{"id":10942,"date":"2025-10-21T17:29:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T17:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/10942\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T17:29:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T17:29:16","slug":"briarwood-dunkin-reopens-restaurant-with-new-renovations-donates-3k-to-viscardi-center-qns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/10942\/","title":{"rendered":"Briarwood Dunkin\u2019 reopens restaurant with new renovations, donates $3K to Viscardi Center \u2013 QNS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/briarwood-dunkin-reopens01.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"Representatives from Briarwood Dunkin\u2019, Metro Franchising, the Viscardi Center, the Queens Chamber of Commerce and the Office of New York State Senator Leroy Comrie celebrated the grand reopening of the Dunkin\u2019 restaurant on Queens Boulevard, in Briarwood, on Oct. 16.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Representatives from Briarwood Dunkin\u2019, Metro Franchising, the Viscardi Center, the Queens Chamber of Commerce and the Office of New York State Senator Leroy Comrie celebrated the grand reopening of the Dunkin\u2019 restaurant on Queens Boulevard, in Briarwood, on Oct. 16.<\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of Dunkin\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Dunkin\u2019 hosted a grand reopening of its newly renovated restaurant on Queens Boulevard in <a href=\"https:\/\/qns.com\/neighborhoods\/briarwood\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Briarwood<\/a>, hosting a ceremony to commemorate the occasion on Oct. 16.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.queenschamber.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Queens Chamber of Commerce<\/a> and the office of state Sen. Leroy Comrie joined Dunkin\u2019 representatives and members of the community for the ribbon-cutting. Attendees were each provided with a free coffee and doughnut, as well as a chance to spin the Dunkin\u2019 prize wheel for free merchandise from the restaurant.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-587596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/briarwood-dunkin-reopens02-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"Representatives from Metro Franchising presented the Viscardi Center with a $3,000 donation, in collaboration with the Dunkin\u2019 Joy in Childhood Foundation, in celebration of the Briarwood Dunkin\u2019 grand reopening.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1365\"  \/>Representatives from Metro Franchising presented the Viscardi Center with a $3,000 donation, in collaboration with the Dunkin\u2019 Joy in Childhood Foundation, in celebration of the Briarwood Dunkin\u2019 grand reopening.Photo courtesy of Dunkin\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Dunkin\u2019 franchisee Metro Franchising also teamed up with the Dunkin\u2019 Joy in Childhood Foundation and donated $3,000 to the Viscardi Center. The nonprofit organization, located in Albertson, NY, provides educational and employment opportunities to children, adults and disabled veterans to empower them with tools to support independent living and self-confidence.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-587597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/briarwood-dunkin-reopens03-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"Community Liaison Anthony Harrison presented a special proclamation to representatives from Metro Franchising on behalf of the Office of state Sen. Leroy Comrie during the Briarwood Dunkin\u2019 grand reopening.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1365\"  \/>Community Liaison Anthony Harrison presented a special proclamation to representatives from Metro Franchising on behalf of the Office of state Sen. Leroy Comrie during the Briarwood Dunkin\u2019 grand reopening.Photo courtesy of Dunkin\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Henry Viscardi School is proud to be the recipient of such generous support from Metro Franchising and Dunkin\u2019,\u201d said Lauren Marzo, the nonprofit\u2019s chief development officer. \u201cOur relationship spans well over a decade, and Dunkin\u2019s support has helped provide critical programs for our students with severe disabilities.These programs help our students learn, grow and take important steps toward an independent future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Briarwood Dunkin\u2019 \u2014 located at 138-01 Queens Blvd. \u2014 is open daily from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Representatives from Briarwood Dunkin\u2019, Metro Franchising, the Viscardi Center, the Queens Chamber of Commerce and the Office of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[8706,8825,9,24,63,122,124,123,8826],"class_list":["post-10942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-dunkin","tag-dunkinu2019-joy-in-childhood-foundation","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-viscardi-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}