East Cobb Foodie
Houston's at Wildwood to Close
The last day of business for the Windy Hill Road restaurant is Jan. 31.
The lower Powers Ferry Road corridor in East Cobb has been a troublesome place for restaurants in recent years. And now another vacancy is about to occur. According to the Atlanta restaurant, real estate and retail blog What Now, the Houston's location at Powers Ferry Road and Windy Hill Road will be closing on Jan. 31. The "upscale American casual" chain, which has three remaining locations in Atlanta, also features valet parking and does a good lunch business serving neighboring commercial and office parks, including Wildwood. No reason was given for the closing, according to the What Now post, but other nearby restaurant space has emptied out due in part to the recession. Houston's is part of a string of restaurants on the eastern side …
kc
10:47 am on Saturday, May 4, 2013
Why would anyone assume this is about "greedy property owners"? Restaurants are notoriously tough businesses. My belief is that Houston's must not be particularly good at managing their margins. They closed their dunwoody location a few years ago under the same conditions - always a wait, people loved the food, but yet it can't make money. Worse yet is that the Houston's clone - J Alexanders, … more ›