{"id":9163,"date":"2016-08-18T01:47:35","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T05:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=9163"},"modified":"2016-08-18T01:47:35","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T05:47:35","slug":"local-burrito-restaurant-expands-to-silverton-in-first-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2016\/08\/local-burrito-restaurant-expands-to-silverton-in-first-franchise\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Burrito Restaurant Expands to Silverton in First Franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Bubbakoo's<\/a>

Bubbakoo\u2019s Burritos, Silverton, Toms River, NJ. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

A fast-growing local restaurant chain has opened its latest location in the Silverton section of Toms River, giving Brick residents a southward option to enjoy burritos, tacos, quesadillas and, of course, the chain\u2019s signature Chiwawa. It also marks an importance first for the company, which was founded by Point Pleasant and Brick locals Paul Altero and Bill Hart.<\/p>\n

Bubbakoo\u2019s Burritos, which launched in Point Pleasant Borough in 2008, expanded to\u00a0a Brick Boulevard location a short time later and opened its first Toms River location several years ago in the Orchards at Dover plaza in the western portion of the township. Last month, the chain opened its second restaurant in Toms River in the Silverton section.<\/p>\n

Located at 1849 Hooper Avenue in the Rand\u2019s Shopping Plaza, the location marks a new first for Bubbakoo\u2019s \u2013 the company\u2019s first franchise location.<\/p>\n

Local restaurateurs and father-sons team, Anthony, Gregg, Joseph and Daniel Di Pierro are the owners and operators of the newest\u00a0Bubbakoo\u2019s Burritos restaurant. The family brings a strong background in the restaurant industry to its new endeavor, as the owners of two local Toms River restaurants \u2013 Joey D\u2019s Brick Oven Pizzeria and Restaurant and Mangia Brick Oven Pizza.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are too many great things about this brand not to love it,\u201d said Anthony, oldest of the Di Pierro brothers. \u201cWe firmly believe in the Bubbakoo\u2019s philosophy of serving healthier quick serve options with an extraordinary customer service experience. There\u2019s an undeniable buzz around Bubbakoo\u2019s right now, and we\u2019re thrilled to be a part of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Bubbakoo's<\/a>

Bubbakoo\u2019s Burritos, Silverton, Toms River, NJ. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n

In 2015, Brick Shorebeat profiled Bubbakoo\u2019s<\/a> as they began to embark on the franchising model, which began after seven locations were up and running. The Silverton location is the company\u2019s 10th.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re pretty ambitious and really believe that from a franchising standpoint, we\u2019ve proven the concept,\u201d said Altero. \u201cI don\u2019t think we would have been able to do that if we opened two or three restaurants and then went right to franchise.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Di Pierros are exactly the right entrepreneurs to start our franchise family,\u201d said Hart. \u201cThe family\u2019s vast knowledge of and experience in the restaurant industry, as well as its strong local roots are outstanding. We are eager to see them fill the demand for a delicious and innovative Mexican-American fast casual eatery in Silverton.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bubbakoo\u2019s fills a unique role in the Jersey Shore restaurant space, providing competition to national chains like Chipotle as well as regional outfits such as Surf Taco. All meals at Bubbakoo\u2019s are made-to-order and customizable, prepared right in front of the customer.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the beginning, Chipotle and Surf Taco were very inspiring,\u201d Altero said in the previous interview. \u201cWhat makes us different is that we roll up with different items. We have a crispy buffalo chicken burrito, a Sriracha pork burrito. Then we did a cooked-to-order steak burrito. We like to integrate the freshness and the cook-to-order side of it. There aren\u2019t a lot of places where you can get an A1 double steak burrito.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A fast-growing local restaurant chain has opened its latest location in the Silverton section of Toms River, giving Brick residents a southward option to enjoy burritos, tacos, quesadillas and, of course, the chain\u2019s signature Chiwawa. It also marks an importance first for the company, which was founded by Point Pleasant and Brick locals Paul Altero […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1649],"tags":[24,1018,2374,100],"class_list":["post-9163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-business","tag-brick-nj-news","tag-bubbakoos-burritos","tag-silverton","tag-toms-river"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/bubbakoos_silverton_tomsriver.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgt2Ft-2nN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}