Tag: Buckhead
An introduction to Buckhead boutiquing
If you get chest pains just thinking about massive retail developments, Buckhead also has some of the city’s finest boutiques tucked away in smaller shopping centers.
September 2014
It really hasn’t been that many years (eight, to be precise) since the forces of money, politics, and good taste combined to chase the raucous bars of Buckhead Village into extinction. It seems longer, though, doesn’t it?
Rules of the Buckhead dating game, according to The Bachelor’s Kelly Travis
The moment that Kelly Travis and her entourage glide onto the King + Duke patio, a red-faced, middle-aged man offers a round of drinks. Travis quietly warns her posse, “He’s not the kind of guy you’d want to date.”
4 Buckhead people to know
Everything you need to know about Sara Blakely, Donald Gesell, Robin Loudermillk, and Andres Loaiza.
Exclusive: Updates on Buckhead Atlanta
A few months ago, we announced the first 16 retailers coming to the billion-dollar mixed-use Buckhead Atlanta, by San Diego–based developer Oliver McMillan, slated to open September 18. As of today, add plans for six more: Warby Parker, Bonobos, Alice + Olivia, La Perla, Courage. b, and Intermix.
Bowling gets fancy at Buckhead’s Painted Pin
Broad appeal is what we’ve come to expect in the last decade and a half from Concentrics Restaurants, the minds behind One Midtown Kitchen, Two Urban Licks, and the Spence, among others. The group’s founder, Bob Amick, has proven that even in a fickle business, he can draw in crowds and keep them coming. But does success run in the family? It would appear so.
Q&A: Scoop NYC’s CEO dishes on the forthcoming Buckhead Atlanta location
Next month, retailers are scheduled to start opening their doors at the long-awaited $1 billion Buckhead Atlanta development. Among luxury stores like Etro and Moncler is Scoop NYC, a one-stop shop with shoes, accessories, and designer and contemporary labels for men and women. Founded in New York in 1996, Scoop is aimed at a young, fashion-forward crowd, and this will be its seventeenth store in the U.S.—but its first in the Southeast. We got the scoop from CEO Susan Davidson (who is also CEO of Zac Posen) on how the brand views the Atlanta market, Southern style, and fall trends.
Finally! Buckhead Atlanta shops announced
For years, talk of fancy shops at Peachtree and Roswell roads in Buckhead has buzzed and abated as the cranes creaked on and off. Finally, as the mixed-use Buckhead Atlanta development fills the longtime hole in the ground, the chatter comes to fruition.