[BUMMER] Bad Daddy's Burger Bar Out of Business in the 'Burbs

Bad Daddy's Burger Bar has closed its restaurant in Roswell.  Located in an outparcel of the Sprouts Farmers Market-anchored Roswell Marketplace, the casual burger joint reportedly closed in recent days without prior warning to patrons.  

The North Carolina-based chain entered the Atlanta market in January 2018 with its debut unit at Parkview on Peachtree in Chamblee.  A Smyrna location opened in June, followed by the Roswell restaurant in September and a Decatur outpost in November.  The chain's then fifth metro location debuted in Marietta in the ill-fated Greenwise Market-anchored Sandy Plains MarketPlace shopping center in 2021. 

In Roswell, Bad Daddy's occupied a roughly 3,600 square foot outparcel space in a two-unit building it shared with fellow restaurant Another Broken Egg Cafe.  The outparcel building was located near the corner of Mansell and Houze Roads. 

There was reportedly no reason provided for the closure, and it seems to have been sudden, as the space is not yet being marketed for lease.  The four other Atlanta area locations remain open.   

Bad Daddy's has since 2015 been a wholly owned subsidiary of Golden, Colorado-based Good Times Restaurants Inc. (NASDAQ: GTIM).  According to the Bad Daddy's website, there are currently 38 units across seven states, with North Carolina and Colorado the chain's largest markets with 14 and 10 units, respectively.  

Are you surprised to learn that Bad Daddy's Burger Bar has closed its restaurant in Roswell?  Who in metro Atlanta do you think offers the best burger?  What would you most like to see open in place of the former Bad Daddy's in Roswell?

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