Having an entryway full of guests waiting for a table is a mixed bag. While it’s a sign the restaurant is popular, it also means cramped quarters, impatient people asking where they are on the wait list, and hosts or hostesses seeking out customers when a table opens. Allowing consumers to phone in for a […]
Award-winning breakfast, brunch, and lunch restaurant First Watch announced that it has entered into an exclusive franchise development agreement with Mac Haik Enterprises to develop up to 18 restaurants in Southeastern Texas and Southwestern Louisiana. Haik was formerly The Egg & I’s largest franchisee before selling his 30 franchisee restaurant entities and his major position […]
Ken Pendery, the First Watch CEO and president, will be celebrating First Watch’s 11th Cincinnati-area restaurant opening in his hometown on October 12. The award-winning breakfast, brunch, and lunch concept will open the doors to its newest location in Florence Square on Monday, 24 years after First Watch made its Cincinnati debut. The new restaurant occupies a […]
First Watch renewed a multi-year agreement to continue outsourcing all functional IT services and strategic consulting to Datum Corporation, a national technology and consulting company specializing in the multi-unit restaurant industry. The contract encompasses all of First Watch, Bread & Company and The Good Egg locations across the country and will include future locations as […]
First Watch, the casual-dining breakfast, brunch, and lunch concept, announced that the NoWait mobile app for wait-list management is now available at all 113 corporate-owned restaurants. The NoWait app enables guests to get in line remotely. Consumers who download the free app may search for local First Watch locations in the 11 states where the […]
First Watch Restaurants announced that it has entered into an exclusive franchise development agreement with Best Choice Restaurants, a newly formed subsidiary of franchise powerhouse Sun Holdings. They will develop at least 15 restaurants in Dallas/Ft.Worth during the next five years. The first restaurant is expected to open in late 2015. This will mark First […]
Award-winning Breakfast, Brunch, and Lunch restaurant First Watch announced plans to open its third Pittsburgh-area restaurant in mid-2014.The restaurant will be located in McCandless Crossing, a mixed-use retail center under development at the corner of McKnight Road and Cumberland Road, and will employ approximately 25 people. The new 3,400 square-foot restaurant will occupy an end-cap […]
Award-winning Breakfast, Brunch, and Lunch restaurant First Watch today announced the hiring of Paul Hineman as chief financial officer. Hineman joins First Watch with 20 years experience in the restaurant and finance industry. As chief financial officer for First Watch, Hineman will oversee the financial strategy and management of the restaurant company, which now boasts […]
First Watch, the award-winning Breakfast, Brunch, and Lunch restaurant company, has announced plans to open its second restaurant in Indianapolis in the summer of 2012. The new 4,000 sq. ft. restaurant will be located at 139 N. Illinois Street, in the Market Tower building in downtown Indianapolis. “We are committed to expanding our presence in […]