Several months after attempting to turn a Canton Road restaurant into a liquor store, the owner of Bay Breeze Seafood said the dining establishment is “closed until further notice.”
In a posting on Facebook Friday night, Bay Breeze management didn’t give a reason, and didn’t indicate if or when the restaurant might reopen.
“After 15 years I am sad to say that we will be closed until further notice. Thank you all for your support and for being part of the Bay Breeze Marietta Family!” the message stated.
“If you are looking for delicious seafood and Bay Breeze favorites come visit us at our location in Mableton, Georgia. Marietta gift cards are still valid there. Thank you all!”
East Cobb News has left a message with Bay Breeze seeking more information.
Bay Breeze is located at 2418 Canton Road, just below the intersection of Piedmont Road, and specialized in serving fresh grilled and fried seafood entrees and platters.
But last fall, ownership applied with Cobb County government to convert the 10,000-square-foot freestanding building into a liquor store.
The Cobb Business License Division denied the application after community opposition surfaced, and the denial was upheld by the Cobb Business License Review Board.
Owner Steve Constantinou appealed those denials, and his request was to have gone before the Cobb Board of Commissioners in September.
But a week later, Constantinou withdrew the request for an appeal with prejudice, meaning the case could not come back up again.
Several commenters on Bay Breeze’s Facebook posting Friday and Saturday said they were surprised by the news of the restaurant’s closure.
A woman said she drove 45 minutes to dine there “and the doors were locked and lights were out.”
Another poster replied that “well you can blame that on our owner. He didn’t tell us anything. We had all been there for years and now we are jobless. We were told we might open back up, but now seeing this post, I guess that’s not happening.”
Another customer said that the “last time I went there the food was not what it use to be and prices had gone up a lot. Used to go couple of times a week. Sorry.”
In addition to the Mableton location on Veterans Memorial Highway, Bay Breeze also operates a restaurant in Hampton, south of Atlanta.
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