DevLee

Opelika residents with a craving for burgers and french fries will soon have a new way to satisfy their fast food desires with the arrival of a new McDonald’s in Opelika and the possibility of Bojangles’ franchises in Auburn, Opelika and Smiths Station.

Dolly Marshall plans to open a new McDonald’s franchise in TigerTown by the loading docks of Office Depot.

“We’ve been looking into this for sometime,” she said.

Groundbreaking on the fast-food restaurant will be next week. Marshall said she hopes to have her latest franchise open by the end of June. “Things are moving very quickly,” she said.

The TigerTown McDonald’s location will be Marshall’s seventh. She also owns restaurants in Auburn, Opelika and Tuskegee.

Marshall said she believes there is a good amount of traffic in TigerTown, which she hopes will bring in customers.

SOURCE: OANOW.com

The new Waffle House in Tigertown is coming together. Construction seems to be complete but I have no opening date at this time. There is speculation that it replaced the proposed Waffle House that was to inhabit the old Daylight Dounuts on Glenn but that has not been confirmed.

We caught the Brick Oven Pizza Company at Tigertown in Opelika working on some signage. They are scheduled to open this month, March 2009. We’ll update you when we find out opening day.

Yellowhammer in Waverly, AL has some rumor buzz that it is closed/closing. There is no update on their website as of this post.  http://www.yellowhammerrestaurant.com/

From the looks of this ABC zoning application it looks like there may be a new mexican restaurant coming on Opelika Rd. near N. Dean.