Pavilions at East Lake

Kayhill’s Sports Bar and Grill opening soon in East Cobb

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Kayhill's Sports Bar and Grill

Coming soon to the Pavilions at East Lake, likely this month: Kayhill’s Sports Bar and Grill, next to the J. Christopher’s.

Kayhill’s will take up more than 10,000 square feet, the largest space in the retail center at 2100 Roswell Road behind the Kroger store, according to Brixmor, the Pavilions management company.

Owner James Kayhill formerly owned the Marietta Billiard Club in the East Cobb Station strip center at 1355 Roswell Road (formerly Town and Country), and in January announced the new location that was tentatively called Archer’s Place.

That’s a reference pro pool player Johnny ‘”The Scorpion” Archer, a Marietta Billiard Club headliner and Acworth resident. No word on the name change for the moment.

According to WhatNowAtlanta Kayhill’s will have billiards and dart space, but has made a more general sports bar branding decision.

It’s doing so in a competitive part of East Cobb for such a concept.

Just down the road at 2217 Roswell Road is Mazzy’s, which also features billiards and darts.

Across the street, at the East Lake Shopping Center, is longstanding The Wing Cafe and Tap House, which has live music on the weekends.

ToNeTo Atlanta is reporting that the old Marietta Billiard Club space is becoming a Planet Fitness location in an area that is trying to revitalize with the I-75 managed lanes opening soon, including an access point at Roswell Road.

 

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East Cobb Kroger gas station proposal gets OK from Planning Commission

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East Cobb Kroger gas station

 

The Cobb Planning Commission on Tuesday recommended approval of a gas station operated by Kroger at the Pavilions at East Lake Shopping Center in East Cobb

By a vote of 3-1, the planning board voted in favor of the zoning request by Kroger from Neighborhood Shopping to Community Retail Commercial (agenda item information here).

Planning commission members Andy Smith of East Cobb, Skip Gunther and Galt Porter voted in favor; Thea Powell was opposed. Judy Smith of Northeast Cobb was absent.

The vote is advisory. The Cobb Board of Commissioners will make the final decision on June 19.

Kroger wants to demolish a 10,000-square foot building on 14 acres in the front of the shopping center that’s been largely vacant for a gas station. The operating hours will be from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. seven days a week.

The building used to be occupied by a Panera Bread store, and some other smaller spaces also are empty.

Garvis Sams, an attorney for Kroger, said the layout for the fueling station (see renderings at bottom) will be similar to another Kroger development on Powers Ferry and Terrell Mill Road that was approved earlier this year.

There will be no outside storage at the fueling station, and front signage will not be on top of the fueling canopy, addressing a concern by the East Cobb Civic Association.

He also said once the gas station closes at night, the outdoor lighting also will be turned off. The site is located next to an apartment complexes, and single-family homes are located a bit further behind.

Construction hours for the gas station would be from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and no work on Sunday.

Kroger gas East Lake renderings

 

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East Cobb Biz Notes: Pet Supermarket opens at Pavilions at East Lake

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Pet Supermarket Eastlake Pavilions, Eastlake Pavilions

A new location of the Pet Supermarket has opened at the Pavilions at East Lake (2100 Roswell Road), which has welcomed a number of new businesses in recent months.

The Pet Supermarket is located in the former Ski and Snowboard store, between A.J.’s Seafood and Poboys and SnowVville Shavery.

Also opening in the same retail center recently is an Emory HealthCare Clinic, a Burn Boot Camp women’s fitness center and Benchmark Physical Therapy.

La Novia Taqueria Open for Lunch

La Novia Taqueria, which opened on Nov. 7 in Paper Mill Village for dinner, is now serving lunch seven days a week: from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Saturday and from 11:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Sunday.

Taking Another Road

High Road Craft Ice Cream, with headquarters in the West Oak Commons office park off Allgood Road, posted an interesting announcement on its Facebook page over the weekend: It’s getting off Facebook (where it has more than 25,000 followers), and using other social media channels and incorporating more offline methods of marketing:

“Facebook has become less about sharing and connecting. (We see your heads nodding). There’s a lot of anger in here. It’s divisive. Frankly, it sucks now (save for the cute pictures of the grandkids).”

The post also expressed frustration with figuring out Facebook’s advertising algorithm, calling its revenue model “a money pit” being dominated by larger companies.

Among the changes High Road plans for its revamped promotional efforts is to “prioritize face to face human interaction,” “use devices and digital technologies as tools, not lifelines or appendages” and to start a podcast after the first of the year.

High Road is still on Twitter (@highroadcraft) and Instagram (@highroadcraft) for now, but the bottom line, according to the post, is “to gun for more substance and less eye-candy.”

A number of readers said they don’t use those social media channels or listen to podcasts, and asked for an e-mail newsletter.

Also opening up in East Cobb

According to the Cobb Community Development office, the following new businesses were granted licenses last week:

  • Agape Recovery House, 3300 Woods Field Drive (business management);
  • Alexandra Hodgson, 328 Penny Lane (bookkeeping/accounting);
  • ANS Property Inspection, 3271 Normandy Circle (home inspection service);
  • Connico, 4960 McPherson Drive (business management);
  • Conscious Creations, 3860 Edenborough Place (mail order);
  • Judy’s Country Kitchen, 2745 Sandy Plains Road (restaurant);
  • Keystone Consulting, 302 Rolling Rock Road (consultant service);
  • La Pargo Shoes & More, 832 Wood Hollow Drive (retail clothing);
  • Marco’s Pizza, 2986 Johnson Ferry Road (restaurant);
  • Mountain Park Fitbody Bootcamp, 4750 Alabama Road (fitness trainer);
  • Pipes Mechanical, 831 Fern Street (plumbing contractor);
  • RB Estates, 3930 Summer Breeze Court (building contractor);
  • SiteMed North America, 1634 White Circle (physician);
  • Superior Chick Services, 2501 East Piedmont Road (business management).