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Fuddruckers debuts new Panama City unit

Fuddruckers has debuted its second Panama City location with franchisee Isthmus Food Service, S. A.

December 23, 2015

Fuddruckers has debuted its second Panama City location with franchisee Isthmus Food Service, S. A.

The 4,500-square-foot restaurant with seating for 126 is situated at Panama City's Street Mall shopping center on Via Israel in the San Francisco/Punta Pacifica area, according to a company press release. It joins Panama City's Metromall site, which opened in late 2014. The partnership plan with Isthmus Food Service, S. A. calls for the development of up to eight more Fuddruckers restaurants. Six are targeted for Panama, while the remaining two will be located in Aruba, said Peter Tropoli, COO.

"We're excited to be expanding in Panama with our partners at Isthmus Food Service, S. A., who have revealed another prime location for our always fresh and never frozen 100 percent USDA premium cut beef," he said.

While the new sites in Aruba and Panama will share Fuddruckers' signature look, Build Your Own produce bar and many menu items with restaurants in the U.S., some dishes, ingredients and preparations will be introduced in each locale that reinforce a sense of place. In Panama City, highlighted specialties include corvine, a prized saltwater fish, said Tropoli.