Hundreds of friends, customers, colleagues and vendors gathered Friday to celebrate the newest Cook's Warehouse location at the Ansley Mall in Atlanta.

The 6,500-square-foot space at Piedmont Avenue and Monroe Drive, formerly occupied by Piccadilly Cafeteria, replaces the Amsterdam Avenue location Mary Moore first opened in March 1995. Since opening her first store, Moore has grown her business to 48 associates in three locations.

The flagship store's grand opening celebration benefited the Atlanta Community Food Bank and For the Kid in All of Us.

The Cook's Warehouse is home to three stores in the Midtown, Decatur and Brookhaven areas of Georgia. It offers more than 15,000 products for the kitchen and operates the largest avocational cooking school in the Southeast, conducting more than 600 classes yearly, often taught by local chefs, and has a large Web-based delivery-by-post site. The new location is a showcase for professional-grade appliances such as built-in refrigerators, ranges, dishwashers, ice makers and more from brands such as Miele, Sub-Zero and Wolf.

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