Bojangles, a\u00a0fast food chain known for its fried chicken sandwiches, buttery biscuits and other southern fixings, plans to open three more San Antonio locations within the next six months – including one in the Alamo Ranch area this fall.<\/p>\n
Local franchisee Terrence Thames is working to remodel a former Arby’s on Culebra Road, just west of its crossing with Westwood Loop, he said in a phone interview on Friday. The remodel is expected to cost $650,000, according to a recent filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.<\/p>\n
“Alamo Ranch\u00a0is a very highly populated area,” Thames said, explaining the appeal of the Culebra site. “You can tell just by the traffic there on a regular basis. We thought for coming into the San Antonio\u00a0market,\u00a0that would be a key place to put our brand at on that road.”<\/p>\n
It will be the North Carolina-based chain’s third franchise location in the Alamo City.<\/p>\n
Thames and a business partner own the existing two\u00a0– including one which opened\u00a0on the Southwest Side<\/a> in April – and they plan to open a fourth restaurant this fall at the crossing of FM 78 and\u00a0Walzem Road, in Converse, he said.<\/p>\n ALSO READ: Mike Sutter’s 10 worst downtown restaurants in San Antonio<\/a><\/p>\n By early next year, Thames and his business partner – operating through the entity Jingle Jangle\u00a0LLC\u00a0– expect to open a Bojangles in a former Taco Cabana at the crossing of Loop 410 and Bandera Road, on the Northwest Side.<\/p>\n They are also working on opening the chain’s first restaurants in Corpus Christi and the city of Weslaco in the Rio Grande Valley, he said.<\/p>\n They are on track to build about 28\u00a0Bojangles restaurants over the next eight years in their franchise territory, which also includes Laredo, Kerrville and New Braunfels, Thames said. That includes a total of between 15 to 17 restaurants in the San Antonio area, he said.<\/p>\n Subscribe<\/p>\n