Monday, August 13, 2012

New Restaurant to Replace Friendly's

There is a new Fast Food/Quick Service Restaurant planned for the old Friendly's location at 343 Great Road in the Great Road Shopping Center. Friendly's closed back in January shortly after filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.

The new restaurant is expected to be a national Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) chain and will include some outdoor seating. It will not be a Panera Bread (which was originally expected to open after the Bedford Marketplace renovations which are currently on hold).

According to Conviser Property Group which manages the Great Road Shopping Center, the lease is still pending.  

I'm expecting the name to be announced once the lease agreements have been completed. If I had to guess on what the restaurant would be, I would say Qdoba or Chipotle Mexican Grill

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Please, please, please let it be a Chipotle!! Love that place...

Anonymous said...

With regard to the Bedford Marketplace renovations, do you think they are still committed to the project or is it very low priority and effectively "shelved"?Those improvements would really give the town a facelift.

Adam Schwartz said...

Last time I checked (Sept 2011), they were still on hold. What's interesting is they just started advertising the available space again. Flyer Listing - I'll check to see if I can get some more information.

As far as Chipotle here are their general site specs

Anonymous said...

My guess is Panera.

Anonymous said...

Thanks Adam, please let us know what you find out from them...would LOVE to hear that those renovations were proceeding. The Flyer you linked to says availability for Spring 2013...

Adam Schwartz said...

Looks like Bedford Marketplace renovations may be moving closer. Just published an update.