(TYLER PAPER) - Construction is underway in Tyler's French Quarter shopping center to make way for a Five Guys Burgers and Fries restaurant.The chain confirmed that the restaurant will be coming to the 2,600-foot building at 4510 S. Broadway Ave., which formerly housed Dairy Queen, next to Ken's Pizza.

Interior and exterior updates are being done by the property owner to prepare the building for the construction team for Five Guys. Jack Goodson, marketing and communications coordinator for Five Guys, said they expect to begin work on the building in early November and plan to open the restaurant in mid-to-late January.

We have a great relationship with Texas and are always looking for growth opportunities within the state, Goodson said via email. There are a number of factors that play a role in choosing a location, but we see great potential in Tyler and are definitely looking forward to becoming a part of the French Quarter community.

When open, the restaurant will employ 30 to 40 people, he said.

Our concept is really simple burgers and fries prepared fresh (nothing is ever frozen) in a casual setting, Goodson said. We focus on just a few things and doing them as best we know how. Our restaurants are typically very simple; we don't want anything to distract from the main attraction the food.

The only items on the menu that are not burgers and fries are hotdogs and a few sandwiches, including grilled cheese, BLT and veggie sandwiches.

With eight sizes and varieties of burgers and 15 condiments and other toppings to choose from, there are more than 250,000 possible ways to order a burger at Five Guys, according towww.fiveguys.com .

Five Guys has been a Washington, D.C. area favorite since 1986, when Jerry and Janie Murrell offered sage advice to the four young Murrell brothers: Start a business or go to college, the website states. The Murrell family opened a carry-out burger joint in Arlington, Virginia. They served only hand-formed burgers grilled to perfection with fresh-cut fries cooked in pure peanut oil. The little burger joint quickly developed a following, the website states.

During the 1980s and 1990s, the Murrell family perfected their simple system. A fifth brother was born and, as their family grew, so did their business. Four more restaurants with sit-down seating were added to the D.C. Metro-area to accommodate the growing clientele.

Early in 2003, Jerry and Janie, together with the five guys, began offering franchise opportunities. In just under 18 months, Five Guys Enterprises sold options for more than 300 units. Now, more than 20 years later, there are more than 1,000 locations in 47 states and six Canadian provinces, and more than 1,500 units in development, the website states.

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Wilmington, NC, October 20, 2014 --(PR.com)-- Terry Espy, President of Momentum group, a commercial real estate brokerage and development firm, today announced the lease of 5 South Water Street, Wilmington, NC, a 4,584 sf restaurant best known as the Water Street Restaurant and most recently Delphina Dos.

We are proud to have represented the property owner, Harper Peterson, who through his efforts over a 25 year period, ensured the vitality and ongoing presence of this historic property, said Espy. The new tenant, Kabob and Grill, will be a great addition to the downtown Wilmington market.

About Kabob and Grill: Kabob and Grill, has already started to take shape in the historic Quince Building. Soon to serve innovative Indian food in the heart of historic downtown Wilmington, with exotic flavors from various cuisines of India as well as upscale presentation of Indian delicacies in both a modern and traditional atmosphere.

The restaurant will offer a carefully selected lunch buffet of Indian curries, a lunch menu of various kabobs (veg, chicken, lamb, and beef); extensive dinner menu, chef special menu, a full service bar while offering excellent guest services. The restaurant will also specialize in catering special occasions such as corporate meetings, birthday parties, weddings etc.

The owners, Mona Kaur, Gurdeep Singh and Amarjit Singh, have been established in the local restaurant scene since 1995, opening Wilmingtons very first Indian restaurant, India Mahal. With the recent sale of India Mahal the focus has been to expand the into the Downtown Wilmington market in a larger venue, to serve outstanding Indian food to the local market as well as to the tourist market visiting the area. Owners plan to open the doors in mid-December.

About Momentum group: Momentum group, a full service commercial real estate brokerage and development firm that provides turnkey project management including planning, construction and development for a wide range of clients, ranging from medical, retail, hospitality, office to industrial. The firms services include business plan development, real estate services, financing assistance, build-out, construction management and partnering, redevelopment, image representation, interior design, purchasing, and move management. For more information, call 919-270-1711. To learn more about Momentum group go to http://www.momentumprojects.com.

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The Fodder & Shine building site is a frenzy of construction, with contractors of all sorts trying to make a deadline for a soft opening for the Florida Cracker cuisine restaurant in early December, thus adding yet another funky destination to the growing lineup hot restaurants in Seminole Heights.

It was about a year ago when I last wrote about all the new places trying, hoping, praying to open up in Seminole Heights, the quiet bungalow neighborhood thats long been thought of as the next Hyde Park.

Now, lots of those places and a few more are expanding, opening or just about to: craft beer bars, coffee shops, liquor distillers, vegan/organic cafes and upscale sandwich shops where lamb shank is a core part of the menu.

Our goal is to show that passion of a chef-driven restaurant, said Michelle Baker, who with her husband and chef Greg Baker co-owns Fodder & Shine, along with The Refinery restaurant. There is nothing that doesnt grow in Florida, and we have some brilliant farmers. Our goal is to bring that, and classic Cracker cuisine-style recipes, back to life.

For sure, South Tampas dining scene is doing just fine, and corporate branded restaurants in the West Shore District are money-making operations. But whenever I talk with the power brokers and development honchos in Tampa, and I ask where they like to eat, more than a few get a glint in their eye and say something like, We just found this amazing place in Seminole Heights. Have you heard of it?

And to me, one of the surest signs that a neighborhood has reached a tipping point from perhaps a bit sketchy to a blossoming barrio are the cars parked out front. On any given night, the streets around Rooster & tThe Till, Ellas AmericanAmericana Folk Art Cafe and The Refinery are lined with BMWs, Range Rovers, Jaguars and perhaps a Bently or two.

Soon, there will be even more places for these brave foodie explorers to go:

At Fodder & Shine at 5910 N. Florida Ave., the menu will feature a long list of Florida-centric foods, from Yellowhammer steaks (from the centuries-old Florida breed with massive horns) to seafood from the Gulf and vegetables from local farms. The owners have a strategy of buying whole farm fields full of veggies, then bringing them to the restaurant for 24-hour canning sessions so chefs can pull them from Mason jars all year long. Besides an expansive kitchen and canning room, there will be an open-air patio, pool tables, classic arcade games, an expansive bar/lounge and plenty of room for expansion.

Angry Chair Brewing at 6401 N. Florida Avenue started brewing on Oct. 3 and is already stocking barrels of advanced and creative beers. That includes 30 barrels of Ascension IPA, 20 barrels of a German-style salted wheat beer and a hoppy red ale. Its public space is nearly ready, and operators hope to open the first week of November with a half-dozen beers made on site and plenty more other local brews alongside. Were going to brew beers we like to drink, said co-founder Ryan Dowdle. Well let your customers dictate what we need to make more of and that will develop into our core beers. http://angrychairbrewing.com/

Owners of the vegan and organic-focused Delicious Surprise restaurant plan to fully open their space in November at 5921 N. Nebraska Ave. in a former sandwich shop/former bodega/former gas station. A fundraising drive on GoFundMe helped get them off the ground, and soon theyll be serving healthier plant-based classic American comfort foods, said owner and founder Michelle Ehrlich. That means customizable bowls, but also veggie burgers, and pizzas and milkshakes, but all plant-based and no animal products, all from as many local sources as possible.

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The Fodder & Shine building site is a frenzy of construction, with contractors of all sorts trying to make a deadline for a soft opening for the Florida Cracker cuisine restaurant in early December, thus adding yet another funky destination to the growing lineup hot restaurants in Seminole Heights.

It was about a year ago when I last wrote about all the new places trying, hoping, praying to open up in Seminole Heights, the quiet bungalow neighborhood thats long been thought of as the next Hyde Park.

Now, lots of those places and a few more are expanding, opening or just about to: craft beer bars, coffee shops, liquor distillers, vegan/organic cafes and upscale sandwich shops where lamb shank is a core part of the menu.

Our goal is to show that passion of a chef-driven restaurant, said Michelle Baker, who with her husband and chef Greg Baker co-owns Fodder & Shine, along with The Refinery restaurant. There is nothing that doesnt grow in Florida, and we have some brilliant farmers. Our goal is to bring that, and classic Cracker cuisine-style recipes, back to life.

For sure, South Tampas dining scene is doing just fine, and corporate branded restaurants in the West Shore District are money-making operations. But whenever I talk with the power brokers and development honchos in Tampa, and I ask where they like to eat, more than a few get a glint in their eye and say something like, We just found this amazing place in Seminole Heights. Have you heard of it?

And to me, one of the surest signs that a neighborhood has reached a tipping point from perhaps a bit sketchy to a blossoming barrio are the cars parked out front. On any given night, the streets around Rooster & tThe Till, Ellas AmericanAmericana Folk Art Cafe and The Refinery are lined with BMWs, Range Rovers, Jaguars and perhaps a Bently or two.

Soon, there will be even more places for these brave foodie explorers to go:

At Fodder & Shine at 5910 N. Florida Ave., the menu will feature a long list of Florida-centric foods, from Yellowhammer steaks (from the centuries-old Florida breed with massive horns) to seafood from the Gulf and vegetables from local farms. The owners have a strategy of buying whole farm fields full of veggies, then bringing them to the restaurant for 24-hour canning sessions so chefs can pull them from Mason jars all year long. Besides an expansive kitchen and canning room, there will be an open-air patio, pool tables, classic arcade games, an expansive bar/lounge and plenty of room for expansion.

Angry Chair Brewing at 6401 N. Florida Avenue started brewing on Oct. 3 and is already stocking barrels of advanced and creative beers. That includes 30 barrels of Ascension IPA, 20 barrels of a German-style salted wheat beer and a hoppy red ale. Its public space is nearly ready, and operators hope to open the first week of November with a half-dozen beers made on site and plenty more other local brews alongside. Were going to brew beers we like to drink, said co-founder Ryan Dowdle. Well let your customers dictate what we need to make more of and that will develop into our core beers. http://angrychairbrewing.com/

Owners of the vegan and organic-focused Delicious Surprise restaurant plan to fully open their space in November at 5921 N. Nebraska Ave. in a former sandwich shop/former bodega/former gas station. A fundraising drive on GoFundMe helped get them off the ground, and soon theyll be serving healthier plant-based classic American comfort foods, said owner and founder Michelle Ehrlich. That means customizable bowls, but also veggie burgers, and pizzas and milkshakes, but all plant-based and no animal products, all from as many local sources as possible.

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Published: September 30, 2014 | Last Modified: September 30, 2014 11:25PM

By Eric Vo Record-Journal staff

WALLINGFORD More restaurants could be coming to the Lowes property on Route 5 adjacent to the Chick-fil-A under construction.

A Massachusetts company is seeking a special permit to build one standalone restaurant with a drive-through window and another building with two spaces for restaurants. Infinity Route 5 LLC submitted an application to the Planning and Zoning Department earlier this month.

The company wants to build two buildings in the northwest corner of the Lowes Home Improvement parking lot at 1094 N. Colony Road.

The plan calls for construction of a 4,530-square-foot restaurant with a drive-through. A second 3,800-square-foot building would includes two storefronts 2,200-square-feet and 1,600-square-feet that can be leased for a restaurant. If a restaurant cannot be found, the building will be designed for retail.

Town Planner Kacie Costello could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

The companys application did not mention specific restaurants. Bernard Devine Jr., Charles Irving III, and Andrew Rockett are listed as the managers of Infinity Route 5, according to state records. They could not be reached for comment Tuesday.

Andrew Manning, of Boston-based WFS Development, said tenants have not been selected. The plan is for businesses to open next year

We were talking to various people and obviously restaurants were on the application with potentially some retail uses as well. That would be a good mix for that area, Manning said Tuesday. Leasing is underway.

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A Nashville-based bar and restaurant chain is preparing to renovate the former Hard Rock Caf location on Beale Street.

Tin Roof has applied for a $1.5 million building permit through the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement to begin a makeover of the 11,500-square-foot building Hard Rock occupied at 315 Beale St. Founded in 2002, Tin Roof now has 13 locations, and the Beale Street one is the companys first in Memphis.

Hard Rock Caf previously relocated to the Lansky Bros. building at 126 Beale.

Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. says it is opening a new facility in Memphis.

The freight shipping company says it is opening a new 267-door service center on Monday, Oct. 20.

The company says Memphis serves as one of its busiest freight hubs due to its proximity to Interstates 40 and 55, three major rail heads, Memphis International Airport and a busy river port.

Old Dominion says it invested more than $30 million to build the service center after four years of growth at its previous location. With 416 employees currently, Old Dominion plans to create over 100 new jobs in Memphis over the next two years.

The Memphis Service Center provides direct freight service to West Tennessee, eastern Arkansas and northern Mississippi.

Three companies including a wing of Memphis-based FedEx received tax breaks for projects in Memphis that total more than $25 million in capital investment and will create 272 new jobs.

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At 22 stories, the Sunset and Gordon residential tower is the most prominent example so far of Mayor Eric Garcetti's push to make Hollywood a place for high-density, high-rise living.

But the future of that newly completed, 299-unit project is up in the air. A judge earlier this month issued a ruling invalidating the construction permits, saying city officials improperly allowed the developer to demolish a 1924 building that until recently housed an Old Spaghetti Factory restaurant.

City officials say they are still trying to figure out what the ruling means for the 40 or so tenants who have already moved in. Luke Zamperini, spokesman for the Department of Building and Safety, said it is possible the tenants will have to relocate until developer CIM Group obtains new permits. Other officials are hoping it won't come to that.

It's the latest of several setbacks for the city as it seeks to remake Hollywood with a series of big developments. Two months ago, a judge halted construction of a 74-foot-tall Target shopping center on Sunset Boulevard, saying the city had improperly allowed the project to exceed a 35-foot height limit.

Another judge forced the City Council to rescind a controversial 2012 plan allowing for taller buildings near transit stops in Hollywood, concluding the council had relied on out-of-date population data.

Community groups also are waging a legal fight that has slowed the planned Millennium project, a pair of 35- and 39-story skyscrapers. Opponents contend an earthquake fault runs beneath the site and construction is on hold until the case is resolved.

Attorney Robert P. Silverstein, who represented the activists in all four legal battles, said Hollywood's aging infrastructure cannot handle the "densification" Garcetti is planning. Neighborhood groups who are suing, he said, simply want the city to follow the law.

"Instead what we constantly see is a city mentality of throwing the zoning code out the window whenever it benefits a favored developer," Silverstein said.

Hollywood has 1 million square feet of new office space and nearly 1,800 housing units that are either under construction or recently completed, said Leron Gubler, president of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Gubler said it makes sense to put office towers and residential high-rises on transit corridors such as Sunset and Hollywood boulevards. "What we're trying to do is create a livable community," he said.

Gubler fears the rash of lawsuits will send a message that it's "difficult" to get projects built in Hollywood.

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By Steve Metsch smetsch@southtownstar.com October 15, 2014 5:16PM

Updated: October 16, 2014 2:15AM

The next piece of Oak Lawns Stoney Creek Promenade is being built construction started this week on a Coopers Hawk Winery & Restaurant.

It is the second big name thats part of the upscale retail development planned for the northwest corner of 111th Street and Cicero Avenue in Oak Lawn. The first, Marianos grocery store, set sales records in its first day of business, officials have said.

Mayor Sandra Bury, village manager Larry Deetjen and several trustees spoke highly of the restaurant during Tuesday nights village board meeting.

Trustee Mike Carberry, 6th, said the development is going to go down as a successful deal for Oak Lawn.

Not long ago, there were a few cars and a lot of seagulls out there, he said of the site that formerly was home to a Kmart, a shuttered Dominicks grocery store and other retailers like a muffler shop, hair salon, restaurant, and chiropractic office.

Carberry praised the project in response to criticism of the deal by Trustee Bob Streit, 3rd, who fears the village will end up losing money or not make as much as expected when its all said and done.

You should embrace it. Youre a lone guy with this deal. Its going to be a winner for Oak Lawn. Get behind it, Carberry told Streit.

That was after Streit engaged in a heated debate with Bury and village finance director Brian Hanigan about the financial implications of the village entering into a deal with Hamilton Partners regarding the former Edgar Funeral Home, just north of the site.

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By Greg Vellner 21st Century Media News Service

A new and larger Taco Bell was to have opened last summer, replacing the one at 436 Second Street Pike that had operated there for a couple decades. But because development plans remain unfinished the reason unknown construction has been delayed.

I know there have been some conversations and meetings on it, but nothing has crossed my desk, said Ken Kline, code enforcement official, Upper Southampton Township.

The restaurant closed last December because, according to John Marsella, co-owner and franchisee, the building no longer met the standards of Taco Bell corporate owners.

Its uncertain how the Southampton location might be rebuilt, but in recent years the California-based restaurant chain has undertaken a redesign of its restaurants with upscale touches to compete more directly with restaurants like Chipotle.

A Taco Bell prototype built two years ago included exterior building changes like bright LED lighting to accent the buildings purple background, and interior changes such as bright tabletops, contemporary artwork and free WiFi.

Upper Southampton township supervisors last summer approved construction of a new restaurant at the site, and demolition of the existing building was then undertaken.

Plans so far call for a restaurant entrance from Second Street Pike, as well as a new second entry from the shopping center located behind the building.

A new and larger Taco Bell was to have opened last summer, replacing the one at 436 Second Street Pike that had operated there for a couple decades. But because development plans remain unfinished the reason unknown construction has been delayed.

I know there have been some conversations and meetings on it, but nothing has crossed my desk, said Ken Kline, code enforcement official, Upper Southampton Township.

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It wasn't just the recipes that were faddish. The 1960s were halcyon times for restaurant experiences that hold almost no appeal today, from the dine-o-mat to the drive-in diner. But one curious product of this era had true staying power: the revolving restaurant.

These spinning buildings are an institution that's enjoyed a surprisingly long lifeand a recent rebirth across cities in Asia and the Middle East. So where, and when, did it all begin?

The revolving restaurant addressed some apparently primal desire to dine at a table while moving; if you couldn't walk and chew gum, you could rotate and eat Gulf Prawns. It seems garishly and unmistakably Americanafter all, it received its clearest early outline via the fertile mind of Norman Bel Geddes, below.

But the revolving restaurant's debut actually occurred in Germany, with its first iteration appearing in 1959 in Stuttgart. Civic authorities constructing a television tower were looking for some additional means to wring use from the building, and they found it in food. They put a restaurant in the tower, and in the spirit of postwar West German economic hubris, the Stuttgart Fernsehturm would turnoffering at-table views of not merely one but every possible vista. And the model caught on.

Top: The Stuttgart Fernsehturm, AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle.

The first revolving restaurant in the U.S., La Ronde, opened in 1961 in Honolulu, atop the Ala Moana Building (it's since been lost). La Ronde was soon followed by the Space Needle, built for the 1962 Worlds Fair in Seattle, and then by a range of North American peers that are likely familiar to you: structuresand their respective restaurantslargely associated with 1960s and 1970s fairs and expositions, from the CN Tower in Toronto, the Skylon Tower in Niagara Falls, and the Sunsphere in Knoxville, to the Tower of the Americas in San Antonio.

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