Cafe 33 restaurant closes

East Cobb Biz Notes: Hollywood Feed opening soon; Café 33 closes; business assocations kick off new year

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Hollywood Feed Woodlawn Square, East Cobb Biz Notes

Coming soon to Woodlawn Square Shopping Center (1205 Johnson Ferry Road): Hollywood Feed, a natural pet food and supply store chain that’s growing in metro Atlanta.

They’re hiring for the East Cobb location, as well as several others in the region. Based in Memphis, Hollywood Feed operates in eight states in the South, and currently has eight stores in Georgia.

The new Hollywood Feed store at Woodlawn Square will take up suites 119 and 121, in space formerly occupied by the Sweet Spirit Christian bookstore.

Café 33 closes in Sprayberry area

In case you missed the story we posted over the weekend: Café 33, a family-homestyle restaurant operated near Sprayberry High School by former Yellow Jackets football player and Shane Clements, closed on New Year’s Eve.

The restaurant specialized in breakfast and lunch fare and also added a dinner menu, but cited a drop in foot traffic and landlord issues for shutting after more than six years.

New venue for ECBA luncheons

The East Cobb Business Association‘s monthly luncheons are moving to the Olde Towne Athletic Club (4950 Olde Towne Parkway) after several years at the Indian Hills Country Club.

The ECBA kicks off its 2018 luncheon slate next Tuesday, Jan. 16, with Cobb Commission Chairman Mike Boyce as the featured speaker. The event lasts from 11-1, starting with networking and the luncheon session starting at 11:30 a.m.

On Jan. 30, Cobb Police Precinct 4 Major Jerry Quan is the guest at the ECBA’s quarterly breakfast at J. Christopher’s East Lake (2100 Roswell Road) from 7:30-8:30 a.m.

The Northeast Cobb Business Association holds its monthly luncheon next Wednesday, Jan. 17, at its usual spot, the Piedmont Church (570 Piedmont Road), from 11:30-1. The guest speaker is Ryan Blythe from the Georgia Trade School in Acworth.

Business women who lunch

The next East Cobb Business Women Networking Lunch is scheduled for next Wednesday, Jan. 17, at Paradise Grille, in the Highland Plaza Shopping Center (3605 Sandy Plains Road) from 11:30-1. The cost to attend is free, you just pay for your own food, bring business cards and network in a supportive environment.

The host is Resonate Marketing, a female-run agency. Luncheons are the third Wednesday of the month.

 

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Café 33 restaurant closes after more than six years in Sprayberry area

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Cafe 33 restaurant closes

Late Friday night the Café 33 restaurant on East Piedmont Road announced it has closed, but gave no reason for the decision. The restaurant’s website also has been taken down, and the last day of business was New Year’s Eve.

On the restaurant’s Facebook page was the following message:

Cafe 33 would like to Thank all of our loyal customers who have supported us during the last 6 1/2 years.

We are very appreciative of your friendships and your business. We are sorry to say that we must close our doors at this time.

THANK YOU again and please continue to support the small family owned businesses in your community. We cannot survive without you.

UPDATED, 5:30 p.m. Saturday: We went by Café 33 after posting this, and noticed the same message posted in the windows and on the front door (and added the photo at the top and to the right).

All of the furniture had been cleared out of the lobby and dining area.

A further message from the restaurant about its closure was added to a comment thread earlier this afternoon:

Unfortunately, the foot traffic in the area has subsided so much that we were forced to shut the doors as well as not having support from our landlord on such issues as flooding coming in the front door, etc. We hope to maybe relocate but it wouldn’t be for a while. We will keep everyone posted…but for now Thank you from all of us.

Returning to original post: 

Café 33 was started by Shane Clements, a Sprayberry High School graduate, in honor of his mother, and opened for breakfast and lunch at 2595 Sandy Plains Road, right across the street from his old school.

The restaurant moved to the Sprayberry Collection Shopping Center across the intersection at 2595 East Piedmont Road and added a dinner menu and a catering service.

Café 33 is the second Northeast Cobb restaurant in recent weeks to close. On Christmas Eve, The Rib Ranch closed after nearly 35 years on Canton Road.

 

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