Restaurant Update: Openings

The latest expansion plans from three restaurant chains:

* Chicken tenders brand Huey Magoo’s (Orlando, Fla.) has opened its first-ever airport location, at Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. That locale sports a smaller footprint designed to reduce entry costs and accelerate development timelines for future franchises, the chain said in a news release. Overall, the brand has 75 locations in 12 states.

* Killer Burger (Portland, Ore.), a “better burger” chain, has opened its 19th Oregon location, in Bend, with franchise partner Cascade KB. With 26 company-owned and franchised locations in the Oregon, Idaho, Washington and Texas, the chain is looking expand its franchise network into Boise, southern Idaho and northern Utah.

* Bakery café franchise Paris Baguette (Moonachie, N.J.) has unveiled its 250th cafe in North America, in Frederick, Md. That locale’s franchise team is led by Waseem Mohamad, a former general contractor for the chain, and his business partners, Prant Kumar and Prince Kumar. In a press release, the fast-growing brand says it has 170-plus franchise agreements in its development pipeline, has opened nearly 50 cafes thus far this year, and expects to open another 50 by year-end. Specific new markets it’s eying include Massachusetts, Florida, Illinois and Ohio in the U.S., and such Canadian cities as Quebec, Vancouver and Toronto.