A Chicken Salad Chick restaurant is expected to open soon in Oak Ridge.
The new restaurant is being built where Long John Silver’s used to be on Oak Ridge Turnpike.
The menu at Chicken Salad Chick includes chicken salads, pimento cheese, sandwiches, soups and salads, and more. You can access the restaurant and catering menus here.
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DosBros Fresh Mexican Grill is opening a restaurant in Oak Ridge.
The restaurant could open in August, the company said in a response to a customer question on its Facebook page.
It appears that the restaurant will be located where the former Chipotle Mexican Grill was on South Illinois Avenue, according to a photo posted by DosBros Fresh Mexican Grill. That is in a shopping center next to Great Clips, Fast Pace Urgent Medical Care, Hwy 55 Burgers, Shakes & Fries, and Aspen Dental.
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A Hwy 55 Burgers Shakes & Fries restaurant is being built in the shopping center on South Illinois Avenue where Pie Five Pizza used to be. The photo above was taken Friday evening, Aug. 10, 2018. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
A Hwy 55 Burgers Shakes & Fries is opening in Oak Ridge.
The new restaurant will be located where Pie Five Pizza used to be at 443 South Illinois Avenue, near the Aldi grocery store and next to Aspen Dental and Fast Pace Urgent Care medical clinic in the Woodland neighborhood in south Oak Ridge.
Hwy 55 Burgers Shakes & Fries announced in May that it was coming to Oak Ridge. A business sign was recently installed on the front of the restaurant. A hiring sign is posted on the front window, and the company said it is interviewing potential employees next week. [Read more…]
Swifty’s Atomic Bar and Grill could open in April 2016 at the former Lincoln’s Sports Grille, pictured above on South Illinois Avenue in October 2014. (File photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
A new restaurant and bar could open in April at the former Lincoln’s Sports Grille on South Illinois Avenue.
Swifty’s Atomic Bar and Grill could open April 1, general manager Matthew Swift said Monday. The hours and menu haven’t been set yet, but Swift said the restaurant will have fresh food and a full kitchen. Menu items will include wings and bar food, he said.
The goal is to create a place where a family can come and have a good time, Swift said. After about 9-10 p.m., Swifty’s will become a bar, Swift said. The family-owned and family-operated restaurant hopes to offer bands, music, comedy, and karaoke, as well as antique car shows.
The family is still hiring servers and kitchen staff. [Read more…]
A silver Dodge pickup truck crashed into a corner of Los Caballeros Mexican Family Restaurant on Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015, but the cause wasn’t immediately clear. (Photo by Kevin Rice)
No one was in the corner booth and the restaurant hadn’t opened yet when a pickup truck crashed through a wall at Los Caballeros on Oak Ridge Turnpike on Thursday morning.
The driver of the silver Dodge pickup was taken to the hospital. The cause of the crash wasn’t immediately clear.
Authorities said the pickup truck also hit a parked Ford Mustang.
The crash was reported at about 10:50 a.m. Thursday.
The restaurant said it could open later today, depending upon what the health department says. [Read more…]
This is the current version of the Main Street Oak Ridge plan. This is an April 16 site plan forwarded by Ray Evans, a consultant for the City of Oak Ridge.
Evans said this current plan reflects the increase in the number of residential units that was approved by the Oak Ridge Municipal Planning Commission last week.
“This is the plan that will go before Oak Ridge City Council for second reading at the next meeting,” Evans said.
Main Street Oak Ridge is the $80 million, 60-acre project to redevelop the former Oak Ridge Mall, a mostly empty shopping center in the middle of town. The redevelopment has been proposed by Crosland Southeast of Charlotte, North Carolina. [Read more…]
Hibachi Pizza owners Michael Pfeiffer and Darian Crossno recently celebrated their grand opening with an Anderson County Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting and Business After Hours. (Submitted photo)
Hibachi Pizza owners Michael Pfeiffer and Darian Crossno recently celebrated their grand opening with an Anderson County Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting.
Hibachi Pizza is located at 526 East Tri-County Boulevard in Oliver Springs.
The restaurant opened July 16 where Mountain Pizza used to be. It’s affiliated with Hibachi Burger in Oak Ridge and specializes in Japanese and American cuisine such as hibachi, burgers, sandwiches, and pizza.
The restaurant is open from 3 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and from 3 to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Hibachi Pizza is closed on Sunday. [Read more…]
After more than four years, Lincoln’s Sports Grille on South Illinois Avenue has shut down, citing economic conditions.
Note: This story was updated at 1:30 a.m. Oct. 22.
Lincoln’s Sports Grille has shut down, citing economic conditions. The closure was announced in a sign posted on a front door of the four-year-old restaurant and bar on Monday and in a press release on Tuesday.
The popular restaurant and bar on South Illinois Avenue had had a series of five sometimes-contentious show cause hearings before the Oak Ridge Beer Permit Board. In the last show cause hearing on August 28, members revoked Lincoln’s permit.
Lincoln’s regained the permit after a temporary agreement imposing new conditions was worked out with the city and Beer Board and approved by Anderson County Chancellor Nicki Cantrell, pending an appeal of the Beer Board’s revocation.
But in an interview earlier this month, Scott Green, one of Lincoln’s owners, said the inability to sell beer between late August and early October had a substantial impact on the business. The restaurant and its staff had also been hurt by the bad publicity, Green said.
“It’s been a significant hit on us,†he said. [Read more…]
Ruby Tuesday in Oak Ridge announced in signs posted on its front doors that it has closed.
Signs posted on the two front doors at Ruby Tuesday on Tuesday night announce that the Oak Ridge restaurant has closed.
Note: This story was updated at 8:25 a.m. Oct. 1.
Ruby Tuesday in Oak Ridge has closed. The restaurant announced the closure in two signs posted on its front doors.
The signs invite diners to eat at other local Ruby Tuesday restaurants in Knoxville and Lenoir City.
The front doors of the Oak Ridge restaurant were locked Tuesday night, and a worker leaving the restaurant declined to comment. A Ruby Tuesday media representative wasn’t immediately available for comment Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. [Read more…]
After almost four years in Oak Ridge, Snappy Tomato Pizza in central Oak Ridge is closing Friday.
After almost four years in Oak Ridge, Snappy Tomato Pizza will close Friday, the owners said Thursday.
“We have really tried to hang on; however, things appear to continue to go downhill for us both financially and personally,” franchise owners Frances Gross and her daughters Misty Gross Robbins and Cindi Robbins said in a message to supporters and the Oak Ridge community. “Unfortunately, the sales have not been what we need to keep the business going while the new and upcoming retail centers continue to draw business toward the other end of town.”
The family said they have struggled during the past two years grieving the loss of their son and brother Robert Gross Jr., who was also a co-owner but died in August 2012, and battling with cancer surgery and extensive radiation treatments for husband and father Robert Gross Sr.
Now, they’re facing cancer again, only with a more radical surgery, the family said. In a telephone interview Thursday morning, Frances Gross said the last year has taken a toll on the family, and they’ve struggled to stay busy as new restaurants have opened across town, drawing customers away. [Read more…]
The interior of the New China Palace restaurant on Central Avenue is pictured above.
The New China Palace restaurant will have a grand opening and ribbing cutting ceremony at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
The hour-long ceremony is sponsored by the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce.
The New China Palace, which has relocated from the Oak Ridge Marina, is now at 123 Central Avenue in the Jackson Square area. [Read more…]
Workers build a block wall, patch and texture the ceiling, and hang drywall for new bathrooms and changing rooms in part of the former New China Palace restaurant at Melton Lake Park.
One section of a former Chinese restaurant at Melton Lake Park has already been converted into a rental shop for kayaks and bikes.
Now, another part of the city-owned building at the Oak Ridge Marina is being converted into public restrooms and changing rooms for big events. The bathrooms, which will be open to the public, could open next month.
It’s one of the steps in implementing a waterfront development plan approved by Oak Ridge City Council in December 2009. That plan included such features as a new picnic pavilion, walking trails, new playground, permanent restrooms, enhanced lighting and landscaping, outdoor casual dining, and recreational equipment rental.
The bathrooms will include multiple stalls, and the city will open the changing rooms for large events, such as regattas (rowing races). That will double the restroom capacities, said Pat Fallon, operations and maintenance manager for the Oak Ridge Public Works Department. [Read more…]
