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Havana Restaurant Shutters Chamblee Sandwich Spot
Cuban eatery retreats to original location.Havana Restaurant, the popular casual Cuban eatery, has closed its restaurant in the Crossroads Village shopping center on Buford Highway at Clairmont Road in...
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Grub Burger Bar Signs on For Sandy Springs Development
The new Grub Burger Bar logo Burger joint bound for new development. College Station, Texas-based Grub Burger Bar plans to open its fourth metro Atlanta location by the end of the year in Sandy...
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Walmart Will Close Another Metro Market
Photo of the closing Walmart Neighborhood Market courtesy of NorthFulton.comRetailer announces closure of Alpharetta store.For the second consecutive month and third time this year, Bentonville,...
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Flippin' Pizza plans to open their first Atlanta area location next week in Roswell. The pizza franchise will open in a 2,400 square foot space in the Kroger anchored Coleman Village shopping center...
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Brace Yourself! Atlanta to Lose Buckhead Mattress Firm
A sign advertises the soon to be vacant Mattress Firm store at Buckhead Walk Mattress retailer to shutter Buckhead store. Mattress Firm, the Houston, Texas-based mattress retailer, plans to shutter one...
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Ann Taylor Bids Adieu to Atlantic Station
Women's retailer to shutter at Atlantic Station.Retailer Ann Taylor plans to shutter its Atlantic Station store tomorrow. The store, located on 18th Street, was one of the project's original tenants...
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Golden Buddha Bows Out of Smyrna, Juicy Crab Coming Soon
Popular Chinese eatery quietly shutters. Lee's Golden Buddha #7, a Smyrna area mainstay for decades, quietly closed about two weeks ago. The restaurant, located on Cobb Parkway in The Promenade...
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The Times They Are a Changin' at Toco Hills: New Development Under Way
New development moving forward. A little over a year after I indicated that plans were underway to redevelop a prime parcel at Toco Hill, work has finally begun. The 1.4 acre parcel directly in front...
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RaceTrac Seeking Larger Slice of Intown Market
RaceTrac planning new location in Atlanta.Atlanta based RaceTrac plans to move and expand its Bolton Road convenience store and gas station to a larger space nearby. RaceTrac plans to relocate...
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Pollo Tropical Pulls Back Again, Closes 30 Units:Three in Georgia
Chicken chain to close three more metro units.Fiesta Restaurant Group Inc., the Dallas, Texas-based owner of the Pollo Tropical and Taco Cabana restaurant chains, announced earlier today that they will...
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Westside Market Coming to East to Toco Hills
Westside favorite bound for Toco HillsWestside Market, a popular local home décor store, will soon open a second location. Adding to their existing flagship location on Ellsworth Industrial Avenue...
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The Local Pizzaiolo Heading to Antico's Backyard
Pizza chain to open first location on WestsideThe Local Pizzaiolo, a new fast casual pizza restaurant that I announced last month would launch in Atlanta, has inked a fourth lease.The owners of The...
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The new Macy's Backstage at Cumberland MallMacy's Backstage, the new "off-price" offering from Macy's, opened its first Atlanta area location this past Friday at Gwinnett Place Mall in Duluth. The...
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Dunwoody Residents No Longer Have an Applebee's to Ignore
Casual eatery quietly shuttersApplebee's, the neighborhood eatery you went to when you couldn't drive and had few dining options, has closed its Dunwoody restaurant. The freestanding Applebee's...
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Kit & Ace Goes Bust, Closes All Stores Outside of Canada
Upstart rethinks retail strategy.Kit & Ace, the luxury retailer launched in 2014 by Shannon Wilson, wife of lululemon athletica founder Chip Wilson, and their son J.J. Wilson, announced yesterday...
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First Freestanding Chick-fil-A to be Demolished and Rebuilt
Historic Chick-fil-A to be rebuilt. The Chick-fil-A restaurant on North Druid Hills Road at Briarcliff Road is expected to close in July. The restaurant, the first freestanding ever with the...
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Play Ball! SunTrust Park and The Battery Atlanta Are Open!
Braves new home welcomes host of new shops and restaurants.The Battery Atlanta, the 350,000 square foot mixed-use component of SunTrust Park, the new Cobb county home of the Atlanta Braves, is open for...
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Grand Lux Cafe Planning Peachtree Premiere at Phipps Plaza
The original Grand Lux Cafe at The Venetian in Las Vegas New to market eatery to open at Phipps PlazaSimon Property Group, the Indianapolis based owner of both Lenox Square and Phipps Plaza, among...
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Two Restaurants Just Closed in East Cobb, One After Less Than Six Months in...
Two closures hit East Cobb ToNeTo Atlanta tipsters confirm that two East Cobb restaurants, Uncle Maddio's Pizza and Sage Social Kitchen & Bar, have both closed. Although I was unable to confirm...
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Reality Bites! Benzino's Crab Trap Sleeps With the Fishes in Midtown
Restaurant has short life in Midtown Benzino's Crab Trap, which opened this past November in Midtown, has closed. The restaurant reportedly closed a few days ago. Benzino's, named for record producer...
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