Mirko Pasta has permanently closed its restaurant at Merchants Walk in East Cobb. The casual Italian eatery - 1281 Johnson Ferry Road - opened at the Whole Foods Market-anchored shopping center in 2011.
Related: La Madeleine closing at Providence Square in East Cobb.
The restaurant's closure, which reportedly took place quietly earlier this week, likely marks the end of Mirko's existing lease. The former Mirko space is 2,250 square feet but is not yet marked as "available" on the siteplan for the center from property owner Edens.
Mirko Di Giacomantonio, a native of Tortoreto, Italy, first collaborated with Sandro Romagnoli to start FIGO Pasta in 2002. After parting ways with FIGO, Giacomantonio went on to start his namesake eatery in Watkinsville (near Athens) in 2007. At its peak there were ten Mirko locations in Georgia and one in Nashville.
Former Georgia locations include Toco Hills, Roswell, Buford, Monroe, Johns Creek, Watkinsville and Athens.
Today, following the closure in East Cobb, there are just two locations: Roswell Road in Chastain Park (opened 2011) and on Town Boulevard at TOWN Brookhaven in Brookhaven (opened 2023).
What would you like to see open in place of Mirko in East Cobb? What is your favorite East Cobb eatery? What type of food do you think East Cobb is missing?
Please share your thoughts below
11 comments:
I hope Shake Shack reconsiders! Or even a decent drive thru burger joint like Culvers
This person above me is so fucking unimaginative. Culver's? Shake shack? Wtf
It's a generic suburban shopping center. What do you suggest?
At 5:53, at least they didn't say Trader Joe's.
Drive thru... have you seen the space? Drive thru where??
Better a Culver’s or shake shack than a hookah lounge. Or a Trader Joe’s.
I guess your ideas that are so much better are a secret. Shhhhh. Don’t tell anyone.
I think a mattress store, bank, cell phone store, or yet another hot chicken place would certainly do well. I hear Tokyo Valentino is still looking to reopen in our hood. 😂
You can tell the people saying “at least nobody is suggesting Trader Joe’s” aren’t from that area. If they were, they’d know there’s already a Trader Joe’s across the street from Merchants Walk
'Ciao' in casual talk means 'hello'
I would love to get another restaurant that offers a good variety of options. Not burgers, shakes and fries. Yes salads, seafood, seasonal options. I will miss the handmade pasta, and my husband and son will very much miss the seafood stew. They cooked the ravioli to a perfect al dente.
East Cobb also lost Reunion. Where can adults who don’t have to rush home to put kids to bed go for a nicely cooked , maybe even halfway healthy meal? There are a small few but options are dwindling once again.
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