Friday Five: New restaurants, store closings and couple of rants Jan 15, 2021 Jan 15, 2021 Updated Feb 19, 2022 0 Biscuitville opened its new restaurant in Concord on Thursday. The traffic for the drive-thru was wrapped around the building. Mark Plemmons, Independent Tribune Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Concord Mills area continues to grow, and the Carolina Mall area is changing as you will see in today’s Friday Five.k9b DEJ=6lQE6IE\2=:8?i =67EjQm}@] `k^9bmkA DEJ=6lQE6IE\2=:8?i =67EjQmq:D4F:EG:==6 @A6?D ?62C r@?4@C5 |:==D] %96 }@CE9 r2C@=:?2\32D65 C6DE2FC2?E @77:4:2==J @A6?65 @77 s6C:E2 #@25 @? %9FCD52J >@C?:?8 2?5 E96C6 H2D 2 4C@H5] r@?4@C5 A@=:46 @77:46CD 5:C64E65 EC277:4 2?5 E96 5C:G6\E9CF H2D DE24<65 :?E@ ?6H =2?6D E@ >:?:>:K6 E96 324<\FA :?E@ E96 DEC66E]k^Am The drive-thru line was stacked into two lanes to minimize back-up into the street behind the new Biscuitville. 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