Rok:Brgr is a gourmet burger bar and gastropub concept that features over 17 signature burgers on the menu. The restaurants also offer several ‘comfort food’ items such as mac n’ cheese, meatloaf and lobster corn dogs, all made with fresh…
CiCi’s Adds Operations, Franchise Vets
Pizza buffet restaurant chain, CiCi’s Pizza has hired two new vice presidents to improve operational systems and help grow the chain. Steven Jones has been named Vice President of Operation services and Training and Brett Willis has joined the company as…
Veteran Franchisees Go Mexican
Construction is underway on the first 3 Pepper Burrito Co, a new quick casual Mexican restaurant concept set to open at the Target and Publix-anchored center at Santa Barbara Blvd and Veteran’s Pkwy in Cape Coral in Southwest Florida. The…
Authentic Brazilian in Central Florida Mall
In late June, Brazilian steakhouse Rodizio Grill opened its second location in Florida and its first in Melbourne in East Central Florida. “With the success of our first store in Florida, opening a second seemed like the right choice,” said…
First Florida Rib City Franchise
Later in the year, the Fort Myers, Florida-based Rib City chain will open its 17th franchise at the new Grant Station in Grant-Valkaria, a community just south of Melbourne on Florida’s East Coast. Located at 5390 US Hwy 1, the…
A New Doughnut in Town
Athan ‘Tom’ Prakas and Davin Tran launched Rhino Doughnuts & Coffee on the belief that all Americans deserve delicious, chef-made doughnuts and craft-brewed, small-batch-roasted coffee in a cutting-edge atmosphere. The first location opened at 107 Commercial Blvd. in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea in…
Penn Station Makes Atlanta Debut
In mid-June, business partners Joe Quatro and Neil Viljoen opened a quick-casual Penn Station East Coast Subs restaurant at the Village at Druid Hills, an open center at Briarcliff Rd. NE and N. Druid Hills Rd. in Atlanta, Georgia. It…
40 Years and Still Mellow
Mellow Mushroom Pizza Bakers will open a 5500 square foot restaurant in the retail component of the new Manor at Flagler Village residential complex on N. Federal Hwy in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in early 2015, according to reports in the…
A New Hero in NY
In the Fall, Hero Certified Burgers will open its first location in the United States. The 1200 square foot unit will open in the Elmwood Village in the central part of Buffalo, New York. A street front location at 976-978…
Carolina Ale House Eyes Tennessee
In early August, Raleigh, North Carolina-based Carolina Ale House will enter the Tennessee market with its first location. The unit will open in a new development on Kingston Pike near North Cedar Bluff Rd. in Knoxville’s west quadrant. Lou Moshakos,…