Owners of a new Bennigan’s have targeted late March for a grand opening of the restaurant which will be located on the southeast corner of Dr. F.E. Wright Drive and Whitehall Street, in a new 18,000-square-foot retail center – Bre Avenue at Madison Place.

Donald and Kimberly Lloyd will own and operate Bennigan’s, which is an Irish pub-themed casual dining restaurant chain founded in 1976 in Atlanta by restaurateur Norman E. Brinker as one of America’s original casual dining concepts.

“The restaurant will consist of about 5,000-square-feet,” Kimberly Lloyd said. “We will have seating for over 100 customers … including the bar, and we’ll also have a side, outdoor patio.”

Donald and Kimberly Lloyd also own the Huddle House restaurant, which opened January 16, at 1118 Whitehall, next to the new retail center.

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