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Big Bad Breakfast (BBB), a chain growing across the southeast, has closed its first and only location in Georgia. The Atlanta Big Bad Breakfast opened November 4, 2025 and closed as of the close of normal business on July 15. The chain did not provide a reason for the closure, but confirmed it in an Instagram post Wednesday evening.
Nike has closed its two "Live" stores in metro Atlanta. The stores - located in Ponce City Market in Atlanta and Avalon in Alpharetta - opened in November and December 2021, respectively.
The Panera Bread at 964 Barrett Parkway in Kennesaw has closed. The quick-serve bakery cafe was located in small building along Barrett Parkway which it shared with Chipotle. Sources in the area indicate that Panera abruptly closed this past weekend.
Scoville Hot Chicken, the Atlanta-based quick-service restaurant chain that had in recent years shrunk to just a few locations, is growing again with several new locations in the works.
A new location of Nothing Bundt Cakes is coming to East Cobb. The bundt cake franchise is slated to join Whole Foods, Kohl's, and DSW in the Merchants Walk shopping center at 1281 Johnson Ferry Road.
