Bits & Bites

After being closed for about a year, On The Border plans to reopen their Alpharetta area restaurant Monday April 12.  The restaurant, located in a freestanding building at 10575 Davis Drive, just off Mansell Road, was repainted, renovated and will debut a new soon-to-launch chain-wide menu when it opens.  The Alpharetta On The Border is one of five in metro Atlanta for the Irving, Texas-based chain. The other Atlanta area locations are in Buckhead, Kennesaw, Buford and Duluth, which according to the company's website is operating exclusively for to-go and catering orders.  

[EXCLUSIVE] Slim Chickens Crosses States Lines, Entering Georgia

A new-to-market chicken chain is looking to find success where another failed.  Slim Chickens, based in Fayetteville, Arkansas, plans to open a new location in Evans in place of PDQ.  Based in Tampa, PDQ opened its ground up location in the Augusta suburb of Evans in 2014, but closed it in late 2019.  The roughly 4,200 square foot state of the art freestanding building features the all important drive-thru and was built specifically for PDQ. 

[EXCLUSIVE] Whataburger Secures Prized College Location

We are not yet able to share news of a confirmed deal for Whataburger in metro Atlanta, but we did obtain confirmation of a new Whataburger about a hundred miles away.  The popular San Antonio-based burger joint plans to open what will be its 20th Alabama location later this year in Auburn.  The new Whataburger is opening at Toomer's Corner, where it will occupy the historic former Bank of Auburn building at 101 North College Street, a stone's throw from Auburn University. 

[ALERT] Office Depot Closing Two MORE Stores in Atlanta

ToNeTo Atlanta has learned that at least two additional Atlanta area Office Depot stores will soon close.  The two new closures - Snellville and Stone Mountain - follow news we reported March 19 that the Boca Raton-based company is also closing stores in East Cobb, Sandy Springs and Hiram.  All affected stores are currently offering 5-30% off in-stock merchandise ahead of planned May closures.  

[UPDATE] Starbucks Makes Strange Move in Sandy Springs

In a quiet and baffling February move, Starbucks closed a roughly seven year old Sandy Springs location.  The strange thing about the closure is the fact that the Starbucks - in The Prado at 5660 Roswell Road - featured the all important drive-thru!  Signage at the Starbucks indicates that it closed as of February 23 with would-be patrons directed to one of the many other nearby Starbucks locations.  Despite having closed nearly a month ago, the 1,850 square foot Starbucks is still listed as an open and active tenant on the center's website.