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Canadian coffee and donut chain Tim Horton's has quietly closed one of its metro Atlanta locations after less than two years in business. The ground-up 1,800 square foot coffee shop at 6510 Tara Boulevard in Jonesboro opened to crowds and extensive drive-thru lines when it debuted November 15, 2024.
Swig, the "dirty" soda chain that officially debuted its first metro Atlanta location October 1 in Brookhaven, has at least three more locations in the immediate pipeline.
The Belk department store at The Forum Peachtree Corners (5165 Peachtree Parkway) is closing in 2027 after nearly 25 years in business. The store, which anchors the sprawling 500,000 square foot mixed-use development, opened as part of the project in 2002 and is due to close as of January 15, 2027, according to a company announcement.
A new location of Hawaiian Bros Island Grill is coming to the city of Morrow in Clayton County. The Kansas City, Missouri-based chain first entered the metro Atlanta market in December 2025 with a ghost kitchen at the Decatur Food Hub (2670 E. College Avenue) but the new Morrow restaurant will mark the chain's first standalone unit in the metro.
Apparently, where there is smoke, there is fire. A couple of months after hearing rumblings that a second location of Oaxacan restaurant Cuevacía was planned for Lulah Hills, a lease has officially been signed.
