The new restaurant will remain under the umbrella of the HM Restaurant Group, which also operates Doc Ford’s locations, reports said.
The company’s other concepts include Dixie Fish Company, Bonita Fish Company and Gloria’s Sauce.
The Doc Ford’s concept is inspired by a character of the same name featured in more than 30 novels by Florida author Randy Wayne White.
White first licensed the name, as well as book-related design and menu ideas to Island House Restaurants in 2003, St. Pete Catalyst said. HMRG later took over that contract in 2015.
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