On the heels of last year's abrupt closure of more than a dozen Hardee's restaurants across Georgia, several of their former spaces have been leased to new and growing brands. Some of the former Hardee's restaurants remain vacant and available, but ToNeTo Atlanta has confirmed at least ten have new tenants signed or open.
Locally owned eatery Collard Green Cafe, currently located at 1880 Mountain Industrial Boulevard in Tucker, plans to relocate to the former Hardee's at 1727 Mountain Industrial Boulevard in Tucker, about a half mile away.
Locally owned chicken joint Cozy Coop opened in June in a former Hardee's at 891 Holcomb Bridge Road in Roswell. The new location joins the existing Marietta/Kennesaw unit which opened in November 2022 in place of a former Zaxby's.
Dunkin' recently opened in place of Hardee's at 1700 Old Pendergrass Road in Jefferson in Jackson County. The donut and coffee franchise already has nearly 300 locations in Georgia and shows no signs of slowing down with several more in the works. Established in Quincy, Massachusetts in 1948, the company was acquired by Atlanta-based Roark Capital Group in October 2020, and was added to Roark's Inspire Brands portfolio. (Roark also owns Hardee's.)
The former Hardee's at 2520 Delk Road, just off I-75 in Marietta has been leased to IHOP. This marks at least the second former Hardee's that IHOP has converted following their Chamblee location in Chamblee Plaza more than a decade ago.
A lease has been signed with popular Guatemalan chicken restaurant Pollo Campero to replace the former Hardee's at 630 Buford Drive in Lawrenceville. The new restaurant, a corporately owned location, will mark Pollo Campero's fifth in Georgia, joining existing outposts at Northeast Plaza on Buford Highway in Brookhaven, on Pleasant Hill Road in Lawrenceville, on Jimmy Carter Boulevard in Norcross, and on Cobb Parkway between the Marietta Diner and The Big Chicken in Marietta. Die-hard Pollo Campero fans are known to board planes from Guatemala (and El Salvador) with specially prepared bags of chicken from the popular chain. This practice is so common that airlines like Delta have airport signage that names and limits the number of Pollo Campero bags any one passenger may travel home with.
Growing quick-serve burrito eatery Surcheros Fresh Mex in May opened in the former Hardee's at 104 S. Tennessee Street in Cartersville. The new restaurant marked the 28th in Georgia for the Alpharetta-based franchise.
In Loganville, where Hardee's closed their restaurant at 4360 Atlanta Highway, Caribou Coffee opened a new location this past March. The Minneapolis-based coffee chain also earlier this year opened new shops in Milton and Kennesaw and has plans to open another in Cumming soon.
The former Hardee's at 7940 Senoia Road in Fairburn reopened in April as a new Tim Horton's. ToNeTo Atlanta was first to report on the planned opening this past January. In addition to the Fairburn locations, Canada's Tim Horton's has also opened locations in Columbus and in Midtown near The Varsity. Other Atlanta area Tim Horton's are planned for Johns Creek, Suwanee, and Newnan.
Metro Diner, a Jacksonville-based breakfast, lunch, and dinner eatery, is opening in the former Hardee's at 3075 Atlanta Highway in Athens. The breakfast, lunch and dinner eatery currently has three locations in Georgia: Columbus, Augusta and at Tanger Outlets Savannah in Pooler, near Savannah. The company previously had a location along Holcomb Bridge Road in Roswell but it closed in 2017 after less than a year in business. (The former Roswell restaurant is now a laundromat). Metro Diner also opened a restaurant in Macon in 2017, but closed it in 2019. By opening in Athens the company is finally fulfilling an earlier effort to open in the area. ToNeTo Atlanta reported in 2017 that a Metro Diner was planned for E. Broad Street in Downtown Athens (in place of the longtime East West Bistro) but the company ultimately abandoned its plans.
What has your local former Hardee's become? What Hardee's replacement are you most excited about? Have we missed any backfilled for Hardee's in Georgia?
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17 comments:
If they have the original Big Shef, I’m in!
Long, long ago, the Hardee's in downtown Decatur was remade into a Chick-Fil_A.
@Unknown RE: CFA,
Yes, as was the one near the Lindbergh MARTA station.
I'm I the only one that thinks of Breaking Bad when I pass a Pollo Campero?
I wonder what the (closed) Hardee's on Hamilton Mill rd will become?
When they remodeled about 10 years ago you could still see the Hardee’s labelscar under the facade.
the now leveled Galaxy Diner on Henderson Mill used to be a Hardees. There was also one at 5884 Buford Highway. It became a Del Taco, then a jewelry shop. Then it was torn down. I think the Bojangles is on that spot.
Bojangles baby! Yeah!
That Chick-fil-A has the worst drive-through operation of them all. They need to scrape and rebuild. The restaurant itself is not as operationally efficient as other locations. This is the Lindberg location we’re talking about.
pollo campero actually has a better product than most of the other chicken purveyors. Before. Camper entered Atlanta there was el pollo loco which was even better than Campero. Cusses fried chicken is pretty darn good and although they market such as hot chicken, it’s actually not that hot but rather very tasty if you go there stick to the chicken I would order extra chicken and no sides unless you want to fill up on slaw And really sweet beans. If you’re really hungry, do not order the wings. The wings for whatever reason are underwhelming due to their size which is a size tiny! The chicken breasts, and the other pieces are well worth the cost of admission. Now you have my guide to chicken:-)
Yep, too bad they can’t take over some or all of that old Shoney’s lot next door and then reorient the building on a larger lot to allow more people in the drive thru and not a spiral mess around the building. North Druid and Briarcliff is also a hot mess
Interesting that so many of the Hardee's closed and have been replaced with other quick service restaurants. Location, location, location.
Makes you wonder what Hardee's was doing wrong, service, prices or food quality.
Probably making people vomit
They said it was torn! Not baby
they, like ALL fast food failures are due to the DEI hires…and you all know it!
"DEI hires"? But there aren't any honkies working there.
Honk honk, where’s my burger?
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