The Dunwoody location of Summit Coffee closed abruptly for the morning on Oct. 25, citing “unforeseen circumstances.”
Sources and posts on social media believe that the “unforeseen circumstance” was an unauthorized gathering of Turning Point Action, touted on its website as “Summit Coffee Shop Super Chase.”
The Turning Point website urged participants to gather at 10 a.m. in the parking lot of the Shops of Dunwoody, which it called the “Summit Coffee parking lot,” as a staging spot for a get-out-the-vote effort. It encouraged people to RSVP to the event on a website called tpaction.com/summitcoffee.
Summit Coffee is located in the shopping center, but does not own the center. Asana Partners purchased the center in April 2025, and it manages the property.
According to sources familiar with the incident say that Summit Coffee closed the shop because employees were worried about possible backlash for being associated with Turning Point, and they called out. The shop opened later that afternoon, according to customers.
Turning Point Action (TPAction) is an American 501(c)(4) organization and political advocacy group that works to elect conservative leaders. It was founded in 2019 by Charlie Kirk as the sister organization and political advocacy arm of Turning Point USA.
Leading up to the 2024 United States presidential election, TPAction launched “Chase The Vote,” which was focused on deploying field organizers in key states to help elect now-president Donald Trump.
Kirk, the executive director of Turning Point USA, was assassinated Sept. 10 while speaking at a rally in Utah. Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old who formerly attended Utah State University, is accused of killing Kirk.
Social media was abuzz with Summit’s closure and the reasons surrounding it, with some saying that parking lots are public entities and that no advance permission was needed in order to gather in them.
However, Georgia Code states that retail parking lots are private property and activities in them can only occur when “express permission has been given by the owner of the parking area or an authorized representative of the owner.”
Summit opened on Oct. 26 at 7 a.m. to long lines of people and homemade signs of support erected in front of the business. One sign remained when a reporter visited the site around 1 p.m. At the side entrance to Summit, it stated, “Dunwoody stands with Summit Coffee.”
Rough Draft Atlanta reached out to representatives from Summit Coffee and Asana Partners for comment. Representatives from Summit declined to comment.
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