tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post705501950680573868..comments2024-03-29T07:51:48.253-04:00Comments on Tomorrow's News Today - Atlanta: [CLOSURE ALERT] 5 Seasons Brewing at The Prado in Sandy Springs Closing Atlantan99http://www.blogger.com/profile/06115362060612910966noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post-42354075286695007062019-01-04T14:47:09.453-05:002019-01-04T14:47:09.453-05:00On the now hand, I will miss 5 Seasons; on the oth...On the now hand, I will miss 5 Seasons; on the other hand, somehow I am not surprised as the place has been in a decline over the past couple years. I visited the place frequently, and saw fewer and fewer new offerings. Maybe their inability to find a new master brewer had a hand in this. At least their westside location is still open.Far-Out Freyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02250539689002926631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post-85754877383769466612019-01-04T11:00:47.987-05:002019-01-04T11:00:47.987-05:00It's hard to compete with countless new brewer... It's hard to compete with countless new breweries opening up all over the place, ITP as well as OTP. 5 Seasons (Crawford Moran) was a pioneer 15 years ago when its only real competition was maybe MaxLager/TacoMac sort of dreck. Times have changes dramatically since then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post-24468434303743971622019-01-03T12:49:43.086-05:002019-01-03T12:49:43.086-05:00I haven't been to 5 Seasons in a pretty good w...I haven't been to 5 Seasons in a pretty good while but I was always pleased with the food quality there. I thought they did a really good job with food, especially for a brewpub.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post-39970506146994265192019-01-02T18:28:52.891-05:002019-01-02T18:28:52.891-05:00The re-development ruined the opportunity the Prad...The re-development ruined the opportunity the Prado had. I just think of it now as a big maze of fortress-like concrete walls. Difficult access and parking. No one driving by would have any interest in turning in unless they desperately need something from Target. Terrible waste of prime real estate that won't be easy to fix. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post-47831807844758614512019-01-02T11:42:10.752-05:002019-01-02T11:42:10.752-05:00Was Fuqua with Sembler at the time these disasters...Was Fuqua with Sembler at the time these disasters were developed?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post-82457311767459742742019-01-02T08:32:20.214-05:002019-01-02T08:32:20.214-05:00Franchise concepts clustered in cramped quarters f...Franchise concepts clustered in cramped quarters feel unpleasant to me whether they can be seen from a road or not. I'm only drawn to shop in the more open areas with the easiest egress - typically located by the largest development anchors (like a Target and a Costco). If development design is based on maximizing development profit, I'd hope the equation for development profit would include a negative factor for cramped quarters (causing customer avoidance) and a positive factor for the presence of wild nature's aesthetics (causing customer attraction).gwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14713428530852658916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post-46178754062499220572019-01-01T23:32:39.185-05:002019-01-01T23:32:39.185-05:00Unfortunately I’m not surprised. I’ve been to 5 S...Unfortunately I’m not surprised. I’ve been to 5 Seasons a couple of times in the past few years and it seems that the beer and food are a bit uninspired in comparison to what is available in Atlanta’s other breweries today. With regard to the Sembler developments’ vacancies, this seems to reflect an economy that is topping out and purging the places that cannot make the money to pay overhead costs. Some of these “concepts” were never going to be profitable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post-66064869712316418982019-01-01T09:55:31.253-05:002019-01-01T09:55:31.253-05:00I think that lack of road visibility has hurt thes...I think that lack of road visibility has hurt these Semblers quite a bit. When someone drives by the Forum in Norcross, you can see lots of parking, but you also see various stores and it just looks more inviting/enticing than these more fortress-like Sembler developments and their various things that are hidden from street view.<br /><br />We ate at 5 Seasons years ago using a groupon. It was fine, nothing all that memorable, kind of epitomizing the types of places that were more popular in the 80s and 90s.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post-21535679684110716572018-12-31T23:57:31.553-05:002018-12-31T23:57:31.553-05:00I live close to the Prado and hate to see all of t...I live close to the Prado and hate to see all of these closings, but it's not the most convenient place to access or park. The traffic around that area is terrible and there is almost no visibility from the road. Honestly I've eaten at a couple of the places in the center and none are bad but none are anything to get excited about. I actually liked the smaller size Publix for a few staples and quick stops. The Target isn't too bad either but on the whole the center just isn't a popular destination. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-579719431387122896.post-52728714376840590402018-12-31T20:44:45.643-05:002018-12-31T20:44:45.643-05:00"competing with TOWN Brookhaven (2010), anoth..."competing with TOWN Brookhaven (2010), another Sembler developed center, for the number of closures since opening." ����Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com