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Kalonji Bakery Closing; Sassy's Expanding; Forever 21 at Stonecrest Open

Also: ATown Wings to open near Lithonia Walmart.

Here's a roundup of recent business news from Stone Mountain and Lithonia: Kalonji Bakery Closing Bruno Kalonji of Kalonji's Cafe and Bakery, tells Patch the eatery at 933 Main St. in Stone Mountain Village will be closing at the end of December. "We'll see in the future" about opening another restaurant again someday, Kalonji said. Business was "all right" at the restaurant, he said. The Main Street Stone Mountain (MSSM) organization mentioned at the Dec. 17 Stone Mountain city council work session that New Orleans Sno Ball Cafe has looked at the space. New Orleans Sno Ball Cafe is located at 340 W. Ponce de Leon Ave. in Decatur. Sassy's Expanding Sassy's, the retail store filled with vintage items and owned by Joan Sharpe in Stone …

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Updated: Grand Opening of Expanded 'Forever 21' at Stonecrest Expected in Early January

The store will go from 9,000 to more than 20,000 square feet; job applicants should visit the company's website, listed in the article.

Editor's Note: This story has been updated and corrected with new information. Forever 21 is expanding its presence at the Mall at Stonecrest and accepting job applications. Interested applicants should go to forever21.com/careers. The clothing retailer already has a location at the mall, about 9,000 square feet, but is moving into space formerly occupied by Border's. The new store will be more than 20,000 square feet, said Don Bieler, the mall's director of marketing. The anticipated grand opening of the newly expanded store is early January, Bieler said. California-based Forever 21 opened its first store, called Fashion 21, in 1984 in Los Angeles. It describes its corporate culture this way on its website: As a fast-growing specialty …

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Leslie Johnson

9:33 am on Monday, December 17, 2012

Hi Dia, thanks! The information has been updated and corrected.   more ›