From Staff Reports
Eggs Up Grill, a rapidly growing breakfast, brunch, and lunch concept, began serving the most important meal of the day at 6 a.m. today in Apopka at 502 S. Hunt Club Blvd. The restaurant will be the first for franchise partners and Orlando residents Geoff Giordano and Kate Rozen. The couple plans to open at least two more restaurants in Orlando, with their second location coming this summer to the new area of O-Town West on 11020 Daryl Carter Parkway.
“Geoff and I are eager to introduce Eggs Up Grill to Apopka and be involved in this wonderful community,” says Kate Rozen. “We know Eggs Up Grill’s guest experience and menu will offer residents the best new breakfast, brunch, lunch, and catering restaurant in town, serving guests sunup through lunch.”
With indoor seating for 121, plus an outdoor patio, the 3,200 square-foot restaurants is designed to make guests feel at home in a light, bright and cheerful atmosphere. The Apopka restaurant will offer counter and communal seating, serving guests seven days a week from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m., with dine-in, online ordering, takeout, and delivery options available.
With indoor seating for 121, plus an outdoor patio, the 3,200 square-foot restaurants is designed to make guests feel at home in a light, bright and cheerful atmosphere.
Eggs Up Grill caters for events, big or small, with a menu featuring breakfast favorites like eggs, grits, home fries, biscuits and gravy, and muffins. Salads and sandwiches are available for catered lunch.
Prior to joining Eggs Up Grill, Giordano worked with Marriott International for 13 years, most recently serving as a manager of food and beverage at Orlando World Center Marriott. Rozen brings 25 years of marketing and branding expertise to this new family business. She has worked with leading Fortune 100 companies and as a global brand leader for large ad agencies in New York City.
Eggs Up will be the first for franchise partners Kate Rozen and Geoff Giordano.
Giordano and Rozen came across Eggs Up Grill while searching for a new business venture and fell in love with the brand, the leadership, and the opportunity to own a profitable business in the breakfast segment that values family and community.
“Our family is our top priority, so being able to combine our entrepreneurial spirit with a brand that is conducive to family life was exactly what we were looking for,” says Giordano.
The Apopka restaurant is actively hiring; anyone interested in employment at Apopka or O-Town West can apply at eggsupgrill.com. The restaurant also hopes to employ local military veterans.
With locations across Florida, the Carolinas, Georgia, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, and soon entering Texas and Mississippi, Eggs Up Grill offers an attractive experience for guests and franchise partners. Its great-tasting products, uniquely friendly service, and everyday affordability make Eggs Up Grill a number-one choice for guests.
About Eggs Up Grill:
Eggs Up Grill is home to the whole neighborhood and has been serving smiles for more than 25 years. The aromas of freshly brewed coffee, savory bacon and hand-cracked, farm-fresh eggs and juicy burgers on the griddle, and warm, attentive team members will make you feel right at home. We are “neighbors serving neighbors” daily from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Ranked as the No. 1 breakfast franchise by Entrepreneur magazine’s Franchise 500 three years in a row, Eggs Up Grill is experiencing record growth. Founded in Pawleys Island, S.C., Eggs Up Grill now has 61 locations open, with a region-wide presence of 150 Eggs Up Grills open, under development, or committed to open by local franchise partners.
