first to appear Chick-fil-A A restaurant at the Greenbrier Mall that has been in business for nearly 56 years is set to close on Saturday, May 20. many local news outlet A sign posted on a food court stall. Google and restaurants Facebook page List the place as “permanently closed”.
A sign at Greenbrier Mall says Chick-fil-A opens at 11am on Saturdays and closes by 4pm.
Chick-fil-A grew out of the success of the landmark Atlanta Subway restaurant owned by its late founder, Tuyet Kathy. dwarf grill The Hapeville restaurant (later renamed The Dwarf House) opened in 1946. Hapeville Restaurant is also the birthplace of the Chick-fil-Aid chicken sandwich. Kathy eventually licensed her fried chicken sandwiches to several restaurants in the area, then opened Chick-fil-A’s first store in her mall at Greenbrier in 1967, and then began selling her fried chicken sandwiches. It has built an entire fast food empire at its core.
It’s unclear why the company is closing its historic Greenbrier Mall store or whether its employees will be given jobs at other Chick-fil-A stores in Atlanta. Chick-fil-A has not yet responded to multiple requests for comment on the decision to close Greenbrier Mall.
For many natives and longtime Atlanta residents, the closure of this particular Chick-fil-A is the end of an era. For others, this is another sign of the decline of the old shopping malls. Lacking the charm you once enjoyed, because people like the convenience of online shopping. Most once-bustling shopping malls across America now have empty stores and half-empty parking lots. Gone are the days when throngs of teenagers flocked to malls after school and on weekends to shop, socialize, and eat.
So what is the future of Greenbrier Mall if Chick-fil-A and other major brands and anchor tenants exit the shopping complex? Shopping malls like Metro Atlanta stone crest, North DeKalb Malland North Point Mall Major multi-million dollar renovations are underway to create a mixed-use development and entertainment district with housing, offices, retail and restaurants, as well as green space for outdoor community events.
The old Sears building in the Mall of Stonecrest will become a 13-store food hall in 2024, including local spots like the Atlanta Breakfast Club, The Original Hot Dog Factory and Dope Coffee.The updated complex already includes seaquest aquarium. North DeKalb Mall is being transformed into Leura Hills, a 73-acre development with apartments, townhomes, hotels, boardwalks, new retail and restaurants.And a proposal to redo the vast site North Point Mall Consolidation of the Alpharetta complex into a work-play district continues to be discussed.
Back in 2021, Atlanta food culture writer Mike Jordan wrote about what he called “the ghosts of Christmas past” at the Greenbrier Mall. Atlanta magazine, speculate about the mall’s future and reflect on its past. Its past includes Atlanta music producer Jermaine Dupri discovering several children there who would later become hip-hop duo Chris Cross. Today, the Greenbrier He mall still attracts Atlanta sneakerheads, frequented by stores like Foot His Lockers and Foot Actions.
Jordan wrote last year about all the new developments happening around Greenbrier Mall: Capital B Atlanta is asking local residents to share their views on future plans for the surrounding area. Providing affordable housing, amenities and restaurants for those already living near the dilapidated mall was a top priority.
“Now, one of the last major brands to leave Greenbrier. An incredibly successful brand with headquarters here in the Atlanta area. You have to wonder if it continues to attract enough customers to sustain its subsistence,” Jordan says of Chick-fil-A’s closure.
“It’s not like Chick-fil-A kept the lights on, but the lights are certainly going to get darker at Greenbrier without this unique landmark,” he added.
Nearly 60 years after opening in Greenbrier Mall, there are now over 3,000 Chick-fil-A restaurants around the world. All of these stores are famously closed on Sundays, which reflects Chick-fil-A’s conservative tendencies. reputation. While Chick-fil-A restaurants open in new markets, the company also remains committed to its social and political conservative stance and long history of donating to organizations with anti-LGBTQ causes. In recent years, there have been attempts to clarify corporate messages on these issues and take a “more focused approach to donations.”
2841 Greenbrier Parkway, Atlanta.
