Restaurant Industry News - New Openings

Cru Oyster Bar will open on Nantucket Island on May 10, 2012, offering lunch, dinner and weekend brunch menus from 11am to 11pm.

The Dairy Queen® system, part of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A and BRK.B), today opened its 500th location in China and has plans to open more than 100 new restaurants there by the end of 2012.

Pizza Patrónannounced the opening of its seventh store in San Antonio on Monday. The store, located at 6700 S. Flores St., is the company's newly developed 'double drive-thru' model, the first of its kind in the chain.

Saladworks is opening its second Virginia location, in the Plaza America Shopping Center, 11692 Plaza America Drive.

A new restaurant will open its doors in downtown Pensacola on February 10, 2012. City goers are invited to experience Rodizio Grill’s unique dining style with new flavors never before seen on the streets of Pensacola. Located one block from the Civic Center on Gregory Street, Rodizio Grill will add a touch of diversity to the community.

Panera Bread (NASDAQ: PNRA) announced the opening of its 1,500th bakery-cafe and its first in Manhattan.

The new store is located at 5225 Old Hickory Blvd., Suite 204 in Hermitage, Tenn, 1 mile north of I-40 next to Firehouse Subs.

Baja Fresh Mexican Grill, the quick-casual fresh Mexican chain, announced the grand opening of its newest Baja Fresh in Niles, IL.

With the goal of bringing a healthy, active lifestyle brand to fans in their community, local entrepreneurs, Emmy & Don Marquess and Mary & John Speaker, principals of The Speaquess Group LLC, will celebrate the opening of their first Jamba Juice store in Lexington, Kentucky, officially launching Jamba into the Company’s twenty-sixth state and giving the brand store presence in over half the U.S.

U-Swirl, Inc. (OTCQB: SWRL), parent to U-SWIRL International, Inc., the owner and franchisor of U-SWIRL Frozen Yogurt® cafes, announced today that the 24th U-Swirl Cafe in the chain is open for business in Missoula, MT. There are an additional seven locations throughout the United States that are under construction and due to open by June of this year.