Bits & Bites

Fifth Third Bank plans to open a new branch in Roswell.  The Cincinnati-based bank plans to convert the existing Arby's restaurant at 665 West Crossville Road into a new bank branch.  The Arby's, which closed in the Trader Joe's anchored Roswell Crossing shopping center in late 2019, originally opened in 1999.  This marks at least the second time that the bank has taken over a former quick-serve restaurant building in metro Atlanta having previously converted the one-time El Pollo Loco along Buford Highway in Chamblee into a bank.  Elsewhere in metro Atlanta, Chase converted a former Pollo Tropical in Alpharetta and a former Krispy Kreme in Doraville into bank branches, while Regions demolished a former Pollo Tropical in East Cobb to build its new branch.  

[UPDATE] New Kroger Inches Towards Construction in East Cobb, Plans Surface for More Fuel

After nearly four year years of planning and delays, a new Kroger is one step closer to reality in East Cobb.  Plans for the new store, which will anchor MarketPlace Terrell Mill at the northwest corner of Terrell Mill and Powers Ferry Roads, were first made public in late 2017 when developers indicated the grocer would be 113,000 square feet and include a fuel center, too. 

[UPDATE] Super Chix Bringing "The Last True Chicken Sandwich" to Georgia

A Texas-based chicken chain is entering the Georgia market with a location planned for The Avenue Peachtree City in Peachtree City.  Super Chix, which started in Dallas in 2014 and was until 2015 a concept in KFC-owner Yum! Brands' portfolio, has since grown to ten locations with dozens more planned.  In Peachtree City they will open in a 3,805 square foot space in the mixed use project that was previously home to an Atlanta Bread franchise.  Super Chix bills itself as a "premium fast-casual dining experience: "We are the anti-chainy chain." 

[EXCLUSIVE] This Is Where Whataburger Will Open Their First Metro Atlanta Location

In February we reported on Whataburger's planned Atlanta area debut and we were blown away by the excitement!  The wait is almost over!  ToNeTo Atlanta is pleased to confirm that the first Atlanta area Whataburger is destined for Kennesaw.  Planning documents indicate (and a source close to chain confirms) that Whataburger will open a new restaurant at 705 Townpark Lane, just off Chastain Road, on the site of a former O'Charley's restaurant.  

[EXCLUSIVE] Food Terminal to Open New Kennesaw Restaurant in 2022

A new location of Food Terminal is planned for Barrett Pavilion in Kennesaw.  The new restaurant will open in place of the former Joe's Crab Shack which shuttered in the 7,930 square foot freestanding building (2501 Cobb Place Boulevard) in 2019.  The new Kennesaw outpost will ultimately be the fourth for the growing Malaysian restaurant chain which opened their first restaurant along Buford Highway in Chamblee in 2017.