After being granted an alcohol license earlier this week, the forthcoming Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar location at Sandy Plains Marketplace in East Cobb is moving ahead with its opening plans.
Amy Nedwell, director of marketing for the Colorado-based gourmet burger chain, told us that opening is slated for late May to early June.
This will be the fifth Bad Daddy’s location in metro Atlanta and second in Cobb, to go with another in Smyrna.
Like the recent return of the Flying Biscuit Cafe to East Cobb (previous coverage here), Bad Daddy’s had to get final approval of its alcohol license from the Cobb Board of Commissioners.
That’s because of Bad Daddy’s proximity to the The Art Place.
The Cobb ordinance allowing restaurants serving alcohol requires them to be at least 600 feet from homes, schools, religious institutions, parks and recreation centers, day care centers, addiction treatment centers and libraries.
The Art Place is a facility of the Cobb Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs, and stands 560 feet from the Bad Daddy’s space.
The Cobb Business License Division initially denied an alcohol license based on those grounds. An appeal was filed, and on April 1 the Cobb License Review Board voted 5-0 to grant a distance waiver, just as it had for Jim ‘N Nick’s BBQ at Sandy Plains Marketplace, and which is closer to The Art Place than Bad Daddy’s.
A distance waiver requires final approval by county commissioners, who passed the measure for beer, wine, liquor and Sunday sales for Bad Daddy’s on their consent agenda.
In addition to its burger and food menu, Bad Daddy’s serves beer, wine and cocktails.
When it opens, Bad Daddy’s operating hours will be Sunday-Thursday from 11 am. to 10 p.m. and Friday-Saturday from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
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The alcohol licensing rules are so stupid. I imagine that opening a restaurant is difficult and high risk enough without having to deal with these rusty bureaucrats .