Denny's coming to Batavia
A Denny's Restaurant plans to move into the former Honey-Jam Cafe on Randall Road in Batavia.
It could open as soon as September, according to a spokesman for Denny's.
The Batavia Plan Commission approved Denny's exterior remodeling plan June 21. The applicant, Food Service Concepts Inc., plans to replace the shingle roof with a seamless metal roof, refresh the landscaping and add a sign, according to its design application.
The restaurant at 521 N. Randall Road started life as a Bennigan's, but that closed in 2008 when the company underwent bankruptcy.
In 2010, Portillo's Restaurant Group opened the Honey-Jam Cafe, one of three. It closed three years later, then reopened in 2015, then closed again in 2016. The restaurant is next to a Portillo's Restaurant, but PRG does not own either site.
Denny's will lease the restaurant from RP & SP Holdings LLC, which owned the Portillo's Restaurant Group until selling the company to Berkshire Partners in 2014.