Houston-based Ignite Restaurant Group has just opened a 6040 square foot Brick House Tavern + Tap in Neptune in eastern New Jersey. It is the sports themed chain’s second in the state and 20th in total. The 260-seat restaurant is located on Route 66. The sports tavern fare includes a wide choice of appetizers, entrees and daily specials such as its scratch-made pork meatball hero sandwiches, crispy, hot duck wings and other American classic dishes as well as variety of specialty cocktails and more than 80 beers and beer cocktails. The casual chain appears to be in a growth mode having opened four locations in the past five months.
CATEGORY: Full Service Casual Sports-themed
Chain Name: Brick House Tavern & Tap
Company Name: Ignite Restaurant Group Inc.
Street Address: 9900 Westpark Dr., Suite 300, Houston, Texas 77063
Tel: 713/366-7500 Fax:
Email: info@igniterestaurants.com Website: www.brickhousetavernandtap.com
Menu Specialty: American fare, chef-inspired menu, handcrafted cocktails, local, craft & imported beers
Introduced: 2008
No. of Locations: 20 restaurants in about ten U.S. states.
Areas of Operation: National
Types of Location:
BusinessType (corp., franchise, jv): Franchise
Size Req’d: Approximately 5000 to 7000 sq.ft.
Special Requirements (patio, drive-thru, etc):
Contact Name: Ray Blanchette – President, CEO Ignite Restaurant Group
Michael Dixon – President, CFO Ignite Restaurant Group
Jim Kuhn – President, Brick House Tavern & Tap
Ellen Clarry – Sen Vice President, Quality Assurance, Global Supply Chain, Ignite Restaurant Group
Edward Engel – Gen. Counsel, SEn Vice President, Corp Sec Ignite Restaurant Group
Robin Ahearn – Chief Marketing Officer, Ignite Restaurant Group
Edward McGraw – Chief Development Officer, Ignite Restaurant Group
Tom Hundrieser – Dir Real Estate (630/665-7850 thundrieser@igniterestaurants.com)
Sam Rothchild - Vice President Franchising (678/333-9684 srothchild@igniterestaurants.com)
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PARENT COMPANY: Ignite Restaurant Group Inc., Houston, Texas
Related Chains: Joe’s Crab Shack, Romano’s Macaroni Grill
Last Report: Restaurant & QSR Expansion Report #108 Last Update:
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