All we know is what you see on the sign: The restaurant building that formerly housed Houston’s on Powers Ferry Road at Windy Hill Road soon will be occupied by The Orient, which will feature a variety of Asian cuisine.
We haven’t seen a business license that’s been granted and are working to learn more, and have been asked by a few people about what’s been stirring in that space even before the pandemic.
It’s been empty for more than two years, after Sage Woodfire Tavern closed up, after only a year in business.
The property at 3050 Windy Hill Road is not part of the former Restaurant Row that’s being replaced by a mixed-use development under construction.
That development, by Atlanta-based Greystar, will include the Rose and Crown Tavern, the last of the old Restaurant Row businesses to remain.
The new tavern will be included in the middle of the project along with a small amount of retail space. The major projects are the Elan at Powers Ferry, an apartment building, and Overture at Powers Ferry, an active senior-living community (and East Cobb News sponsor).
Further up Powers Ferry Road, the MarketPlace Terrell Mill project also is taking shape, with another major apartment building nearing completion.
For now, the only restaurants that have opened are a Panera Bread and a Wendy’s. A reader alerted us to a report in WhatNowAtlanta that there will be a Los Abuelos Mexican Grill coming next fall.
The project of Connolly Development and Eden Rock Real Estate Partners also will feature a Kroger superstore, but that’s slated for the final phase of construction,
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