Posts Tagged: Restaurant

Wing Zone Targets Philadelphia Market for Expansion

Wing Zone seeking expansion in Philadelphia

Fast-Casual Chicken Wing Chain Plans Expansion with 20 New Locations in Greater Philadelphia. Wing Zone Hot Chicken and Wings, is a Las Vegas-based eatery, that has set ambitious growth goals for Greater Philadelphia. They are actively seeking franchisees interested in multi-unit development agreements to open a minimum of 20 new locations in and around the… Read more »

Estia Group Targets Space for New Rittenhouse Square Hotel

Estia Group targets space next to Hyatt Centric hotel for new Rittenhouse Square restaurant

A local hospitality group is eyeing the ground-floor space attached to the Hyatt Centric Center City Philadelphia hotel in Rittenhouse Square for its next restaurant, city zoning documents show. A zoning permit issued on Aug. 25 allows for two signs to be erected on the building’s exterior at the corner of Chancellor and 17th streets… Read more »

Sports Bar in Center City Takes Over Closed Sugar Factory

Sports Bar Philadlephia

Less than a year after opening, Sugar Factory Philadelphia has shuttered its doors, and a Hoboken, New Jersey, restaurant and sports bar is preparing to open in its place.  Wicked Wolf officially took over the 6,700-square-foot space at 1214-1216 Chestnut St. in October and has worked on a tight timeline to bring its concept to… Read more »

P.J. Whelihan’s Opens New Restaurant in PA

PJ Whelihan's opens new bar restaurant in PA

A South Jersey-based restaurant chain has opened its 21st outlet — and is working on No. 22. P.J. Whelihan’s is growing in Pennsylvania, where the business has 16 eateries and two ballpark locations. Whelihan’s opened an 8,000-square-foot, 50-TV pub and sports bar in Broomall, Delaware County, on Nov. 28. Another is underway in Doylestown, Bucks… Read more »

Bucks County franchisee looks to add 30 Philadelphia-area Qdobas

A Bucks County franchisee is eyeing the Philadelphia region for its ambitious growth plans, with intentions to open 30 new Qdoba locations in the area.  The Integritty Group is opening its 31st Qdoba location in Bensalem off of Route 1 on July 25. That will kick off plans to open a total of 60 more… Read more »

‘I think it’ll hurt business’: Philadelphia restaurant owners react to new vaccine mandate for indoor dining

Philadelphia restaurant owners are trying to determine how the new citywide Covid-19 vaccination mandate for indoor dining will impact operations after local officials announced the policy on Monday morning.    For months, Philadelphia eateries could choose either checking guest vaccination cards or requiring masks when not eating or drinking. But starting Jan. 3, local restaurants must require… Read more »

Twin Peaks bringing its lodge-style sports bars to Philly region

The Philadelphia region will see a wave of new sports bars in the coming years as Twin Peaks, a lodge-style restaurant with wall-to-wall TVs and an all-female waitstaff, embarks on its first expansion to the Northeast. Known for its rugged atmosphere and savory, made-from-scratch menu, Twin Peaks was founded in the Dallas suburbs in 2005… Read more »