The Settlement at Willow Grove will get some fresh, to-go meal options later this season.
Fresh Kitchen, co-owned by chef Daniel Dreher and Ryan McNeil, will open its second location in the development’s Village Center, directly across from Bistro Byronz. McNeil says they’re shooting for an opening in late July or early August.
Dreher and McNeil opened the first Fresh Kitchen, a health food restaurant that offers prepackaged and portioned meal options and salads, late last summer on Corporate Boulevard. The new location is about 600 square feet and will offer the full menu.
McNeil says the restaurant is working on around 15 new menu items. The new menu will be introduced in tandem with the second location’s opening.
“It will be an entirely new menu, some of which will replace old items,” he says.
McNeil and Dreher had been working on the second Fresh Kitchen for a couple of months. Looking at stats and demographics of both the community development and Fresh Kitchen brand, the move to Willow Grove made sense to the business owners. With business going well and growing community support, McNeil says more locations could be coming sooner rather than later.
“We’re eyeballing a couple of other options for locations,” McNeil says. “We’re thinking a third, possibly fourth, depending on what’s available. Downtown could be a possibility, but it all depends on what space is available. I don’t think we could ask for better support from the community.”
—Matthew Sigur
