{"id":273404,"date":"2026-08-27T19:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T19:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/273404\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T19:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T19:06:12","slug":"huey-magoos-plans-first-pennsylvania-restaurants-in-scranton-wilkes-barre-tunkhannock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/273404\/","title":{"rendered":"Huey Magoo’s plans first Pennsylvania restaurants in Scranton, Wilkes-Barre, Tunkhannock"},"content":{"rendered":"

TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING CO. \u2014 A Florida-based chicken restaurant chain is coming to Pennsylvania for the first time, with all three of its initial locations planned for Northeastern Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

Huey Magoo’s announced Thursday that local business partners Mark DeStefano and Mike Diskin have committed to opening restaurants in Tunkhannock and the Scranton and Wilkes-Barre areas.<\/p>\n

The first is expected to open in Tunkhannock during the first half of 2027.<\/p>\n

The company said the 2,600-square-foot restaurant will be part of a three-unit property being developed by the local owners.<\/p>\n

Locations in Lackawanna and Luzerne counties are expected to follow, although specific sites and opening dates have not yet been announced.<\/p>\n

Huey Magoo’s specializes in chicken tenders, which can be ordered hand-breaded or grilled. Its menu also includes chicken sandwiches, wraps and salads, along with sides, teas and lemonades.<\/p>\n

The chain is approaching 100 locations nationwide as it continues expanding into new markets.<\/p>\n

DeStefano, a Northeastern Pennsylvania finance and operations executive, and Diskin, who has a background in hospitality and customer service, said they had been considering several chicken restaurant concepts before choosing Huey Magoo’s.<\/p>\n

DeStefano said the partners intend for the restaurants to be locally owned and operated and involved with area schools, teams and community events.<\/p>\n

The Tunkhannock restaurant will mark Huey Magoo’s first location anywhere in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

\"Left<\/p>\n

Left to right: Chief Operations Officer Mike Sutter; franchisee Mike Diskin; franchisee Mark DeStefano; CEO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING CO. \u2014 A Florida-based chicken restaurant chain is coming to Pennsylvania for the first time, with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":273405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[178,180,179],"class_list":["post-273404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}