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Rib City’s first Estero location to open

By Staff | Jun 10, 2011

Rib City’s first Estero location will open Monday, June 6.

According to company President Craig Peden, Rib City purchased a building located at 10431 Corkscrew Commons Drive off I-75 Exit 123 and Corkscrew Road. Arizona Pizza formerly occupied the 4,285-square-foot facility.

The new location increases Rib City’s corporate-owned restaurants to 13 in Florida and 16 franchise restaurants across the country including Washington, Colorado, Utah, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Tennessee and Maryland.

“We are excited to offer our Southwest Florida clientele a convenient location in Estero, easily accessible off I-75,” said Peden.

Peden said the company has made cosmetic changes to the facility, which was built in 2006, including new interior paint and décor, replacing booths, tables and chairs as well as exterior paint and signage. The restaurant seats 120 and includes an outdoor covered brick and tile patio.

Eric Vander Nat will serve as general manager of the Estero location.

Rib City is a family owned national barbecue chain founded in Fort Myers in 1989.

Rib City offers a menu of barbecued meats, specialized sauces and complementary side dishes such as made-from-scratch baked beans and coleslaw. Rib City achieves authentic backyard barbecue flavor by slowly cooking baby back ribs and chicken over selected hardwoods – including Red Oak – carefully balancing heat and cooking time to seal in the distinctive Rib City BBQ taste. Meats can be topped with one of four secret recipe sauces: brown sugar-based sweet sauce, vinegar-based tangy sauce, Carolina mustard sauce or hot sauce. Additional menu items include fried okra, three-cheese fries, fried shrimp, coconut cream and southern pecan pies and more.

The Estero location’s phone number is 949-1006. Hours of operation are Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. until 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. until 10 p.m.; and Sunday 11:30 a.m. until 9 p.m.

Rib City’s complete menu is available online at www.ribcity.com.

Rib City is listed with the Franchise Registry, a list of franchise systems whose franchisees have the benefits of a streamlined review process for U.S. Small Business Administration financings. For franchise information, contact Jack Burges, director of franchise sales, at jburges@ribcity.com.