East Cobb Biz News: Emergency vet to replace Tokyo Valentino

Work crews this week officially unveiled what’s going in at the former Tokyo Valentino adult store space at 1290 Johnson Ferry Road.

A sign posted in the front window revealed the second Georgia location for Veterinary Emergency Group, a nationwide chain with 43 clinics, including one in Alpharetta.

It will be second such emergency vet clinic to locate in East Cobb in recent months, following Urgent Vet’s opening at East Cobb Crossing last September.

The VEG concept is similar to Urgent Vet, with after-hours availability and collaboration with a pet’s primary veterinarian to handle emergencies.

VEG co-founder and president David Glattstein is an Emory University graduate with investment experience. He teams up with veterinarian David Bessler, who opened his first emergency vet hospital in 2014.

Tokyo Valentino was ordered closed in July 2021 by a Cobb judge after operating without a proper business license. The adult retail store was tangled in litigation with Cobb County, which sued to permanently revoke its business license for misrepresentation.

Cobb issued a business license in March 2020 to 1290 Clothing, which listed itself as a clothing store on its business license application.

But pink and purple Tokyo Valentino signs went up when it opened in June 2020, the latest in an Atlanta-area chain of adult retail stores, with an inventory including adult lingerie and sex toys and other adult items.

Tokyo Valentino never re-opened in East Cobb, and last fall the City of Marietta revoked the business license of a Tokyo Valentino store on Cobb Parkway for similar reasons.

A Cobb judge upheld the revocation, citing a “bait and switch” tactic by Tokyo Valentino, which initially said that store would feature smoking products.

Federal litigation is still pending in that case.

Coming to Pinestraw Plaza

Visionworks, which operates more than 700 retail optical centers across the country, is coming soon to Pinestraw Plaza (4250 Roswell Road).

Customers can schedule an eye exam and choose glasses and contacts onsite in a similar concept to Warby Parker, which opened last fall at The Avenue East Cobb.

Visionworks has 15 locations in metro Atlanta, including near Cumberland Mall and Town Center at Cobb.

A growing footprint

The Big Peach Running Co. location at the Shops of Woodlawn (1062 Johnson Ferry Road, Suite C), is marking its 17th anniversary in business by expanding its space.

A wall between Big Peach and the new Cleaver and Cork butcher shop is coming down. Big Peach is open during the renovations, and continues as East Cobb’s spot for picking up community race packets (including the Walton Raider Chase on Saturday).

The East Cobb store was the second of what is now nine Big Peach Stores in metro Atlanta.

Hours are Monday-Friday 10-8, Saturday 9-6 and Sunday 12-5.

Welcome

Here are the new business licenses granted in East Cobb the week of Jan. 30-Feb. 3 by the Cobb Community Development Agency:

• AP3 Marietta, 2620 Canton Road (auto accessories and installation)
• Best in Dog, 2651 Beckwith Trail (small animal training)
• Castellanos Welding Services, 934 Old Farm Walk
• Duffy Scott Interiors, 5065 Fields Pond Cove
• Gill’s Alterations and Cleaners, 2932 Canton Road, Suite 270
• Nacho Tree Experts, 1900 Falcon Wood Place
• Le Lawn Services, 4058 Cloister Drive
• North Metro Truck Center, 2009 Dorsey Road, Suite 600 (auto repair shop)
• PLS Yoga, 1000 Johnson Ferry Road (personal trainer)
• Reesha, 3460 Sandy Plains Road, Suite 640 (barber shop)
• The Maddox Home, 4487 Trickum Road (personal care home)

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• The Avenue East Cobb redevelopment construction begins
• Mr. Clean Car Wash reopens in East Cobb
• Kai’s & Ko restaurant and lounge relaunching
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