Diversified Restaurant Holdings, a leading franchisee for Buffalo Wild Wings and the owner/operator of the unique, full-service, ultra-casual restaurant and bar Bagger Dave’s Legendary Burger Tavern, announced today the successful grand opening of its newest Buffalo Wild Wings location in Fort Myers, Florida. The new restaurant, which opened on Sunday, November 7, 2010, is located in The Forum at Fort Myers, off Colonial Boulevard, just east of I-75.
T. Michael Ansley, President and CEO of DRH, commented, “The Forum at Fort Myers is a significant shopping destination in a fast-growing market and we see tremendous potential for our new Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant, based both on our market research and yesterday’s successful opening. We are progressing, as scheduled, on our strategic growth plan and intend to operate a total of 38 BWW restaurants by 2017.”
The Fort Myers restaurant is the 19th Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant operated by DRH; 13 are in Michigan and six are in Florida. In addition, the Company expects to open its 20th and 21st restaurants, in Traverse City, Michigan, and Lakeland, Florida, in the first quarter of 2011. DRH has an Area Development Agreement with Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. which requires a total of 38 BWW restaurants in Michigan and Florida by 2017.
DRH also developed the unique Bagger Dave’s concept in 2007 and currently owns and operates three Bagger Dave’s restaurants in Michigan. It opened its first two locations, in Berkley and Ann Arbor, in 2008, and the third location opened in Novi in February 2010. A fourth Bagger Dave’s restaurant is scheduled to open in Brighton, Michigan, in January 2011.