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Midtown? I haven't heard that term used yet. So if Pleasantburg/Haywood is "Midtown", is Woodruff Road then Buckhead?
I've heard that area referred to as Midtown before by city officials. LOl at Woodruff Rd being Buckhead though. More like the sprawl and strip malls of Gwinnett.
DineEquity, parent company of Applebee's and IHOP, has been closing underperforming locations. The Applebee's at Shops at Woodruff must have been among the underperforming locations.
I am a bit surprised that was an underperforming location. But I would rather dine there than travel further down congested Woodruff Rd. to either Friday's or Ruby Tuesday. And even if sales were down, they should have waited on Chili's to close nearby and see if they could pick up some of that business. But probably someone in some distant corporate office made that decision based strictly upon numbers and spreadsheets and did not really analyze local conditions. Sales could have improved with Chili's closing.
But with both Chili's and Applebee's soon closed, hopefully some other restaurant will take their place. Would love to see a diner like a Denny's, Shoney's, or better yet a real Big Boy. But we shall see. The old Fatz that became a sports bar still remains vacant down the street. And is the old Perkins that became a Staxx affiliated diner still closed? Some sort of diner should also go there.
Doesn't surprise me one bit about Applebees, Last time I ate at one it was like they just microwaved a tv dinner and served it too me. I haven't been back to one since because the experience was so horrible.
I was not aware that quality had declined. I enjoy Ruby Tuesday and the salad bar; I just don't like traveling to that congested location on Woodruff Rd.
That will make Bojangles, Applebees, and Chilis all closed by mid august. Krispy Kreme and Hardees are left.
The Bojangle's closed because they built a new location further down Woodruff Rd. near Five Forks. The Hardee's and Krispy Kreme still perform well and have no plans of closing.
I feel like this would be a good opportunity for Hardee’s to rebuild. The newer one on East Noth Street looks nice.
That Hardee's on Woodruff Rd. was just recently renovated a few years ago with a new design and a new front fascade. And the inside was also repainted and replacement seating installed. It is not yet due a rebuild or renovation. But the East North St. location is an alternate new design that indeed looks nice and has been built since CKE took over. The older Hardee's on Woodruff Rd. was an original design built back when Hardee's was based in NC and owned by Imasco. I can't recall if that particular Hardee's was an original corporate location or was operated by Spartanburg franchise Flagstar, formerly Spartan Food Systems owned by former Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson. But the new CKE designs for Carl's Jr. and Hardee's are very nice.
That Hardee's on Woodruff Rd. was just recently renovated a few years ago with a new design and a new front fascade. And the inside was also repainted and replacement seating installed. It is not yet due a rebuild or renovation. But the East North St. location is an alternate new design that indeed looks nice and has been built since CKE took over. The older Hardee's on Woodruff Rd. was an original design built back when Hardee's was based in NC and owned by Imasco. I can't recall if that particular Hardee's was an original corporate location or was operated by Spartanburg franchise Flagstar, formerly Spartan Food Systems owned by former Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson. But the new CKE designs for Carl's Jr. and Hardee's are very nice.
It was a Flagstar unit. I can't remember the number, but it was. The only 2 that I can remember are both gone.. #5 was the unit at I-85 and Augusta that was lost when the road was redesigned in the 90's and #14 was the N Pleasantburg location beside Wendy's that is (or was) a Title Loan place. E North St could possibly be considered a 'replacement' of sorts for that unit (Though built ~15 years after the original closed down)..
I don't know of any locations in the upstate that were corporate owned while Flagstar was still a franchisee. Greenwood and Anderson (And Hendersonville/Asheville) were not Flagstar, but a different franchisee.. When they switched to Popeye's after the chicken fiasco, CKE built new units in those cities.
It was a Flagstar unit. I can't remember the number, but it was. The only 2 that I can remember are both gone.. #5 was the unit at I-85 and Augusta that was lost when the road was redesigned in the 90's and #14 was the N Pleasantburg location beside Wendy's that is (or was) a Title Loan place. E North St could possibly be considered a 'replacement' of sorts for that unit (Though built ~15 years after the original closed down)..
I don't know of any locations in the upstate that were corporate owned while Flagstar was still a franchisee. Greenwood and Anderson (And Hendersonville/Asheville) were not Flagstar, but a different franchisee.. When they switched to Popeye's after the chicken fiasco, CKE built new units in those cities.
When CKE acquired Hardee's they later also bought the former Flagstar franchise locations. At one time Flagstar, formerly Spartan Food Systems based in Spartanburg, was the largest franchisee of Hardee's and was owned by former Carolina Panthers owner jerry Richardson. Flagstar also owned Quincy's and Denny's, but they were also sold when Richardson developed ownership of the Panthers.
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