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Evos Midtown reopens, yawns, closes again

Viewpoint’s ‘healthy and environmentally sound’ fast food chain dies for a second time in two years. Evos has closed its Midtown location, again. The “healthy and environmentally sound” fast food chain located in Viewpoint, at 855 Peachtree Street, posted a sign on its entrance Wednesday announcing it had closed. “We regretfully inform you that as [...]

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Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse permanently closes; it will not relocate as planned

Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse permanently closes; it will not relocate as planned

Bookstore owner files bankruptcy, scraps plans to relocate. The corner of 10th Street and Piedmont Avenue in Midtown is going to have a very different vibe than its had for the past 15 years come Friday morning. That’s because the corner’s iconic Outwrite Bookstore & Coffeehouse has permanently closed, the bookstore announced in a letter [...]

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[Rendering] New Italian restaurant opening adjacent to Midtown’s 5 Napkin Burger

Ground breaks on Nona Mia space (formerly Sweet Devil Moon) for ‘Campagnolo.’ Peasant Restaurants, the group behind Peasant Bistro, has broken ground on a soon-to-open Italian eatery in Midtown, Creative Loafing first reported. Permits filed with City of Atlanta last September suggested the Italian restaurant would open as “Bistro 980.” Instead, it will be called [...]

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Midtown to get Senor Patron Mexican Restaurant

Eatery to open at Spire Condos. Midtown is getting a new Mexican restaurant start-up. Senor Patron filed permits to open in space formerly occupied by Fune Sushi Bar and Ultra lounge inside the Spire Condos, at 860 Peachtree Street. The space will receive new furniture, seating and bar, according to the permit. Its kitchen will also [...]

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Midtown’s ‘Bellissima’ closes after an attempt to sell it

Nightclub at Amsterdam Walk unable to secure purchaser, owner says. Anna Ragghianti, owner of the now shuttered Bellissima, announced on Facebook Wednesday her nightclub of three years has closed. Ragghianti told Project Q in November, she was going to sell the bar because she wanted “to move on, travel and work on film projects she’s [...]

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Relapse Comedy Theatre temporarily setting up shop at Atlantic Station’s Geisha House space

Improv and standup comedy theatre opening second Midtown location. Relapse Comedy Theatre is opening an impromptu location at Atlantic Station. The improv and standup comedy threatre secured a short-term lease with the Midtown development for its second intown location, according to Starr Cumming, specialty leasing and sponsorship manager at Atlantic Station. Relapse will open at [...]

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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 [...]

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Subway sandwich shop opening Technology Square store

World’s biggest restaurant chain bringing another location intown. Prayers are being answered for students at the Georgia Institute of Technology wanting to “eat fresh” on a budget. Subway, the restaurant chain that took the lead for most locations in the world surpassing McDonald’s, is opening its newest sandwich shop in Midtown. Subway currently has 35,921 [...]

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Paris Bistro opening in BB&T building at Atlantic Station

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

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

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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