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Burger chain Krystal will for the first in time in several years open a new restaurant in metro Atlanta. The new location, planned for 3050 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in southwest Atlanta, will open in an undeveloped, approximately half acre outparcel of West Ridge shopping center just off exit 9 of I-285. The roughly 1,300 square foot drive-thru only restaurant will be situated in front of center anchor Wayfield Foods.
In recent weeks three more Zoes Kitchen restaurants in metro Atlanta have shuttered leaving the chain with just two in the state: Emory and Peachtree City. The closures, done to make way for conversions to parent company Cava, leave the chain with just thirteen locations nationwide. The remaining two Atlanta area locations are slated to be converted in the coming months after those in Duluth and Snellville reopen as Cava.
Electronics and home appliance retailer BrandsMart USA will later this year open its first new location in Georgia in more than a dozen years. The new store, planned for Augusta, will open in Augusta Exchange, a large power center along I-20 and Bobby Jones Expressway which was originally developed in 1995. BrandsMart will occupy a roughly 40,000 square foot space most recently home to Ashley Furniture.
Bed Bath & Beyond, the beleaguered retailer that is seemingly on the verge of bankruptcy, will be closing at least one more Atlanta area store. The Bed Bath & Beyond at Buckhead Station shopping center (1 Buckhead Loop) started liquidation sales Saturday, offering all in-stock merchandise for 20 per cent off. The sale is slated to run for several weeks and end when all inventory is sold.
Patel Brothers, an Indian oriented grocery store and market, will celebrate the grand opening of its third Atlanta area location today, January 26, in Kennsaw. ToNeTo Atlanta exclusively reported on the planned opening more than a year ago at which time the store was expected to open this past fall. It's unclear what led to the delay but based on questions and comments we've fielded from readers, it's clear that the community is eager for the store to open.
