OPENING JUL 2026
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California style pizza restaurant with an emphasis on organic, locally-sourced ingredients and a passion for all things pizza and bikes.
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OPENING JUL 2026
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Angry Chickz is a fast-food restaurant serving Nashville-style hot chicken.
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OPENING AUG 2026
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Old Town Pizza is known for serving pizzas, salads and beer.
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OPENING AUG 2026
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Sugar Llamas is a Tulsa-founded franchise operating as a dessert and coffee cafe whose concept combines a donut shop, coffee house, and ice cream parlor under one roof. The centerpiece of the menu is made-to-order mini donuts served hot, customizable with a variety of drizzles and toppings, alongside ice cream, frappes, and craft drinks.
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OPENING AUG 2026
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Sugar Llamas is a Tulsa-founded franchise operating as a dessert and coffee cafe whose concept combines a donut shop, coffee house, and ice cream parlor under one roof. The centerpiece of the menu is made-to-order mini donuts served hot, customizable with a variety of drizzles and toppings, alongside ice cream, frappes, and craft drinks.
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OPENING AUG 2026
NEW CONCEPT
Full service restaurant from the team behind SacYard Community Taphouse and its Chow food trailer.
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OPENING SUMMER 2026
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Bayt Al Mocha is a Dearborn, Michigan-based coffee franchise whose name and menu are rooted in the city of Mocha, Yemen. The menu spans both modern and traditional offerings, including frappes, smoothies, and shaken espresso alongside classic Yemeni drinks like Qishr (spiced coffee husks) and Mufawar (cardamom coffee), with Yemeni pastries such as honey-filled Sabaya and familiar options like croissants and cheesecake rounding out the food menu.
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OPENING SUMMER 2026
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Founded in March 2023 as a mobile luxury coffee truck in South Florida, Haute Coffee built its brand around Yemeni and Ethiopian single-origin coffee roasts before expanding into brick-and-mortar cafés. The menu centers on artisan espresso drinks, specialty lattes, ceremonial-grade matcha, and chai, with signature offerings such as the Adeni Karak Chai, Honey & Cardamom Latte, and rotating seasonal specials.
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OPENING SUMMER 2026
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Founded in 2009 in Hawthorne, California by Paul Frederick and Justin Nedelman, Eureka! is a rapidly growing full-service hamburger restaurant chain offering salads, burgers, signatures desserts, and brunch.
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OPENING SUMMER 2026
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Dumont Creamery & Cafe is an international dessert and café franchise known for its creative ice cream offerings and sweet beverages. Founded in Hyderabad, India, the brand blends traditional Indian-inspired flavors with modern dessert favorites, serving a variety of handcrafted ice creams, shakes, bubble teas, specialty coffees, and other sweet treats in a casual café setting.
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OPENING SUMMER 2026
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Journey to the Dumpling is a local Chinese restaurant owned by three foodie friends. It serves items ranging from pork soup dumplings to dumpling noodle soup.
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OPENING SUMMER 2026
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Der Biergarten is an urban, outdoor German beer garden concept featuring over 30 rotating taps of German, Belgian, and craft beers alongside a food menu rooted in German staples — including fresh sausages, pretzels, and sausage platters — rounded out with a rotating selection of American beer garden fare.
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OPENING SUMMER 2026
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The Great Greek Mediterranean Grill is a fast-casual restaurant chain that currently operates 25+ locations across the U.S and is part of United Franchise Group. The restaurant's menu features dips, dolmades, spanakopita, Greek salad, gyros, rice bowls and entrees like souvlaki. Desserts include baklava ice cream and rice pudding.
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OPENING SUMMER 2026
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Vitality Bowls is a fast-casual superfood café chain specializing in açaí bowls, smoothies, juices, paninis, salads, and soups, all made to order in kitchens designed to minimize allergens.
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OPENING SUMMER 2026
NEW CONCEPT
Rang Coffeehouse draws its name from the Vietnamese word for "roast." The menu centers on Vietnamese coffee drinks, specialty matcha beverages, ube-based creations, and light bites, blending traditional Vietnamese coffee culture with modern, creative flavor combinations.
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OPENING SUMMER 2026
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Pizza Factory is a family-style pizzeria chain serving hand-tossed pizzas made from in-house dough and topped with 100% real mozzarella in a variety of specialty and build-your-own configurations. Their menu also includes appetizers like breadsticks, garlic bread, pasta, calzones, sandwiches, wings, soups, salads, desserts, and beverages.
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OPENING SUMMER 2026
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California froyo chain offering 16 flavors of yogurt daily.
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OPENING FALL 2026
NEW CONCEPT
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen is an American fast food chain best known for their fried chicken. It was founded in 1972 in Louisiana and now has over 3,000 locations not just in the US, but in countries all over the world.
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OPENING FALL 2026
NEW CONCEPT
IJ Sushi Burrito is a fast-casual Japanese-inspired restaurant chain specializing in sushi burritos, poke bowls, and customizable sushi-style bowls. The concept blends traditional sushi ingredients with a burrito-style format for a quick, modern fusion dining experience.
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OPENING 2026
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Wendy's is an American international fast food restaurant chain founded by Dave Thomas on November 15, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio.
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