Upscale Nashville Restaurant Opening First Pa. Location in King of Prussia
By Kenneth Hilario | Philadelphia Business Journal ••
The King of Prussia Mall area will be getting a taste of a Nashville, Tenn.-based company's wood-fired cuisine next year.
Restaurant company J. Alexander’s Holdings on Monday announced it's signed leases for two new restaurants in the country, one of which would be a concept called J. Alexander’s in King of Prussia, Pa.
The other restaurant is a concept called Stoney River Steakhouse and Grill, which will open in Troy, Mich.
Both restaurants are currently scheduled to open in 2018. The King of Prussia restaurant will be the first Pennsylvania outpost for the brand.
J. Alexander's Holdings owns 44 restaurants in 15 states, operating as J. Alexander's, Redlands Grill, Stoney River Steakhouse and Grill, and Lyndhurst Grill.
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The promotion, which honors the 53rd anniversary of the Philadelphia region's convenience store giant, will give every customer a free cup of coffee -- any size -- all day long.
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Wawa, which expands as far as Florida expects to give away more than 2 million free cups of coffee over its hundreds of stores Thursday.
An event celebrating the freebie coffee celebration took place Thursday morning at Wawa's 19th and Market location in Center City Philadelphia.
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"Cheers, happy Wawa Day," Wawa CEO Chris Gheysens proclaimed.
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Wawa opened its first store in Folsom, Pennsylvania in April 1964.
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The Delaware County-based business launched its charitable Wawa Foundation in honor of its 50th anniversary in 2014 and has since made $35 million in contributions to combat hunger and honor every day heroes, said the company.
Free coffee "is a small token of thanks," Gheysens said.
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Besides the free coffee, Wawa made a special announcement that it is signed on to be the title sponsor of the Wawa Welcome America! festival for another two years.
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Wawa in the past few years returned to new Center City locations and that expansion will continue in 2018. "Today we will announce not just one, but two new locations coming your way," Gheysens said.
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One of the new locations will go in at 22nd and South streets.
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The other new location is set for 13th and Chestnut -- not far from City Hall.
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Wawa also plans to announce more new locations in the coming weeks.
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The new stores "not only mean more hoagies and coffee but jobs and the strengthening of community partnerships," Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said.
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(NBC10 and Telemundo62 are media partners in Wawa Welcome America!)
In King of Prussia, the new J. Alexander’s restaurant will be located at 265 Mall Boulevard across the street from the King of Prussia Mall. Plans call for the restaurant to include about 9,800 square feet of space with seating for more than 220 guests, according to the restaurant company.
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