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How Crispy Express will at the end of this week close its one and only location after a little more than four years in business. The quick-serve chicken eatery opened at 71 Georgia Avenue on January 24, 2022, and was to be followed in late 2022 by a second, larger location on Mitchell Street in South Downtown, but that location never opened.
Another growing chicken chain is continuing its Georgia expansion. Slim Chickens, based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, plans to open a new location at 2611 Peachtree Parkway in Cumming where they will convert a former Steak 'n Shake that closed this past October.
It seems Hero Doughnuts & Buns (Hero Diner) might need a hero of their own. The Birmingham-based eatery has "temporarily closed" both of its Atlanta area units and none of the locations of the chain are currently operating. It's unclear when or if either Atlanta area location will reopen, but the longer they stay closed, the less likely a reopening seems.
On Tuesday, Smokey Bones Bar & Fire Grill, a national chain restaurant, closed all of its remaining restaurants. The casual chain, created by restaurant powerhouse Darden in 1999, peaked at about 130 restaurants but had shrunk to about 20 as of this week.
A new American restaurant is looking to open in the Buckhead Village where a Mexican restaurant recently closed. Buckhead Brewing & Lodge plans to open at 128 East Andrews Drive where Chido & Padre's and The Blind Pig Parlour Bar closed this past December after about seven years in business.
