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Cobb County property documents indicate that a new Aldi grocery store is coming to Cobb Parkway in Marietta. The new store will be constructed at 249 South Cobb Parkway, adjacent to a new-look Krystal restaurant and across the street from the Marietta Diner. Demolition of the existing structure - previously home to Houston Brothers Inc. - is already underway.
Shane's Rib Shack at Perimeter Place in Dunwoody has closed. The restaurant, which opened with the center in 2006, occupied a high visibility location along Perimeter Center West in the Super Target-anchored center. Specifically, Shane's was situated in a 2,600 square foot space between Chipotle and the former Your Pie which previously closed.
Mediterranean fast casual eatery Cava is slated to enter the Atlanta market later this this month. The first outpost, Tuxedo Festival (3655 Roswell Road) in north Buckhead, like the rest of the locations the company is planning for Atlanta, replaced an existing Zoës Kitchen. In total, the company plans to convert fourteen Atlanta area Zoës Kitchen restaurants to the Cava brand.
Longstanding Buckhead restaurant McKinnon's Louisiane has been sold. According to a recently released sales flyer from Steve Josovitz of The Shumacher Group, Inc., Josovitz represented the seller in the transaction which closed Friday afternoon. McKinnon's is located at 3209 Maple Drive, just off Peachtree Road, in the heart of Buckhead. When contacted for comment, Josovitz indicated that the terms of the sale prevented him from disclosing the new owner but he did say that the new concept will be an "upscale restaurant, bar and lounge."
Atlantans will soon have two places to enjoy "tacos without borders." A second metro area Velvet Taco is currently slated to open Monday, June 14 in West Midtown. The new 2,659 square foot restaurant will open near the corner of 14th Street and Howell Mill Road in the lobby level of the new mixed-use project The Interlock. The new restaurant is slightly larger than the chain's original Atlanta location which opened along West Paces Ferry Road at Buckhead Market Place in September 2019.
