fuel center are planned for Abercorn Street near Wilshire Boulevard. Chattanooga, Tennessee-based Polestar Development, the developer of the Athens "Grocery Store," is also developing the Savannah site.
The owners of Doraville's Shoya Izakaya plan to a open sister concept, Jinya Izakaya, later this summer in Berkley Heights. The approximately 2600 square foot Japanese restaurant replaces Cardamom Hill, Chef Asha Gomez's Indian eatery which closed this past summer. Little Azio and Rising Roll are neighboring restaurants in the small complex on Northside Drive, just of I-75.
The owners of Doraville's Shoya Izakaya plan to a open sister concept, Jinya Izakaya, later this summer in Berkley Heights. The approximately 2600 square foot Japanese restaurant replaces Cardamom Hill, Chef Asha Gomez's Indian eatery which closed this past summer. Little Azio and Rising Roll are neighboring restaurants in the small complex on Northside Drive, just of I-75.
The new TUMI store on the upper level of Perimeter Mall in Dunwoody is slated to open tomorrow, Thursday April 2nd. TUMI opened a store on the second level of Lenox Square 2013 and also has a store at Phipps Plaza in partnership with Mori Luggage & Gifts.
Atlanta's first, and likely only, Alice + Olivia boutique is also on track to open Thursday April 2nd at Buckhead Atlanta.
HB 535, the "Brunch Bill," is reportedly in danger of not making it to a vote on the senate floor. The bill would allow the sale of alcohol in restaurants on Sundays at 10:30AM rather than the current 12:30PM. With about 4,000 restaurants in Georgia, this bill, if passed, could equate to $100 million in extra revenue. If you're in favor of the earlier serving time, make your voice heard and click this link to send an email to your local senator asking for their support of HB 535.