Madison, Ridgeland restaurants being built – Clarion Ledger

Multiple Madison County restaurants are in various stages of construction with the Ridgeland Chipotle on County Line Road slated to open Wednesday.

The location at 836 East County Line Road in Ridgeland was formerly home to a Shoneys restaurant and more recently a Shrimp Basket.

Ridgeland officials said that final inspections are underway as employees are in training to serve customers.

As of Dec. 31, 2021, the company had expanded to2,918 Chipotle restaurants throughout the United States and 44 international locations.

A second Chipotle location in Madison is in the early stages of construction with an early 2024 timetable set for opening.That restaurant is on Grandview Boulevard next to the existingZaxbys.

On a larger scale, Greg Johnston and his partners are moving along nicely on the Magnolia District in Downtown Madison as construction could be ready for its first tenant by August.

In the Magnolia District building will be the Foxtail Restaurant, which has its origins in Illinois. It will house the entire 10,000 square feet of the first building of the Magnolia District, upstairs and down.

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The owners of The Foxtail are still in negotiations with interior designers, according to Johnston, and hope to be ready to get moving on the interior by late summer and into the early fall.

When up and running, The Foxtail will offer craft cocktails, raw oysters, fresh seafood and other eats.

The Foxtail's extensive dinner menudraws inspiration from Middle Eastern cuisine and offers dishes made with fresh, locally sourced ingredients. Diners can start with the zaatar-dusted flatbread and follow that with a sage-spiced lamb shank agnolotti or Moroccan tagine or choose seared tuna tataki or oysters from The Foxtail's raw menu.

The Foxtail, which has one location in Downer's Grove, Illinois, just outside of Chicago, is owned by Tim Canning and Todd Davies.

The newest Keifers location inMadisonhas come a long way on Highland Colony Parkway, adjacent to the St. Dominic's medical facility and across the parkway from Broadmoor Baptist Church.

Despite supply chain issues since the beginning of the project, the hope from its owners is for a fall opening.

"It will be as close of a replica to the site in Jackson as possible, said Keith Kent, vice president of Reunion, who helps represent Keifers. "The kitchen size will be a little bit larger to help keep up with the demand.

The originalBelhavenneighborhoodlocation in Jacksonwill remain open.

There is another Keifers location in Downtown Jackson at 120 Congress Street. However, while owned within the family, it is owned separately. They only share a name.

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