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Benihana to renovate its Downtown location

Japanese restaurant filed permit for interior and exterior remodel. Benihana Japanese restaurant is about to undergo extensive renovations. The Japanese Restaurant, at 229 Peachtree Street, filed a permit with City of Atlanta for an interior remodel to its sushi bar, bar and lighting as well as to its storefront. What Now Atlanta spoke with Jeannie [...]

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The Georgia Aquarium’s retail provider spending $650K to renovate main gift store

Aquarium to open temporary gift shop during construction. The largest of The Georgia Aquarium’s two gift shops is slated for renovations. A permit citing construction costs of $650,000 was filed with City of Atlanta for the project. The aquarium’s retailer provider, Event Network, will be funding the renovations, Mackenzie Anderson, public relations specialist for the [...]

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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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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, [...]

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Buckhead Place Shopping Center ~ What Now Atlanta

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 [...]

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Hotel Indigo opens Fox Theatre inspired restaurant, plans floor-by-floor renovations

Boutique hotel opens 683 Midtown Bar and Bistro, phase one of its scheduled renovations. The Fabulous Fox Theatre is influencing one Atlanta hotel to tell the story of its Midtown neighborhood. Hotel Indigo Atlanta Midtown, the first of 38 global boutique hotels from InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), is getting a Fox Theatre inspired makeover, according [...]

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Goodfellas Downtown ~ what now atlanta

Is Atlanta’s last Goodfellas location permanently closed?

Midtown pizza joint abruptly shutters for renovations. Goodfellas Pizza & Wings has temporarily closed its Midtown location, the last of three metro Atlanta stores. The pizza and wings restaurant on Spring Street has signs posted to its windows and entrance alerting patrons that it’s closed for renovations but plans on reopening. Goodfellas’ Downtown location was [...]

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Coca-Cola’s 30-acre North Avenue headquarters slated for major renovations

Project to create 350-400 construction jobs during first phase. Coca-Cola Co. is planning a construction and redesign project to update its North Avenue campus, according to AJC’s Jeremiah McWilliams. Phase one demolition and construction will begin late spring and early summer of next year beginning with the creation of a “first-floor Main Street corridor throughout [...]

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Headlines Bar & Grill slated for $1.2 Million renovation

Philips Arena restaurant to undergo remodel. UPDATE (Dec. 4, 2011): [Renderings] Philips Arena collaborating with Buckhead Life’s Pano Karatassos to open $2 million restaurant Headlines Bar & Grill at Philips Arena is scheduled for a major remodel. The 14,000-square-foot Downtown restaurant will undergo interior renovations, according to a permit filed with City of Atlanta Friday. [...]

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[Rendering] Radial Café adding dinner service and bar

Candler Park resto to update interior with “reclaimed” bar. Radial Café is under new ownership and is undergoing some changes. Frank Bragg, former director of communications at Metrotainment Cafes, took over the café located at 1530 Dekalb Avenue late last year when the previous owner, Phil Palmer, took to London with his partner. Bragg was [...]

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