[UPDATE] The Mad Italian to Reopen October 24 in Bigger New Space in Chamblee
ToNeTo Atlanta first announced plans for The Mad Italian to expand and relocate back in the fall of 2016. In the years since, things have moved far more slowly than patrons or restaurant owner Tom...
View Article[EXCLUSIVE] Moe's Southwest Grill Debuts Boring New Look, Higher Prices and...
Atlanta-based Moe's Southwest Grill Friday debuted the latest iteration of its restaurant and logo. The "new" restaurant actually opened in place of an existing Moe's that had been closed for the past...
View Article[CLOSURE ALERT] Planet Smoothie to Pull Out of Popular Peachtree Road Center
The Planet Smoothie in The Peach shopping center will close this Sunday, October 28. The 1,200 square foot smoothie shop has been a tenant in the Publix anchored Buckhead center for many years and is...
View Article[UPDATE] Chick-fil-A Stone Mountain to Reopen November 1
The Chick-fil-A on Stone Mountain Highway (U.S. 78) in Stone Mountain will reopen Thursday November 1 after being completely demolished and rebuilt. Owner/Operator Cliff Daniels has operated the Stone...
View Article[UPDATE] ToNeTo Atlanta Confirms First Tenants Coming to New Sandy Plains...
ToNeTo Atlanta has learned the first group of tenants that will occupy the upcoming Publix GreenWise-anchored shopping center [Sandy Plains Marketplace] being developed on the site of the former...
View Article[That's A Wrap!] Willy's to Shutter Across From Ponce City Market Sunday
This Sunday, October 28, Willy's Mexicana Grill will close their restaurant at Midtown Place, the Whole Foods Market anchored center across from Ponce City Market in Midtown. The 1,363 square foot...
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This past Friday, October 26, Pita Street Food celebrated the opening of their newest location in metro Atlanta in Alpharetta on Windward Parkway. The Peachtree City-based quick-serve Mediterranean...
View Article[CLOSURE ALERT] Goin' Coastal to Close November 3 in Virginia Highland
Goin' Coastal announced Monday afternoon via their Facebook page that they plan to close their restaurant on Virginia Avenue in Virginia Highland this Saturday, November 3. The restaurant, which...
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The franchised location of Moe's Southwest Grill at Ansley Mall in Midtown will close tonight after not being offered a lease renewal. ToNeTo Atlanta was first to report October 17 that Ansley Mall...
View Article[Attention, Attention] Ecco to Open November 13 at Phipps Plaza in Buckhead
Atlanta-based Fifth Group plans to open the highly anticipated third outpost of its popular Ecco restaurant Tuesday November 13 at Phipps Plaza in Buckhead. The new restaurant was constructed on a...
View Article[OPA!] Chick-fil-A Venture Aims to Bring Fun Back to Buckhead Center
Red Wagon Ventures, created in 2017 as an affiliate of Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A, is planning to open the first ever location of "Kefi", a new venture conceptualized by the business unit. Kefi, which...
View Article[UPDATE] Whole Foods Market 365 to Open in Buckhead and Decatur December 12
Whole Foods Market 365 announced today the grand openings of their Decatur and Northside Buckhead stores on Wednesday, December 12 at 9 a.m. The 35,000 square foot Decatur store will anchor the new...
View Article[UPDATE] Mandarin Oriental No Longer A "Fan" of Buckhead, Waldorf Astoria...
The Mandarin Oriental Atlanta will be re-flagged as a Waldorf Astoria hotel in December. The hotel, which opened in 2008 as The Mansion on Peachtree, A Rosewood Hotel, became the Mandarin Oriental in...
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Gyu-Kaku, the popular Japanese BBQ chain, will open their first Atlanta area restaurant later today at Atlantic Station in Midown. The restaurant, which replaced a large portion of the former...
View Article[UPDATE] The Local Pizzaiolo Looking to Exit Atlanta, Restaurants For Sale
The two Atlanta locations of upstart pizza chainThe Local Pizzaiolo are for sale. The restaurants, located in West Midtown and Toco Hills, opened in January and May 2018, respectively, and were to be...
View Article[EXCLUSIVE] Kohl's Plans to Do More With Less, Reducing Size of Most Atlanta...
Kohl's has retained Atlanta's The Shopping Center Group to market a number of junior anchor boxes created by the planned downsizing of over a dozen of the chain's department stores in metro Atlanta....
View Article[EXCLUSIVE] True Food Kitchen Goes For Seconds, Plans to Open at Avalon in 2019
Metro Atlanta will get a second location of True Food Kitchen next year when the healthy eatery opens at Avalon in Alpharetta. The new restaurant will replace the roughly 6,000 square foot Road Runner...
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Texas Roadhouse plans to open its new Buford restaurant in December. The restaurant, which is still under construction at the corner of Buford Drive and Plunkett Road, is the tenth in the Atlanta...
View Article[Holy Guacamole!] Whole Foods Market Will Reportedly Close its Briarcliff...
Multiple well-placed sources and numerous store employees indicate that Whole Foods Market plans to close its longstanding store at the corner of Briarcliff and LaVista Roads next April, and...
View Article[Update] Shami Kitchen in Sandy Springs Shuttered
Shami Kitchen on Roswell Road in Sandy Springs has closed. The fast casual Mediterranean eatery opened last July in what was then the Kroger anchored Northridge shopping center at Roswell and...
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