The local establishment, which has been operating in Northampton County for the past decade, will take over the former site of 21 Crafthouse and Kitchen.
A veritable institution of the Harrisburg community, East Shore Diner recently packed up and moved to its new plot of land in Silver Spring Township where it will reopen mid-2023 as Silver Scoop.
Led by Josh Crownover and the team behind Jim Thorpe’s MYST, this new restaurant will sit on roughly two acres, offering ample outdoor seating and patio space.
Franchisee Steve Dyer says a full-service restaurant is the ‘right next move’ after operating the brand’s satellite meal prep model in the community for some time.
Franchisees Agam Vaidya, Sanjay Patel, and Dipak Patel will open three restaurants by 2028, while also overseeing operations at its outposts in Toms River and Metuchen.
The company, formerly known as Factory Donuts, was acquired in 2020 by Pennsylvania-based Phoenix Nexus, which is working to overhaul the once-flagging brand.
Exhibition Hub’s two-year lease agreement kicks off with ‘Banksy Was Here: The Exhibition,’ which the group hopes will parlay into a more permanent home for its innovative shows.
‘The next four or five months are going to be spent getting to know what our neighbors have created, and then figuring out; okay, where do we go from here?’
In addition to galleries and a cafe, the group behind the project, Philadelphia Contemporary, envisions a two-story structure that can also house performance spaces, a working studio, classroom, and on-site offices.