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Mighty Quinn's barbecue
Mighty Quinn’s barbecue franchise to
open up new location
in Long Island City
BY MAX PARROTT
Come all without, come all
within, Long Island City
is about to get a Mighty
Quinn’s.
Married couple Mike and Paula
Dolan signed one of the New York-based
barbecue chain’s first franchis-ing
deals to develop four restaurants
in Queens. Now they’re looking for the
right spot in Long Island City.
“We want to plant the flag in the
right part of town. We cater to the
lunch and dinner crowd and Mighty
Quinn’s is somewhat of a destination
so we really want to find the right
area,” said restaurant co-founder Mi-cha
Magid.
The first Mighty Quinn’s flagship
started in the East Village in 2012.
Its artisanal, wood-fired barbecue in
a fast casual setting vaulted the res-taurant
into being a name brand and
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critical favorite. After winning the 2013
Zagat award for best new restaurant
in New York, it expanded to 10 loca-tions,
finally gaining the scale where
its brand was ready for franchising.
So far Mike Dolan says he’s limited
his search for the first location of his
franchise to Long Island City, adding
that he’s hunting for a healthy por-tion
of atmosphere. He’s still decid-ing
whether he wants to cater to the
corporate clientele in Queens Plaza or
Court Square or whether he wants to
chase a trendier location along Vernon
Boulevard.
Dolan and his wife, who grew up in
Queens, are looking forward to con-tributing
to the borough’s infusion of
food capital.
“I think the people of Queens will
really embrace it,” said Dolan. “Long
Island is my home and I can’t wait to
be a part of the maturation process
of Queens.”
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