[ALERT] Another Metro Atlanta Food Court Chick fil A Has Closed

It appears that not only did Chick-fil-A close its longstanding outpost in the food court at Town Center at Cobb in Kennesaw on March 31, but they also closed their longstanding outlet in the food court of North Point Mall in Alpharetta, too.  

The Chick-fil-A has been a mainstay in the North Point food court since the mall's opening in 1993. That said, the Alpharetta mall has in recent years fallen on hard times, having lost both anchors and small shop space to bankruptcies and relocations, in addition to the popularity of nearby lifestyle center Avalon.    

The mall is currently anchored by JC Penney, Macy's, Dillard's, Von Maur, and a 12-screen AMC Theatres.  

This past February, the mall's owner New York Life tapped Ponce City Market and Avalon owner Jamestown L.P. and sports developer Machete Group to redevelop the North Point Mall. The centerpiece of the redevelopment is a planned 20,000 seat arena meant to attract a new NHL franchise.  

An existing freestanding Chick-fil-A that was demolished and rebuilt as a significantly larger restaurant in late 2021 is located less than a mile from the mall at 6085 North Point Parkway.  

Chick-fil-A and its operators have over the past few years shuttered several other Atlanta area food court locations including those at Northlake Mall in Tucker, North DeKalb Mall near Decatur, Phipps Plaza in Buckhead, CNN Center in downtown Atlanta, and Gwinnett Place Mall in Duluth.  The company also closed its restaurants at Valdosta Mall in Valdosta, Peachtree Mall in Columbus, in Great Lakes Mall in the greater Cleveland, Ohio area, and in Neshaminy Mall in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, among others.  

The very first Chick-fil-A opened in 1967 at Greenbriar Mall in southwest Atlanta. It closed in 2023. The company last July also closed its location within the food court of The Mall at Stonecrest in Lithonia.   

In some cases, however, the company has gotten creative with its food court restaurants, and added drive-thru and curbside pickup to augment sluggish mall traffic and make the locations more appealing to drive-by diners. One such food court location to offer these ordering options is at Dalton Mall in Dalton in northwest Georgia.  

The Atlanta-based company and its local owner-operators continue to operate food court locations in several local malls including Lenox Square in Buckhead, Perimeter Mall in Dunwoody, Mall of Georgia in Buford, and Arbor Place Mall in Douglasville.  The one major mall food court the restaurant is absent from and has never been part of is Sugarloaf Mills in Lawrenceville.  

Are you surprised to see Chick-fil-A close at North Point Mall? What is your fondest memory of North Point Mall?  What are your thoughts on the planned redevelopment of North Point Mall and the hope for an NHL franchise?  

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