Friday, November 22, 2013

Toast Featured in The Aiken Standard

Toast Cafe was featured in the Aiken Standard in an article titled "Breakfast eatery looking to locate in Aiken Area."

"A breakfast restaurant chain is eyeing South Carolina and hopes to locate in the Aiken area.

Toast Cafe is wanting to expand and is searching for someone who would be interested in investing in the franchise.

Brett Larrabee, director of brand development for Toast Cafe, said this restaurant concept fits into the "better breakfast category" because it offers a better food product, faster and more accurate service and a great dining experience to its customers.

He added that the full-service restaurant offers casual dining with a broad menu of breakfast, brunch and lunch items.

'It's not just your average run-of-the-mill place,' Larrabee said.

Read the rest of the article here.

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Toast Cafe Featured in The Herald Online

Toast Cafe was recently featured in an article in The Herald Online titled "Toast Cafe coming to Tega Cay in former PDQ site." The article ran on November 12, 2013. The article surrounds Jason Serkin's signing with Toast Cafe and the first opening in the state of South Carolina. Read an excerpt of the article below.

"TEGA CAY - By early next year, a new breakfast and lunch option should be up and running in Tega Cay. The former PDQ building at Stonecrest off Hwy. 160 West is being converted into the state's first Toast Cafe. The new restaurant is targeting a late January opening.

Robert Maynard and Brian Burchill founded Toast Cafe in Huntersville, N.C. in 2005. They currently have three N.C. locations, one each in Ballantyne, Davidson and Dilworth. Jason Serkin becomes the first franchisee with the Tega Cay location, and is looking to expand the restaurant to other sites in South Carolina.

'It is a breakfast, lunch and brunch restaurant,' Maynard said. 'We only use fresh ingredients. Everything is done in-house.'

The restaurant won't have friers or freezers. It will have crepes, specialty quiches and lobster rolls with fresh lobster flown in daily from Maine. The sit-down restaurant will offer 'more of a higher-end breakfast without the higher-end prices,' Maynard said.

Read the full article here.