Props for The Cook's Warehouse

About.com's "Best Kitchen Retailer" has a location at Merchant's Walk Shopping Center.

The Cook’s Warehouse, with a location at East Cobb's Merchant's Walk Shopping Center, has won About.com’s 2012 Reader’s Choice poll for Best Kitchenware Retailer. The contest, conducted online, included Cook’s as well as King Arthur Flour, Bed Bath and Beyond, Sur La Table and Chef’s Catalog. “We’re so pleased and thankful for our customers who nominated and voted for us in this national poll,” said Mary S. Moore, founder and CEO of The Cook’s Warehouse. “Our sales associates and our support staff try every day to exceed our customers’ expectations and we believe this poll validates the dedication of every Cook’s Warehouse employee, from the front line to the back office.” Nominations ended at the beginning of February with the top five …

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Luck of the Walk is Thursday

Get an early start on St. Patrick's Day tonight with shopping savings, music and family fun at Merchant's Walk.

Guests attending Thursday's Luck of the Walk event at Merchant's Walk Shopping Center will enjoy top 40s cover songs performed by live band Tomorrow People. But that's hardly all that will take place as the East Cobb retailer gets a head start on St. Patrick's Day festivities.  The event, which lasts from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., will also include a children’s activity area featuring a coloring station, balloon art and face painting and extended shopping hours and special savings offered Merchant's Walk retailers and restaurants. Members of the Walton High School Key Club have also volunteered to come out and help keep children safe and entertained in the activity area.  Luck of the Walk is free and is open to the public. 

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Small Business Q&A: Back By Popular Demand Consignment

This year-old store at Merchant's Walk will be more than doubling in size this spring.

Back By Popular Demand Consignment store owner Melissa Baxter knows how to make money. And she does it in a win-win, fun way. Consigners turn their old clothes into cash and shoppers pay a fraction of retail prices for designer and everyday brands. Scheduled monthly events bring in new business as well as private parties where shoppers have the store to themselves and buy at a discount. In addition to her Merchant's Walk store, Baxter's consignment holdings include 8,000 square feet of retail space in Lilburn. At 30, Baxter owns a mall that is divided into two women's clothing stores. The stores had a semi-annual $1 sale yesterday. All proceeds went towards the care of a rescued German Shepherd-mix dog. "The dollar sale has grown so big …

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Kohl's Scholarship Nominations Begin

Kohl’s Department Stores will be accepting nominations for outstanding young volunteers beginning next week for the 2012 Kohl’s Cares® Scholarship Program.

Does your child volunteer? Kohl’s will award more than 2,200 young volunteers more than $440,000 in scholarships and prizes, honoring kids who have made a positive impact on their communities. Nominations for kids ages six to 18 will be accepted Feb. 1–March 15 at kohlskids.com, and nominators must be 21 years or older. The Kohl’s Cares®Scholarship Program is part of Kohl’s Cares®, Kohl’s philanthropic program focused on improving the lives of children. Since the program began in 2001, Kohl’s has recognized more than 15,000 kids with more than $3 million in scholarships and prizes. To learn more about last year’s winners, visit kohlskids.com. East Cobb residents can shop Kohl's at 1289 Johnson Ferry Road, in the Merchant's Walk Shopping …

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A Feast of Fall Cooking Classes

The Cook's Warehouse, newly opened in East Cobb, offers a wide variety of cooking classes to suit any home chef, and most palates.

The Fall 2011 class schedule has been released by The Cook's Warehouse with its usual depth of cuisine and subject matter. From “Knife Skills 101 Hands On” to advanced, hands-on classes with local chefs, there are more than 150 classes to pick from and one for every age level and interest in this quarter’s classes. Well-known local chefs – including Brent Banda of La Tavola Trattoria, Ian Winslade of Murphy’s, Ron Eyester of Rosebud and The Family Dog, Kenneth Bills of Fleming’s Steakhouse, Chad Clevenger of Alma Cocina and Jimmy Meas of Aja – will be at the head of a class. Visiting chefs include three well-known figures in the culinary world:  Todd English, signing his newCooking in Everyday English: The ABCs of Great Flavor at Home; …

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The Cook's Warehouse Opens in East Cobb

Another major retailer held its grand opening ceremonies Thursday at the Merchant's Walk Shopping Center.

The Cook's Warehouse on Thursday opened its fourth store located in the newly renovated Merchants Walk shopping center. “East Cobb has been the most-requested store location since the day I opened The Cook’s Warehouse in 1995," said Mary Moore, founder and owner. "The area has a vibrant demographic, a strong sense of community, is very friendly to business, and a thorough review of registrants to our cooking school showed a significant percentage from East Cobb came to our classes. “Finally, the re-birth of Merchant’s Walk and the location next to our close friend Whole Foods Market sealed the deal." The Cook's Warehouse offers more than 15,000 products for the kitchen and operates the largest avocational cooking school in the Southeast, …

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Getting Down to Business

More Merchant's Walk Stores Opening

Verizon Wireless and The Cook's Warehouse are the newest stores to open their doors, with Seed Restaurant soon to follow.

The redeveloped Merchant's Walk Shopping Center continues to take shape. Last Thursday, officials from the Cobb Chamber of Commerce were on hand for the ribbon-cutting of a Verizon Wireless store that has been relocated from the Providence Square shopping center.  This coming Thursday, The Cook's Warehouse will open its doors next to the new Whole Foods location, with its inventory of cookware as well as classes, gadgets, equipment and services catering to home cooks and entertainers.  And in perhaps the most anticipated opening at Merchant's Walk since Whole Foods, high-profile Atlanta chef Doug Turbush will open Seed Kitchen & Bar in October after leaving the upscale Buckhead Asian restaurant Bluepointe. In a recent mini-profile, …

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Grand Reopening for Kohl's at Merchant's Walk

Remodeling of East Cobb location is complete.

While plenty of new construction goes on around it, the Kohl's location at the Merchant's Walk Shopping Center has been under reconstruction. The remodeling project is complete, and all day today the department store will celebrate a Grand Reopening event. All existing Merchant's Walk stores got an exterior facelift earlier this year in preparation for the opening of a variety of stores. Marlow's Tavern, adjacent to Kohl's, began serving in January. Whole Foods, the centerpiece of the revamped retail center, will open in late July, and a Cook's Warehouse location also will open this summer.  Other new stores include Gigi's Cupcakes and a new Chipotle location, both of which are open, and Mirko Pasta, which is opening soon.  Renovations to …

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