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Au Bon Pain Hoping to Make Some Dough Downtown
Au Bon Pain returning to downtown AtlantaBoston, Massachusetts-based Au Bon Pain will open a new location at Peachtree Center later this year. The fast casual bakery & cafe eatery plans to open...
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ROXX Tavern Rolls into Tucker for Second Location
ROXX Tavern is coming to Northlake.ROXX Tavern, a popular eatery on Cheshire Bridge Road, is opening a second location. ROXX will replace what was most recently "Northlake Idol" a failed karaoke...
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Emory Point Phase 2 Means Demolition of Local Landmark
Atlanta-based Cousins Properties will begin work on Phase 2 of Emory Point in September. I've had a story in draft form about this for around a year, but a recent story by Collin Kelley of Atlanta...
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Aloft a Little Late in Atlanta... Again
Before and (rendering) of after Aloft planning a late check in downtown.Starwood's Aloft hotel, planned for the former Days Inn in downtown Atlanta is still opening, but is significantly delayed. The...
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PNC Bank Thinks It Needs a Bigger Bite of Buckhead
PNC Bank plans to open yet another location in Buckhead.The new PNC Bank branch would open in place of an existing Wendy's. The parcel sits at the corner of Mathieson Drive and Peachtree Road in the...
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Bojangles Dances Closer to Atlanta With Planned Norcross Opening
Bojangles' is coming to Norcross.Charlotte, North Carolina-based Bojangles' plans to open a new restaurant on Jimmy Carter Boulevard near Holcomb Bridge Road in Peachtree Corners. The Bojangles' will...
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Bits & Bites
Sprinkles Cupcakes is seeking a general manger for their upcoming store at Lenox Square. The position offers "competitive salary and benefits like health insurance, 401(k) plan with an employer match,...
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Chow Bing Bringing "Bing Bowls" to Buckhead
Chow Bing is opening a second location.Chow Bing, which just opened this past spring, is already planning a second location. The "Chinese Grill" will open in Buckhead at Piedmont Peachtree Crossing,...
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Cook-Out Fires Up The Grill For Georgia Expansion
North Carolina-based Cook-Out has finally entered Georgia!Last September I published a post questioning why neither Bojangles' nor Cook-Out, both based in North Carolina, had made inroads into Atlanta....
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Cook-Out Athens & Augusta Locations Revealed! + ITP Plans?
North Carolina-based Cook-Out will open in Athens & Augusta soon, and maybe Atlanta later?The exact locations of the Athens and Augusta Cook-Out restaurants had been a mystery, but luckily a few...
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DeathWatch'd Retailer 7Camicie 86'd In Phipps Plaza
7Camicie has closed their Phipps Plaza location.The Italian menswear retailer opened last fall and never seemed to do especially well, nor did it really fit the market, and its closure comes as little...
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QuikTrip and RaceTrac Fueling Continued Growth
Atlanta-based RaceTrac and Tulsa, Oklahoma-based QuikTrip are both nearing completion of new metro stores.RaceTrac, through its franchised brand RaceWay, will soon open a new location on Buford Highway...
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Lenox Square : UPDATE
In March, I was the first and only news outlet in Atlanta to break news as to what new tenants would be opening in Lenox Square. Since then, bits and pieces have trickled out and been regurgitated by...
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Café Ago Coming to Chastain Square
Café Ago is coming to Chastain Square.Café Ago will open adjacent to Tacos & Tequilas in the Publix-anchored center in North Buckhead. The 1200 square foot space was formerly Café Prego. Café...
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Sack's Thrift & Antiques Morphs into Treasures in Chamblee
Sack's Thrift & Antiques is closing.The "for profit" thrift store first opened the fall of 2011 off Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Duluth. I visited the store shortly after opening and was far...
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Onward Reserve Banking on Buckhead
Onward Reserve is coming to Buckhead.Athens, Georgia-based Onward Reserve is a men's gift and clothing retailer. The first location opened on East Clayton Street in Athens about a year ago. Their...
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"Fashion Café" Coming Soon to Lenox Square
Fashion Café is coming soon to Lenox Square.I was alerted to this opening by a number of readers and after a little investigation, got an interesting answer.No, Fashion Café, the infamous failed 90s...
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Twisted Taco & D.B.A Barbecue Among New Eateries Opening at Emory
Photo courtesy of Emory Food Advisory Committee D.B.A. Barbecue and Twisted Taco will both open new locations at Emory University.The two local eateries will join a number of other new (and relocated)...
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Jimmy John's Joining Mall of Georgia
Jimmy John's is coming to Mall of Georgia.Champaign, Illinois-based Jimmy John's will open its first Atlanta-area mall-based location in Buford next month. The "gourmet sandwich" shop will open...
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Dunkin' Donuts to Demolish, Then Rebuild for a Fresh Start in Marietta
Dunkin' Donuts plans to start fresh on Cobb ParkwayCanton, Massachusetts-based Dunkin' Donuts plans to demolish and rebuild their freestanding location on Cobb Parkway in Marietta. The shop, about a...
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