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Midtown mixed-use development releases statement about restaurant’s planned closure.
Fox Sports Grill is closing its Midtown location with plans to relocate, Amy Wenk with the Atlanta Business Chronicle first reported.
The restaurant situated in Atlantic Station, at 261 19th Street, will close its doors on April 1, the report notes.
Atlantic Station released this statement Monday about the restaurant’s planned closure:
We are able to confirm that Fox Sports Grill will be relocating to a new location to be announced in the immediate future, and we wish them the best with their future endeavors.
Atlantic Station is intimately aware of our customers’ desires, and please be assured that we will continue to respond to their desires for the types of restaurants and retailers they have asked for.
We take our commitment and responsibility to our tenants, customers and our investors very seriously, and as a result, as we continue to re-tenant Atlantic Station Town Center, we have signed several new restaurants including as Meehan’s Public House and Yard House.
This spring will be an exciting time as these new additions open for business.
Click here to read the rest of the ABC’s thoughtful report.
[Disclosure: the author of this article is employed by North American Properties (Atlantic Station's developer). Articles relating to North American Properties, Atlantic Station, or its affiliates will be treated like all other news content presented on What Now Atlanta. The owner of this blog will never receive compensation in any way from this blog's content unless explicitly noted.]
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Guess they wanted to wait until the NFL’s end. So many memories of big bootied female patrons hawking for drinks and “ballers” during football season. Au revoir FSG!
I can’t believe it took this long! Worst service ever. Food was nasty. Always empty.
Terrible food. Terrible service. Worst place in Atlanta to watch a game. Good riddance.
Finally!!! Good Bye Gangstas!!
A few more years on this track and we may see a resurrection…..maybe!
These people that aren’t getting the “Blurbanist” satire are cracking me up.
You people would go back to legal segregation if it were possible…I guess us negras need to stay in our place…smh
Maybe if you need negras didn’t act like zoo animals it wouldn’t be an issue. Namsayin’????
All y’all need is a little hometraining, it ain’t hard to do.
@ JonC – I think for it to be satire, it has to have an inkling of intelligence.
@ David Duke – Haha…yeah, the departure of FoxSports was an entirely racial issue. As was Geisha House. Funny though…since these places closed, there has been considerably less crime at Atlantic Station…
This place was a joke – they did not even have ‘Tournedos Saute Richelieu’ on the menu. Just chicken wings and crappy domestic beer. Gauche.
I will not miss them as I start my new life away from this two-bit excuse for a city.
sat·ire
1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
in·tel·li·gence
4. knowledge of an event, circumstance, etc., received or imparted; news; information.
Sounds like intelligent satire to me.
Blurby makes as rational a point as any of the nonsensical bologna I’ve read here. Face it; this site is only a daily comedy dose. Where else can you hang in a virtual setting with a subset of folks harboring bloated opinions of themselves while they try to pass off a bogus diploma of intelligence. If you’re looking in the mirror, flipping yourself off and realizing this is you, it’s time to vacate the boards. Cheers.
The what now mark torro PR machine is in full swing. Caleb’s new name is Clarence “Caleb” Thomas #sellout
negras = no tipping for waiters/waitresses
One less place for thug monkeys to hang out.
@analist
” Where else can you hang in a virtual setting with a subset of folks harboring bloated opinions of themselves while they try to pass off a bogus diploma of intelligence. If you’re looking in the mirror, flipping yourself off and realizing this is you, it’s time to vacate the boards. Cheers.”
Didnt you just do exactly that? Or are you an exclusion to the rule?
This is an interesting article about differences in tipping…http://tippingresearch.com/uploads/JFSBR_race_revision_article.pdf
With my recent article about full disclosure with marketing and public relations firms perhaps it is appropriate for you to formally confirm you are on the Atlantic Station payroll and helping their PR teams.
hi mr. kessler, ive read your articles and completely agree. do you not think my current disclosure is succifient?
i would be willing to entertain your reccomendation.
thanks,
cjs
This is a start but seriously, I see Atlantic Station going into foreclosure in the near future.
Very unlikely Charles given that North American Properties bought it for pennies on the dollar.
Close Atlantic Station down. Evidently by the news on this blog alone, there is nothing but bloated business owners, poor quality food, poor quality service and idiots who would think about renting space in this development. Really, if its so bad, why does it exist?
It seems that the management at this development would just take the advice of those who post on the blog and fire everyone. Screw the entrepreneurs, the employees, the stimulus to the economy, the employees’ families, ….everyone because I got some greasy fries at that one place…..Oh What Was the Name?….
Jesus Christ, Kessler are you blind?
Who wrote that semi-literate press release? Relocating to a new location? Sheesh.
No one disagreed with the segregation I see I guess you Georgia people really are rednecks and racist…sad thing is though none of you would never address a so called thug monkey in person….Atlanta will never be a well rounded city as long as whites have racist views and are afraid of what’s different or intimidating to them…..
Love, love, love Blurbanist!
How long until Urbanist changes his name? He can’t STAND for his opinion, which is better than yours, not to be heard and to dominate a conversation.
“I will not miss them as I start my new life away from this two-bit excuse for a city.”
Indeed, you can always stop into a Moe’s when the Atlanta nostalgia becomes strong. A Church’s chicken may also do the trick.
As for the site’s monied interests, why does that matter? Good for the author, Atlantic Station has too much else to deal with than a conspiracy on a blog. Atlantic Stations largest problem is that it’s in Atlanta GA.
Caleb – Just like Mr. Kessler, you get people’s email addresses when they post. While the email address the poster listed may appear to be his email address, do you really think it was John Kessler from the AJC posting? I’m thinking it’s not. Just doesn’t seem his style.
With all due respect Caleb, YOU never “came out” and directly addressed or admitted that to your readers that you were now on the payroll of Atlantic Station… it took an article in Creative Loafing to reveal the truth.
As a journalist, if that is what you consider yourself, you owe it to all of your readers to do a specific post addressing this and any post that discusses Atlantic Station to have a huge disclaimer at the top noting that you are on their payroll and your posting may be biased.
We wonder what your “real” post would be about Fox Sports Grill if you weren’t on the take… the posting you made does not mirror some of your earlier comments about the concept or development–prior to being on the payroll.
Does your “contract” with Atlantic Station prevent any negative comments about their development… what about posting your agreement/contract with them (black out the numbers, none of us care what Mark Toro will pay for positive spin).
Overall, I think this is a very poor decision on your part… you put the all mighty dollar before your freedom. Used to enjoy reading your blog… now it will be read with a bit of skepticism.
Disappointed you sold out… especially to Mark Toro.
@AJ: That’s what I was thinking. I really, really doubt that was Kessler. Someone well-established at a daily paper is very unlikely to come and antagonize a blogger in his own space with some kind of half-baked “gotcha.”
The commenter seems to be trying way too hard to write “like a writer.” Not to mention that the real John Kessler would know that Caleb’s Atlantic Station connection is long-since-confirmed old news.
People – Remember, Caleb does need to earn a living. Has his snarky comment re: AS stopped? Yes. But is he now saying that he LOVES AS and thinks everyone should spend all their money there? No. Judging by the lack of advertising on What Now Atlanta, I doubt Caleb makes money off of this. I’m assuming it’s something he enjoys doing. I actually prefer the news aspect of this site much more than the opinion aspect. If Caleb working for AS means we get news quicker and don’t get the opinion, I’m fine with that. So many of you think Caleb has a responsibility to all of you. He doesn’t. This is a blog. This is not a news site. Even blogs within news sites are not held to the same journalistic standards as the actual news site. At times I do find his comments very immature, but I keep coming back to this site (and others) because I like the information that I read more than I dislike the information that I read. And if I dislike something, I’ll comment on it. But I won’t personally attack Caleb for writing it. That’s really all it comes down to. The internet has changed the way we read, disseminate, and gather information. Caleb does not have a responsibility to any of you. This is his site. You can read it. You can comment. But you can’t tell him what he should or should not be doing. If you don’t like it you can stop reading, stop commenting, and start your own blog. Just my opinion.
Full disclosure: I never have met Caleb. I probably never will. I do not work for Caleb. I was not paid by Caleb for this comment!
Any chance they are taking over the old ESPN Sports Zone in Buckhead?
I see there are contractors notices posted out front of that building now.
hi buckhead?, that’s doubtful but good thinking on your part. we’ve come across the permits you’re referring to and it’s strictly for improvements to the property and nothing more.
–cjs
Is anything slated to go in the space?
Caleb,
If you ever get the chance, ask Toro why he said in an AJC profile that his favorite place to show was ‘the internet’. Isn’t that telling of how Atlantic Station’s future holds when the head honcho would rather shop online than in a store. Horrible PR blunder.