[Photo] Aerial shot of SkyHouse Luxury Apartment’s future Midtown site

Aerial Photography Inc. captures the location for Novare Group’s planned 23-story apartment high-rise. For more of  Eaton’s aerial photography, click here. Related articles: Shocker: Novare Group to spend $34 million building 325,600-square-foot Midtown apartment highrise Architectural feud: Designer challenges Novare to a duel over its proposed Midtown apartment highrise 23-story ‘SkyHouse Luxury Apartments’ planned for [...]

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Why Atlantic Station is replacing Cold Stone Creamery with Yogli Mogli

Development authority says the ice cream shop couldn’t keep up with high volume of movie goers. Cold Stone Creamery is closing its Atlantic Station location. The ice cream shop will be replaced by Yogli Mogli, a self-serve frozen yogurt concept, according to Dotan Zuckerman, leasing manager for Atlantic Station. Yogli Mogli secured a lease with [...]

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Downtown’s French American Brasserie closes

  Owners to focus efforts on new Buckhead concept. French American Brasserie (F.A.B.) has closed its Downtown location. The French restaurant, at 30 Ivan Allen Jr. Boulevard, shuttered Saturday, according to an announcement Sunday on its Facebook page. “We want all of our loyal fans and patrons to be the first to know that as [...]

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Buckhead’s Saskatoon to reopen as Olde Towne Tavern & Grille

Restaurant franchise ventures inside the perimeter to open its fourth location. Olde Towne Tavern & Grille is opening an intown location. The sports bar will replace the now shuttered Saskatoon restaurant in Buckhead. Saskatoon first replaced Harry Bissett’s of Athens at its space inside the Atrium at Buckhead (formerly Alexan Buckhead), a luxury retail and residential [...]

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Revealed! Ponce City Market’s first confirmed tenant is Dancing Goats Coffee Bar

Revealed! Ponce City Market’s first confirmed tenant is Dancing Goats Coffee Bar

Decatur coffee shop opening temporary store at development’s marketing center until its permanent space becomes available. Ponce City Market’s first tenant is coming this spring to the Midtown mixed-use development. Dancing Goats, a coffee bar in Decatur, will open a temporary store in the former auto-service bay area on the corner of Glen Iris and [...]

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Spice Route Supper Club owner’s Cardamom Hill to open January 2

Chef Asha Gomez bringing Kerala Cuisine to West Midtown. The Berkeley Heights district of West Midtown is getting a restaurant inspired by Southern India. Asha Gomez, executive chef and partner at Spice Route Supper Club, an underground dinner series, will open Cardamom Hill January 2, according to a press release Tuesday. It was originally slated [...]

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Tierra Restaurant to shutter day after its 13th anniversary

Tierra Restaurant to shutter day after its 13th anniversary

Bistro owners tell Atlanta Magazine it’s closing in February. Tierra Restaurant, a Latin American and Caribbean bistro, will close for business early next year. The restaurant, at 1425 Piedmont Avenue NE, will shut its doors on Feb. 17, 2012, Atlanta Magazine reported Tuesday. Tierra will celebrate its thirteenth year in business the day before it [...]

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CVS/pharmacy spending $733K to open Downtown Store

Pharmacy takes space at Peachtree Center North Tower. CVS/pharmacy is opening a Downtown location. The retail pharmacy filed a permit with City of Atlanta last week for tenant finishes to its new 13,000-square-foot store inside Peachtree Center North Tower. CVS/pharmacy will spend an estimated $732,500 to convert space, at 235 Peachtree Street, into the drug [...]

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Cavalia to take 210,000 pound dump on Midtown

The thrills, chills and spills of a 70-horse show forces company to adopt ‘horse manure management.’ After watching Cavalia-Odysseo’s show-stopping sequences that blend six foot two African acrobats, eye popping visuals and a magnificent equestrian ballet, a thought occurred to us: where does Cavalia put all the horse crap? Cavalia’s 100,000-square-foot big top tent soaring [...]

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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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Update: Midtown restaurant not ‘amused’ with our report of its possible closure

Amuse! told What Now Atlanta over the phone it might close, then emailed us a different story. After being tipped off by industry insiders that Amuse! would shutter, What Now Atlanta asked Haykel Arfaooui, general manager at the French bistro, if it was going to close, in a telephone interview Tuesday. “Nothing is finalized at [...]

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