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After one name change, three locations and a combined 40 years in business, a popular East Cobb area restaurant is throwing in the Windex and calling it a career. Christos Giannes, 65, owner of Kouzina Christos, made the vague announcement on his restaurant's Facebook page early Monday. "FYI...Open for service Saturday till..." read the post which received several comments from concerned longtime patrons.
Chama Gaucha Brazilian Steakhouse has made their Buckhead outpost closure permanent. The restaurant, located at Tower Place along Piedmont Road in Buckhead, had been "temporarily closed" since March, with reported plans to reopen "in the fall." As months passed, that reopening seemed less and less likely. A ToNeTo Atlanta reader alerted us Sunday to the restaurant's website which has been updated to reflect the Atlanta closure is now permanent. "We regret to inform you that Chama Gaucha Atlanta is permanently closed." reads a pop-up on the Chama Gaucha website.
The family that owns Atlanta's Landmark Diner has acquired the former Folks Southern Kitchen restaurants in Marietta and Tucker and plans to open new restaurants at each site in the coming months. Planning documents suggest each new restaurant will operate as "Landmark Diner" but sources close to the restaurant indicate that while both may feature a menu similar to Landmark's, the name is expected to be different. Anastasios (Tom) & Carolyn Lambrou opened the original Landmark Diner at the intersection of Piedmont and Roswell Roads in Buckhead in 1994. A second location, in the street level of the Helen M. Aderhold Learning Center at Georgia State University's downtown campus, opened in 2003.
For the second time in just the past few weeks, an Atlanta area Moe's Southwest Grill franchise has closed. The restaurant, located in the Publix-anchored [and Publix owned] Shallowford Corners shopping center (4401 Shallowford Road), seemingly closed in recent days without prior notice, and while permanently removed from the Moe's website, still shows as occupied on the property's website. Moe's was situated on a 2,265 square foot endcap space adjacent to Jet's Pizza at the corner of Shallowford and Johnson Ferry Roads in East Cobb.
The former Hudson Grille Brookhaven will reopen soon as "Atlanta Bar & Grille." The new restaurant, in the works for the past few weeks, could reopen as soon as November 27. Sources close to the restaurant indicate that the interior of the roughly 8,000 square foot restaurant has been "heavily renovated." ToNeTo Atlanta stopped by the space Saturday morning and observed plenty of work going on but no new signage up and seemingly plenty still to do inside.
ToNeTo Atlanta is pleased to announce that the former YEAH! BURGER at 1017 North Highland Avenue in Virginia-Highland will next year reopen as Farm Burger! YEAH! BURGER, one half of Atlanta's "Young + Hungry" restaurant group, first opened in 2010 and closed over the summer.
A new Burlington [Coat Factory] will be joining the lineup at Briarcliff Village in Tucker. Burlington will open in the nearly 26,000 square foot space vacated earlier this spring by Office Depot. In Briarcliff Village, Burlington joins existing anchors TJ Maxx and Publix in the nearly 200,000 square foot center. With about 750 stores, the Burlington, New Jersey-based retailer is the third largest off-price department store in the country after TJ Maxx and ROSS.
After a prolonged "temporary closure," Jason's Deli at Cumberland Mall near Smyrna officially has permanently closed. The restaurant, located on the mall's first floor, was near the former Sears wing, where Round1, an entertainment venue will soon open. Jason's Deli first opened at Cumberland Mall in December 2003 when it replaced what had been the once popular Lettuce Souprise You.
VF Corporation Monday announced plans to acquire popular streetwear brand Supreme for $2.1 billion. The deal, which Denver-based VF indicated would close by the end of the year, nearly matches the firm's $2.2 billion 2011 acquisition of Timberland. The company, which moved its corporate headquarters from Greensboro, NC to Denver in 2018, also owns Vans, The North Face and JanSport, among other brands.
COVID-19 has certainly slowed commercial real estate projects and other businesses around the world. The owners of Northlake Mall and many other commercial real estate developers are still moving forward, albeit at what seems like a glacial pace. ToNeTo Atlanta spoke this past week with Tony Ruggeri, co-founder and partner at ATR Corinth, the current owners of Northlake Mall, about the project and coming updates. Ruggeri was quick to dispel rumors that his firm was either putting the project on the market or removing the retail component from the re-development.
Cook Hall at the W Atlanta Buckhead has closed. The restaurant, which opened in late 2012 in place of Market by Jean-Georges Vongerichten, has been "temporarily closed" for several months, but a newly released offering from JLL indicates the space will not reopen as Cook Hall and is instead being marketed for lease. The listing indicates the restaurant space is 5,772 square feet and is available "immediately." Neither the lease term nor the lease rate are explicitly listed but are instead said to be "negotiable."
In an incredibly quiet move, restaurants Doraku and Qing Mu have both permanently closed on East Paces Ferry Road at Buckhead Village District (formerly The Shops Buckhead Atlanta). The restaurants, located adjacent to one another between Georgetown Cupcake and The Capital Grille, "temporarily closed" in March, but have now been removed from the Buckhead Village District (BVD) website and onsite maps. (The Buckhead location of Doraku has been removed from the Doraku website but the Buckhead Qing Mu location remains listed on the Qing Mu website.) Earlier this week, BVD management also installed artsy window coverings on the fronts of both of the former restaurants.
ToNeTo Atlanta has learned that Chick-fil-A will soon relocate and rebuild one of their Snellville area restaurants. The Atlanta-based quick-serve chain intends to close their existing restaurant at 2932 Main Street W (U.S. Highway 78) and open a new location at 3090 Main Street W. The site of the new restaurant was most recently occupied by Doo's Seafood, but the local seafood eatery recently announced plans to relocate November 6 to a smaller inline location in the Kroger-anchored Midway Plaza shopping center at 910 Athens Highway in nearby Loganville.
A new sales flyer from Atlanta-based The Shopping Center Group indicates that the Cumberland area Barnes & Noble Bookseller store could soon close, as it's being marketed for redevelopment. The store, located at the corner of Akers Mill Road and Cobb Parkway, occupies a prime 2.4 acre parcel with tremendous street visibility. The 20,176 square foot two-level freestanding store, which Cobb County property documents indicate was built in 1996, is one of the few remaining large format bookstores in metro Atlanta.
