[UPDATE] JCPenney Confirms Initial Store Closure List, Seven in Georgia
JCPenney, which in May filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and announced plans to close 242 locations, earlier today confirmed the first 154 stores it will shutter. The list includes seven stores in...
View Article[EXCLUSIVE] New Restaurant Hopes You'll Say "Mukja!" Korean Fried Chicken in...
A new Korean eatery is preparing to open where a burger franchise failed in Midtown. Mukja Korean Fried Chicken has quietly renovated the former BurgerIM restaurant space at The Shops at Metropolis in...
View Article[SOURCES] Zinburger Permanently Closes All But One East Coast Restaurant
It seems the COVID-19 pandemic was the last straw for the Zinburger Wine & Burger Bar brand in metro Atlanta and along the east coast. Seventeen of the brand's eighteen east coast locations have...
View Article[EXCLUSIVE] Ted's Montana Grill Shutters Two Atlanta Area Restaurants
The owners of Atlanta based Ted's Montana Grill have permanently closed two Atlanta area locations. The restaurants, located at Cumberland Mall near Smyrna and at the corner of West Ponce de Leon...
View Article[EXCLUSIVE] Groceries to Return to Chamblee Plaza With New Publix Store
ToNeTo Atlanta is pleased to share that after months of rumors, we can now confirm with 100% certainty that Publix Super Markets, Inc., has leased space in Chamblee Plaza! The Lakeland, FL -based...
View Article[EXCLUSIVE] Uncle Julio's Says "Uncle!," Exits Atlanta Market
Uncle Julio's Mexican from Scratch has now confirmed that its two previously "temporarily closed" Atlanta area restaurants are in fact closed permanently. The restaurants, located along Peachtree Road...
View Article[NEWSFLASH] Several Local Businesses Are Opening Despite Pandemic & Recession
It was confirmed last week that the United States is officially in a recession. The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) announced that the recession actually started in February, officially...
View Article[EXCLUSIVE] LIDL Brookhaven to Open July 8 in Brighten Park
With grocery stores experiencing record sales, one new-to-market grocer is continuing their metro Atlanta expansion with yet another new store. German grocer Lidl plans to open their new Brookhaven...
View Article[BITS & BITES] Special COVID-19 Edition
A new breakfast spot called Hot Betty's Breakfast Bar soft opened earlier this week on Main Street in downtown Tucker. The new independently owned eatery replaced The Freakin Incan, which closed this...
View Article[EXCLUSIVE] Cinnaholic Scores Sweet Space at The Forum in Peachtree Corners
A third Atlanta area location of Cinnaholic is coming soon. The new franchise, to be located in The Forum on Peachtree Parkway in Peachtree Corners, will open in place of Soho Gifts between Swoozie's...
View Article[CLOSURE ALERT] CPK Closes East Cobb Restaurant
California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) has closed its location in East Cobb in Marietta. The restaurant, located at the corner of Johnson Ferry and Roswell Roads in Pine Straw Place, opened with the center in...
View Article[EXCLUSIVE] Buckhead Life Shutters Two Popular Concepts
Buckhead Life Restaurant Group (BLRG) has permanently closed its Lobster Bar Sea Grille restaurant in Miami Beach. The restaurant, located at 404 Washington Avenue, opened April 1, 2017, and is now...
View Article[EXCLUSIVE] Zoës Kitchen Permanently Closes Five Atlanta Locations
In a quiet COVID-19 related move, Zoës Kitchen has permanently shuttered five Atlanta area locations and a total of six locations in Georgia. The restaurants, located in Decatur, East Cobb, West...
View Article[EXCLUSIVE] Jeni's Swings For the Fences With Planned Location at The Battery...
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams will in the coming months open its seventh metro Atlanta location. The new "scoop shop" is slated to open at The Battery Atlanta at Truist Park. Specifically, the new shop...
View Article[UPDATE] The Shops Buckhead Atlanta Has Yet Another New Name!
Remember that large mixed-use project in the heart of Buckhead that has gone though about as many name changes as LOVE aka Brother Love aka Sean Combs aka Puff Daddy aka Puffy aka Diddy aka P. Diddy?...
View Article[EXCLUSIVE] Highland Bakery Down and Out in Decatur
The Decatur outpost of Highland Bakery has closed permanently. The roughly 3,100 square foot restaurant, located in the street level retail space at The Place on Ponce at 319 West Ponce de Leon...
View Article[THAT'S A WRAP!] DVF Closing Boutique at Lenox Square
The Diane von Furstenberg (DVF) store at Lenox Square is closing. The roughly 2,000 square foot boutique on the mall's main level opened in early 2015. The store is currently liquidating all in-stock...
View Article[CLOSURE ALERT] Sur La Table Shuttering Significant Number of Stores
Sur La Table announced late Wednesday that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and intends to close nearly half of its stores. The Seattle-based luxury kitchen goods retailer plans to...
View Article[UPDATE] The Colonnade Restaurant to Reopen July 31
The Colonnade Restaurant has announced plans to reopen Saturday, July 31. The legendary Atlanta eatery closed March 16 due the COVID-19 and other than a brief Mother's Day takeout event, has been...
View Article[EXCLUSIVE] Culver's to Open in Woodstock
Culver's, the Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin-based quick-serve burger restaurant famous for its "ButterBurgers," cheese curds and concretes, has plans to open what will be its nineteenth Georgia location in...
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