With a fryer full of business experience already bubbling behind the counter, 25-year-old Ali Modder is expanding his family’s restaurant business — scaling from South Kansas City, across to the state line, to what soon will be a sixth location for the popular GJ Fish & Chicken.
“My father was satisfied with the one restaurant, but if people like it, let’s open more locations,” Modder said of his expansion push and a menu that boasts a wider range of food than its name suggests.
After opening a fifth GJ Fish & Chicken restaurant in Midtown just weeks ago — inside the freestanding former Haha’s Kebabs building at 204 W. 39th St. — Modder is set to debut his next fried chicken spot in a strip center at 808 N. Ridgeview Road in Olathe…