[EXCLUSIVE] A Restaurant That James Beard Called One of the "Top 10 in the Country" is Opening in Buckhead

A new location of The Original Pancake House is coming to Atlanta.  The new outpost, potentially it's largest to date, will occupy the former Brio Tuscan Grille at 2964 Peachtree Road at Buckhead Centre in Buckhead.  The restaurant features prime Peachtree visibility and a large patio but has sat vacant since Brio's August 2017 closure.  

[EXCLUSIVE] Yebo Hopes For Forever Home in Move to Andrews Square

Yebo Beach Haus is on the move again.  A recently updated siteplan for Andrews Square shows the popular South African restaurant joining the center.  Yebo, currently located nearby on West Paces Ferry Road, is set to open in place of Bar Americano and Bar Crema, which closed April 2018 after less than six months in business.

The existing Yebo Beach Haus on West Paces Ferry Road 

[EXCLUSIVE] Apartments & Hotel to Rise From the Ashes of "Times Square South"

A huge development thought dead in Downtown Atlanta has been resuscitated, but in a much different form than originally proposed.  First announced in 2011 as "Times Square South" and later renamed "285 Marietta," the latest iteration of the project retains the most recent name - 285 Marietta [Street] - but replaces the previously announced office and retail with apartments, a hotel and restaurant/retail space.  Significant exterior ad space seems to have also been carried over in the new plan.  Renderings indicate that architecture firm Cooper Carry designed the project.    

[EXCLUSIVE] McCray's Tavern to Open New Restaurant in Familiar Space

The owners of McCray's Tavern have secured space in East Cobb for their fourth Atlanta area location.  The new McCray's will open in the Kroger-anchored Parkaire Landing shopping center along Johnson Ferry Road in East Cobb.  The new restaurant will be about 6,400 square feet and replace Loyal Tavern, the brief successor to Loyal Q & Brew, which closed last June. 

[CLOSURE ALERT] Arby's Axes Alpharetta Outpost

On the heels of its recent closure in Roswell, Arby's has now also closed its freestanding restaurant on Brookside Parkway, just off Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta.  The roughly 3,300 square foot restaurant, located about two miles east of Avalon, opened in 2000 and according to local sources and closed abruptly within the past few days.