Two new restaurants at Parkaire Landing Shopping Center were in the planning stages as the COVID-19 outbreak unfolded, and those preparations are still continuing for what are forthcoming openings.
No dates have been announced as yet for the opening of the Flying Biscuit Cafe and McCray’s Tavern.
A Flying Biscuit representative told us that “we’ve had some construction delay due to Covid. We should have a tentative date soon.”
The Atlanta-based breakfast and lunch chain announced nearly a year ago that it was coming back to East Cobb, after closing its location at Woodlawn Commons in 2010.
The Parkaire Landing location, located next to Kroger, was to have opened in the spring, along with a few other new Flying Biscuit additions in metro Atlanta and Athens.
On the other end of the retail center, in the former Loyal Q/Loyal Tavern space, McCray’s Tavern is continuing opening plans, but there’s also no other timeline they’re reporting for now except to say it’s “very, very soon.”
It will be the East Cobb debut for the Atlanta-based tavern group, which recently opened Mac’s Chophouse in the former Shillings on the Square in downtown Marietta.
McCray’s is interviewing for all positions Wednesday and Thursday from 3-7 p.m. and on Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
More details about that on the restaurant’s Facebook page.
Andrew McDonough, the East Cobb restaurant’s general manager, told East Cobb News that training for staff members is continuing this week, along with additional hiring.
He said additional sanitizing, virus testing and safety training is part of the opening plans, but he wasn’t ready to say when a hard opening would take place.
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