A seafood restaurant with 10 locations around the Gulf Coast is coming soon to St. Armands Circle. Pinchers signed a lease for more than 8,000 square feet at 300 John Ringling Blvd. in Sarasota, where it plans to begin serving customers this fall.
“We are shooting to be open in October,” Kevin Rooney, vice president of marketing and advertising for Phelan Family Brands, tells the Business Observer.
Specializing in seafood like crab and shrimp, Pinchers is among more than a dozen concepts within the Phelan Family Brands portfolio. The company was established in 1997 with the debut of Pinchers Crab Shack in Bonita Springs and has expanded over the years to include other concepts like Deep Lagoon and Texas Tony’s Rib & Brewhouse. With the new Pinchers, Rooney says, Phelan Family Brands will have 27 restaurants on the Gulf Coast…