Fire Stone Chinese restaurant to open in East Cobb in early 2023

A second location of Fire Stone Chinese Cuisine—which debuted to acclaim in the Town Center area in 2019—is set to open in East Cobb early 2023.

That’s the response we got after inquiring about the new restaurant’s timeline. Fire Stone will occupy the former Black Swan Tavern space—and for many years before that, Churchill’s Pub—at Merchants Festival (1401 Johnson Ferry Road, Suite 128).

Last week Fire Stone received an alcohol pouring license from Cobb County government, but restaurant’s response didn’t provide any further details.

Yesterday a message was posted on its Facebook page that it is beginning to hire for the East Cobb location.

Fire Stone was started by Wen-Qiang Huang, a former associate of Peter Chang of Tasty China II fame, and specializes in Sichuan dishes (menu here).

The new Fire Stone space has been vacant since the Black Swan closed in February 2020. Another vacant restaurant space at Merchants Festival, formerly Jason’s Deli, still retains that restaurant’s outside signage.

The former Pier 1 store that also closed in 2020 at Merchants Festival is now occupied by Sea of Pearls Dentistry.

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