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Midtown Promenade

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Mamanoes ... and Mama-Goes

As short-lived Midtown grocery shop exits town, a new Roaring Twenties-inspired nightclub and dessert lounge targets a November opening in the Midtown Promenade shopping center.

Well, that didn’t last long. Roughly five weeks or so after it opened for business in Midtown, Mamanoes Grocery Shop has apparently shuttered its doors. That’s the report Monday night from What Now Atlanta, which spoke recently with construction workers near the space at Peachtree and 10th streets who confirmed the closing. Mamanoes owner Antonio Boyd could not be reached for comment, but the windows for the “old-school but upscale bodega” had been blocked from public view for more than a week. Many readers were unimpressed with the new grocery shop by way of their comments on a Midtown Patch story about Mamanoes last month. Poor lighting and an unappealing presentation of goods were just two of the complaints of the store that was housed …

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Ikeahacker

2:59 pm on Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Hilarious. My thoughts exactly.   more ›

Monday, March 19, 2012

Visions for Vacancies: Royal Orchid

What do you want to see in this vacant space? Would improved parking at the Midtown Promenade shopping center help the next tenant?

Welcome to another edition of "Visions for Vacancies," where we visit a local vacant commercial building and ask you what you'd like to see go in that space. Today, we’re at the Midtown Promenade shopping center and the space that for the last 18 years housed Royal Orchid. That was until last month when the Thai restaurant closed its doors for good. Don’t concern yourself with things such as setback regulations and other zoning issues the city has to deal with. We want to know that if it were up to you, what would you like to see there? What would be the best use for the community in this space adjacent to Midtown Art Cinemas and across from Apres Diem? And while we’re here, would you like to see some parking improvements come to this …

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Hunt Archbold

4:07 pm on Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Does anyone miss Royal Orchid? I know some who loved it and others who thought it was vile. Honestly, I never ate there. I do miss NAM, that closed early last year in the Midtown Promenade center.   more ›

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