{"id":8626,"date":"2016-06-02T20:05:07","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T00:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=8626"},"modified":"2016-06-02T20:05:07","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T00:05:07","slug":"patrons-pack-roy-rogers-during-grand-opening-and-some-camped-overnight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2016\/06\/patrons-pack-roy-rogers-during-grand-opening-and-some-camped-overnight\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrons Pack Roy Rogers During Grand Opening, And Some Camped Overnight"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The grand opening of the new Roy Rogers restaurant, Brick, NJ, June 2, 2016. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

The new Roy Rogers restaurant in Brick drew a steady, large crowd all day, but not before a big rush to get in Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

Patrons, including some who camped out all night, packed the Brick Boulevard eatery after waiting on line for a chance to win a $250 gift card. The gift cards were given to the first 50 customers in the new location.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got through the first 50 pretty quickly,\u201d said Jim Plamondon, the company\u2019s president, who was on hand for the grand opening ceremony, which included a ribbon cutting by Mayor John Ducey.<\/p>\n

After the doors were open, strong foot \u2013 and drive-in \u2013 traffic continued all day.<\/p>\n

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The grand opening of the new Roy Rogers restaurant, Brick, NJ, June 2, 2016. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re known to be a cut above the typical fast food restaurant,\u201d said Plamondon, who described today\u2019s Roy Rogers as a restaurant that occupies a niche \u201cbetween fast food and fast casual.\u201d<\/p>\n

The brightly-colored, brand new restaurant may look like a burger joint, but instead features real, USDA Choice roast beef, slow-cooked in on-premises ovens, fried chicken and burgers, which can be customized with a number of options and fixins\u2019.<\/p>\n

The Brick location is the company\u2019s 52nd restaurant in New Jersey, and only the second in Ocean County after a long-standing location in Pine Beach.\u00a0Ed Abramson, owner of the Pine Beach franchise, owns the Brick location as well.<\/p>\n

The restaurant opened Thursday after months of construction that followed\u00a0an approval process that lasted for years after residents of a nearby senior citizen development filed lawsuits trying to block the construction of the restaurant. The same group had driven away a Sonic drive-through from opening in the location. But judging by the crowd enjoying lunch at the restaurant Thursday, Roy Rogers has\u00a0been met with approval from Brick residents.<\/p>\n

The 3,200 square foot restaurant will be open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily and features a drive-through lane.<\/p>\n

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