After more than a decade in business serving the local community, Zoes Kitchen closed its last remaining Atlanta area restaurant on Wednesday, March 1. The restaurant, located just off the Emory University campus at 1385 Oxford Road, opened in 2013, but following Cava's 2018 acquisition of Zoes, will now, like so many other former Zoes, be converted into a Cava.
The Emory Village restaurant and another that also closed Wednesday in Peachtree City were the last two Zoes Kitchens operating in the state. Both restaurants are expected to reopen in "about eight weeks" as Cava. Two other already renovating former Zoes Kitchen restaurants in Duluth and Snellville are expected to also reopen soon as Cava restaurants.
In Georgia, a market Cava first entered in 2021 when it started local Zoes conversions, the chain today operates 17 locations including its "Digital Kitchen" in Sandy Springs. Overall, the company, which ahead of its Zoes acquisition only had about 60 locations, today has more than 300, and according to a report in February, is looking to go public.
In addition to the two Georgia locations, other Zoes Kitchen restaurants in Greenville, North Carolina and Elmwood, Louisiana also closed Wednesday. Another location at The Summit in Louisville, Kentucky was reportedly slated to close, but both the website and local employees suggest that it is now staying open, making it the lone surviving Zoes Kitchen under Cava ownership.
The Cassimus family, Marcus and Zoe and their son John, reopened the original Zoes in the Birmingham community of Crestline February 15 and with it, brought back the original menu. The restaurant - at 225 Country Club Park - is operated via a license granted to the family by Cava. There are currently no plans for the Cassimus family to open any additional locations.
Are you sad to see Zoes completely gone from Georgia? What was your favorite Zoes menu item? What do you think of Cava?
Please share your thoughts below.
17 comments:
Peachtree City is considered “Atlanta Area,” no? Still open here! 🙌🏻
Zoe’s isn’t completely gone from GA nor the Atlanta area…Peachtree City is in the Atlanta area & it’s still open here! 🙌🏻
While Zoe’s was a bit expensive, I did like their food. I went to the East Cobb one every now and then.
I’m very sad and shocked to see Zoe’s leave Columbus Ga. The food was so amazing. It was a healthy food option restaurant for the community. It was a high quality food option restaurant for this community as well. I loved everything on the menu and you can’t get it anywhere else. I wish I could petition for Zoe’s to stay. I’m upset and disappointed that they closed.
I first enjoyed eating at Zoe's in Birmingham, AL when my son was in college there. I was delighted when a location opened near me in Peachtree City, GA. I also ate frequently at the one in Marietta, as well as several others.
Fresh, healthy, flavorful options. I loved the kabobs, the salmon, the hot potato salad, the roll-ups, plus being able to order fresh fruit or a salad of greens. Oh no! I just realized no more Chocolate Cake. It was outstanding! And the lemon cookies were good, too.
I will really miss Zoe's!!! I think maybe they expanded too quickly. Wishing the best to the Cassimus Family! Thank you for many years of wonderful food!
I've heard Cava is good. Same son lives in South Carolina now and eats there frequently. Wish we could have both!
In no rational world is Peachtree City in metro ATL.
I never got a chance to try Zoe’s but Cava is sooo delicious!!! Very happy that they are coming soon:)
Does the conversion to Cava mean no more Salmon Kabobs? I work across the street from the Emory Zoe?
I miss Zoe’s kitchen so much!!! No seafood options at Cava.
The store is closed.
Yes. That’s what it means unfortunately
Zoe's went downhill the minute they removed the rice pilaf from the menu. the steak kabobs with grilled veggies and rice pilaf was my go-to. that tumeric rice they replaced it with was horrible.
Whether folks in Peachtree City want to be considered part of the Metro is debatable, but if you want to get technical, the epicenter of it (74/54 intersection) is 14 miles from I-285. Last time I checked, Alpharetta is also 14 miles from I-285, as is Kennesaw.
Zoes is amazing :( How terribly sad! I’ve tried Cava as well; and it’s definitely not as good as Zoe’s; Cava has much less selection and it just doesn’t taste like Zoes. So sad to see one of my favorite restaurants go!
Susan, When I hear word metro, think of local, then I think if the Metro Bar that was on Peachtree near 13th. I do not think that a place in Metro Atlanta should be a 45 minute drive from the center if our city. Since it is, and there is nothing we can do about it, could you somehow get word to anyone, legal or illegal, to act with some respect when they travel inside if I-285, where the true Atlantans reside. They litter, play loud music, shoplift and many other things that are too vulgar to list. My main concern is their driving habits. I dud some checking, and come to find out, the Georgia Driving Handbook, that every driver is tested on, is the same fir all of Georgia. I question if tgey have actually read, and understood that it us not a book of suggestions, but a book if laws that we agree to follow, when we sign fir our drivers license. I am also concerned about to number of drivers that are continuing to hold their cell phones, while driving, worse, looking at the screen while stopped at a traffic light. When the light turns green, they feel finish typing whatever they are typing, before they move forward. Uf you honk the horn, they take even longer to go. People should he following the law. How many more lives have to be killed, before the politicians make stiffer punishments fir breaking the law. Lastly, please tell them to act as though they have been to town before. I have lived in Atlanta since 1984 and have lived in midtown for 35 of those years. This us the worst that i have ever seen our city abused.
Agreed Cava is horrible honestly nothing like the authentic flavors of Zoe!
Well, you can visit again because it has been reopened by Marcus and Zoe! Here’s the address 225 Country Clb Pk, Birmingham, AL 35213
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