After an extended hiatus, Grand Lux Cafe at Phipps Plaza in Buckhead will reopen later this month. The roughly 11,000 square foot second floor restaurant, which first opened August 2018, has remained closed since last summer following the detrimental effects of the pandemic on restaurant sales and associated decrease in foot traffic at Phipps Plaza.
Calabasas, California-based The Cheesecake Factory Inc., parent company of Grand Lux, has several locations in metro Atlanta including one at Lenox Square in Buckhead that has remained open throughout the pandemic when restrictions allowed.
This past October, when Cheesecake reported their results for third quarter of fiscal 2020, the company revealed that they had closed one Grand Lux unit during the quarter. The restaurant, located at Cherry Hill Mall in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, originally opened in July 2012. Following the closure and after the reopening in Atlanta, the chain will operate a total of eleven units in eight states.
Plans for a Buckhead outpost of the popular cafe, bakery & market Alon's at Phipps Plaza remain in flux with no word on when/if it will open. ToNeTo Atlanta was first to reveal in September 2019 owner Alon Balshan's plans to open at Phipps Plaza. To date, the only action at the space (the remaining portion of the former Twist not occupied by Agency) was an August 6, 2020 building permit for "commercial alteration" filed with the City of Atlanta, which estimated the cost of construction to be $1.25M.
Are you pleased to hear Grand Lux is reopening at Phipps Plaza? What is your favorite Phipps Plaza eatery? Have your trips to Phipps Plaza (and Lenox Square) decreased in light of recent criminal activity at the two popular malls?
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I am a Grand Luxe fan as I've never had a bad meal there and their breakfast is really outstanding. I've only been to the Phipps location a couple times when going to movies but since the Covid outbreak, there hasn't been much reason to visit Phipps. I'll really miss Tavern - that was one of my favorite places to eat and drink.
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