A longstanding Taco Bell franchise in southwest Atlanta has closed after nearly fifty years in business. The freestanding Taco Bell was located in an outparcel of The Mall at West End at 545 Lee Street and reportedly closed permanently in recent days.
Interestingly, City of Atlanta permits reflect more than $400,000 in permits for renovations and improvements at the quick-serve restaurant between July 2013 and November 2024.
A massive redevelopment of The Mall at West End first announced in 2024 is expected to begin "soon" and bring with it a $450 million mixed-use development in place of the dated and underutilized 12 acre mall property.
Despite the West End closure, new corporately owned Taco Bell locations have opened in recent months in Calhoun, Cumming, Carrollton, Covington, Jefferson, and Greensboro, while others in Sandy Springs and Brookhaven have been partially or fully rebuilt and updated by a growing franchisee.
A source close to the restaurant suggests that several more locations in the greater metro Atlanta area are "under consideration" by the Irvine, California-based brand.
Are you surprised to see Taco Bell close in the West End? Are you excited about the planned redevelopment of the mall property? What is your favorite quick serve restaurant?
Please share your thoughts below.
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TRADER JOE'S!
Interestingly, Imodium reported a simultaneous drop in sales in the west end area.
Trader Joe's!
Hookah… and chicken
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Wegmans!
Your terrible joke is punctuated by your inability to spell.
After doing a cursory look of the area around it I noticed there are no grocery stores around so this feels like a food dessert. With a huge population a grocery store is a must. Sounds like the perfect spot for a Trader Joe's. To all residents of the Mall at West End demand a Trader Joe's and it will come.
Taco Bell is easily the best fast food around, and one closing is not good news. In related news, I took my kids to Wendy's the other day and the drive thru order taker was entirely Automated AI, and very good AI at that. Changed the overall experience dramatically toward the positive. Despite my writing, fast food is and always will be just an occasional thing for us, but I have always dreaded the experience. With this new technology, I can see a lot of growth happening for the industry.
......says the commenter with a masters in internet spelling at 4:45am from mom's basement. Keep swinging old chap.
Taco Bell the best?!? You must not get around much.
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