Gilbert’s Mediterranean Cafe & Bar plans expansion into bookstore’s space. Midtown’s Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse, which closed its doors on February 15 after 18 years in business, won’t sit dark for long. Gilbert’s Mediterranean Cafe & Bar located next door, will expand into the bookstore’s space, Keith Osborne, general manager at the restaurant, told What [...]
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Home Park’s Mosque building 33,000-square-foot Gym
Al-Farooq Masjid of Atlanta files permit for new gymnasium facility. Al-Farooq Masjid, a Mosque located in the Home Park neighborhood of Midtown, is expanding. The Mosque filed a permit with City of Atlanta Tuesday for the construction of a new “gymnasium facility.” The estimated cost of construction for the 33,053-square-foot gym is $200,000, according to [...]
Inman Perk Coffee raising the bar on its liquor offerings
Coffee shop renovating to add new bar area for planned beer, liquor and wine program expansion. Inman Perk Coffee is planning to take full advantage of its recently acquired liquor license. The coffee shop, at 240 N. Highland Avenue, started serving beer in August. Soon, it will open a full bar most likely serving beer, [...]
UPDATE: LA Fitness spending $2 million renovating Buckhead location
Fitness center to add pool, basketball and racquetball court. LA Fitness is moving forward with plans to renovate its Buckhead location. An employee at the fitness center, located at 3232 Peachtree Road NW, told What Now Atlanta earlier this year, the gym will get an updated look and new amenities to match future LA Fitness [...]
Hooters Downtown spending $410K on boob job
Sports bar to expand into now shuttered Goodfella’s Pizza and Wings space next door. Hooters is increasing the size of its Downtown location. The Atlanta-based American restaurant chain will take over the now shuttered Goodfella’s Pizza and Wings (McDonald’s before that), according to a permit filed with City of Atlanta Wednesday. Goodfella’s closed December of [...]
Chocolate Pink to reopen as Midtown Life Chiropractic
Chiropractor cracks cupcake shop’s back. Midtown Life Studio, a chiropractic and massage office, is relocating. The chiropractic and massage studio located at 905 Juniper Street is moving next door. It will replace the now shuttered Chocolate Pink bakery, according to Dr. Greg Graham, owner of Midtown Life. Dr. Graham told What Now Atlanta on a [...]
Midtown Promenade Shopping Center is getting more parking
Gas up the car, Atlanta! Public transit in Atlanta sucks. If you’re planning on going out this Friday night, driving that gas-guzzler is probably the only option — and parking in Atlanta’s almost always a nightmare. Want to take a taxi? Good luck finding one. And is Marta really “smarta?” Think really hard about this one, Marta [...]
Sam Flax art supply to relocate after 20 years
Brookwood Place Kroger to become art supply store’s new home. Sam Flax, the art supply store on Northside Drive for two decades, is relocating for the second time in 25 years. The art supply store was first located on Spring Street. Sam Flax will take the 36,000-square-foot space currently occupied by Kroger at Brookwood Place, [...]
Wingstop’s a go for 20 Metro Atlanta locations
Burger and Yogurt joints: move the cluck over. Should Atlanta be relieved that it’s chicken instead of beef and yogurt or appalled at the sound of 20 anythings? Wingstop, the national chicken wing chain owned by Atlanta-based Roark Capital Group, announced in a press release Thursday plans to “aggressively” expand its Atlanta presence. The chicken [...]
Parking lot to replace Sherlock’s Wine Merchant Buckhead after 30 years
Sherlock’s Wine Merchant Buckhead relocates to larger space as old location becomes parking Sherlock’s Wine Merchant Buckhead in the Parkway Place shopping center is relocating to a larger space, according to spokeswoman Elizabeth McDonald. McDonald told What Now Atlanta Wednesday that the wine store located at 3401 Northside Parkway will close to move three doors [...]
Bella Cucina’s addition of a ‘European style food hall’ forces relocation
Italian goods retailer expands concept adding “take away” counter & cooking classes Bella Cucina Artful Food is moving their Virginia Highland retail operation to a larger, nearby location. Taking space that used to be Knitch at 1044 N. Highland avenue, Bella Cucina is moving two retail spaces down from their current location at 1050 (Knitch [...]
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