Kirkwood’s ‘The Pullman’ announces it’ll open January 13

by on January 8, 2012 in restaurants

American-style eatery tweets opening information Friday. The Kirkwood neighborhood is getting a new restaurant. The Pullman, which is replacing the now shuttered Jak’s All Inn (formerly Ace’s Bar and Grille), announced it will open soon in a tweet Friday. “Opening night is January 13th!,” The Pullman tweeted. “So excited to be able to announce that [...]

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Paris Bistro opening in BB&T building at Atlantic Station

by on January 8, 2012 in restaurants

Cafe taking space inside Midtown office building. Paris Bistro is opening a Midtown location. The cafe will take space inside the BB&T building, at 271 17th Street, according to a permit filed with City of Atlanta Friday. Paris Bistro will occupy 2,035-square-feet of space at the office building. Converting the space into a cafe will [...]

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Sur La Table spending $700K to take Williams Sonoma’s Phipps Plaza space

by on January 8, 2012 in retail

Kitchenware retailer files permit to build demonstration kitchen at Buckhead Mall Sur La Table is opening its newest store at Phipps Plaza mall in Buckhead. The kitchenware retailer will replace Williams Sonoma in space 1035, at 3500 Peachtree Street, according to a permit filed with City of Atlanta Wednesday. Sur La Table will spend an [...]

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Midtown’s ‘The Castle’ becoming hotel, restaurant lounge

by on January 8, 2012 in real estate, restaurants

Permit filed suggests Midtown landmark will receive hotel and restaurant lounge as part of its renovation. “The Castle,” an architectural landmark at 87 15th Street, is undergoing renovations. Mike Latham, a New York industrial artist and architect who purchased the property with a partner in August 2010 for a reported $951,000, is overseeing the remodeling [...]

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Georgian Terrace Hotel opening ‘yet to be named’ concept near its Livingston Restaurant & Bar

by on January 5, 2012 in restaurants

Midtown’s 100-year-old hotel files permits for new addition. Georgian Terrace Hotel is opening a new concept separate to its current in-house restaurant, Livingston Restaurant & Bar. The 100-year-old Midtown hotel, at 659 Peachtree Street, filed a permit with City of Atlanta for an “interior renovation of existing restaurant space” for the “Georgian Terrace Bar,” last [...]

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Von Maur to replace Bloomingdale’s at Perimeter Mall

by on January 5, 2012 in retail

Upscale department store takes 234,00-square-foot space at Dunwoody Mall. The Bloomingdale’s at Perimeter Mall, scheduled to close early Spring, already has a replacement. General Growth Properties (GGP), owner of the Dunwoody Mall, announced in a press release Thursday, Von Maur department store will take the soon-to-be vacant Bloomingdale’s space. It was just Wednesday that Bloomingdale’s [...]

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UPDATED: Bloomingdale’s to shutter at Perimeter Mall

by on January 4, 2012 in retail

Department store to keep its Lenox Square Mall location in Buckhead open. UPDATE (Jan. 5, 2012): Von Maur to replace Bloomingdale’s at Perimeter Mall Bloomingdale’s, a high-end department store chain owned by Macy’s Inc., is closing its Perimeter Mall store in Dunwoody early Spring, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle (ABC). The department store chain [...]

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Ludacris closes Midtown’s Straits after winning contract for restaurant at Atlanta International Airport

by on January 4, 2012 in restaurants

What Now Atlanta’s DeathMarch claims another victim. Christopher Brian Bridges, better known by his stage name Ludacris, made a “huge announcement” on Twitter last night: that he’ll open a restaurant at the world’s busiest airport named after his third album released in 2003 entitled “Chicken n’ Beer.” What the American rapper and actor neglected to [...]

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A Cappella Books relocating to Inman Park after 22 years

by on January 4, 2012 in retail

Bookstore hosting moving sale now through Jan. 31. A Cappella Books, a mainstay in the Little Five Points neighborhood since 1989, is relocating to Inman Park. The bookstore, at 484-C Moreland Avenue, will reopen at 208 Haralson Avenue February 1, Atlanta INtown Paper first tweeted. Frank Reiss, owner of A Cappella Books, announced the bookstore [...]

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[Video] 3-Dimensional views of Midtown’s soon-to-open dual-branded hotel

by on January 4, 2012 in real estate

Architect releases flyby shots of new Hilton Garden Inn/ Homewood Suites hotel on the corner of 10th and William Streets.   Click here to learn more about Midtown’s Hilton Garden Inn/ Homewood Suites project.  

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The Grape runs out of juice at Vinings Jubilee

by on January 4, 2012 in restaurants

Wine and tapas spot shutters; Shoppe of Vinings gift store a few doors down to also close. UPDATE (Jan. 13, 2012):Cafe At Pharr opening its fifth location at Vinings Jubilee Vinings Jubilee, a shopping center located in the Vinings Village since October 1986, is losing one of its long-standing restaurants. Terri Hilderhoff, property manager at [...]

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