[NEWSFLASH] Fresh Fish and Greek Gyros & Pizza are Coming to Brookhaven!

John "Johnny" Gianoulidis along with managing partner Paul Masci plan to open The Greek Pizzeria and Gyros, next summer in Brookhaven.  The restaurant, described as "a fast casual counter service restaurant that [will] hearken back to the roots of Greek pizza and gyro joints of New England, where no one is a stranger!" will be located in Skyland Shopping Center along Clairmont Road, near its intersection with Buford Highway.  The center, anchored by Advance Auto Parts, was once home to a Colonial grocery store but in recent years has been home mostly to a hodgepodge of local shops and services.  

[UPDATE] Retailer "Targeting" Mid November Re-Opening of Buckhead South Store

Target plans to reopen its “Buckhead South” store in Lindbergh Plaza in "mid-November," a company spokesperson told ToNeTo Atlanta late Tuesday.  The store, located at 2539 Piedmont Road in Lindbergh Plaza, first opened in 2006 but has been closed for more than five months after it was heavily damaged and looted in May amid protests that followed the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.  

[EXCLUSIVE] gusto! Heads Back to the 'Burbs with Planned East Cobb Drive Thru

Nate Hybl plans to bring his quick-serve restaurant gusto! to East Cobb in 2021.  The new restaurant will open in an outparcel of the Kroger anchored Parkaire Landing shopping center at the corner of Lower Roswell and Johnson Ferry Roads.  Gusto will open in place of Moe's Southwest Grill (688 Johnson Ferry Road) which itself occupied a onetime KFC.  Cobb County property records indicate the KFC building was originally constructed in 1987 and is about 2,700 square feet.  

[EXCLUSIVE] Arden's Garden Closed, Cafe Agora Midtown Expanding

Popular Mediterranean restaurant Cafe Agora will soon expand its presence in Midtown by taking over the space adjacent to their existing restaurant.  Currently located at 92 Peachtree Place, the eatery will in the coming months expand to 90 Peachtree Place, too, basically doubling the size of the restaurant.  The expansion into the adjacent space was made possible by the recent closure of Arden's Garden, which reportedly opted not to renew their lease.  Arden's Garden still has seventeen other locations in Georgia, including one on Monroe Drive in Midtown, another on Euclid Avenue in Little 5 Points, and on Roswell Road in Buckhead, among others.  

[GO!] Buffalo Wild Wings Bringing New Compact Concept to Emory Village

A few months after debuting their new compact "GO" format in Sandy Springs, Buffalo Wild Wings plans to bring the new quick-serve concept to Emory Village.  Newly released planning documents indicate that the new Buffalo Wild Wings GO will open in place of Romeo's Pizza which recently closed at 1401 Oxford Road across the street from the Emory University campus.  At 1,952 square feet, the new location will be slightly larger than the Sandy Springs outpost, but will likely still be about the same in features and offerings.