Eggs Up Grill at 12050 Southshore Pointe Drive in the Southshore Shops center. (Photos courtesy of Eggs Up Grill)
Rob Thompson has finally cracked into the Brandermill area with his breakfast restaurant franchise.
This week Thompson opened his latest outpost of Eggs Up Grill at 12050 Southshore Pointe Drive in the Southshore Shops center.
The former Chesterfield School Board member said the fast-growing area has been on his radar to expand his franchise, which now consists of three locations in the region. He hoped to open a restaurant there earlier but couldn’t find the right place at the time.
“It’s the fastest-growing area of Chesterfield,” said Thompson, who owns the restaurants with his wife, Karla. “It made sense. We tried to open store number two there, but we just couldn’t find a space.”
Rob and Karla Thompson (Photo courtesy of Eggs Up Grill)
The Southshore location opened Monday in a 3,400-square-foot space with seating for 140 people and 20 employees.
Eggs Up serves breakfast, lunch and brunch with a menu that includes things like omelets, biscuits and gravy, grits and home fries, along with sandwiches and salads.
The restaurant is open from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily.
The new location is Thompson’s first with a private dining room known as “The Coop” that can hold 16 to 18 people. It’s also the largest of the three Eggs Up locations he operates. He said it cost him $850,000 to open the restaurant at Southshore Shops, a figure that includes buildout and franchise fees.
Eggs Up took over two suites at the center formerly occupied by The Wright Animal Clinic and dog groomer Bark and Sparkle. Bark and Sparkle still operates within the center in a new location at 12046 Southshore Pointe Drive.
The Thompsons opened their first location at 2003 W. Huguenot Road in August 2021. Another at 2238 John Rolfe Parkway in Henrico followed in December 2021.
Thompson said the latest restaurant fulfills his commitment to Eggs Up corporate to open three restaurants. He said he could potentially do more, but doesn’t have active plans for new restaurants at this time. Thompson said his franchise territory is the western portion of the Richmond region.
Eggs Up was founded in South Carolina and has more than 60 locations in multiple states.
Eggs Up Grill at 12050 Southshore Pointe Drive in the Southshore Shops center. (Photos courtesy of Eggs Up Grill)
Rob Thompson has finally cracked into the Brandermill area with his breakfast restaurant franchise.
This week Thompson opened his latest outpost of Eggs Up Grill at 12050 Southshore Pointe Drive in the Southshore Shops center.
The former Chesterfield School Board member said the fast-growing area has been on his radar to expand his franchise, which now consists of three locations in the region. He hoped to open a restaurant there earlier but couldn’t find the right place at the time.
“It’s the fastest-growing area of Chesterfield,” said Thompson, who owns the restaurants with his wife, Karla. “It made sense. We tried to open store number two there, but we just couldn’t find a space.”
Rob and Karla Thompson (Photo courtesy of Eggs Up Grill)
The Southshore location opened Monday in a 3,400-square-foot space with seating for 140 people and 20 employees.
Eggs Up serves breakfast, lunch and brunch with a menu that includes things like omelets, biscuits and gravy, grits and home fries, along with sandwiches and salads.
The restaurant is open from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily.
The new location is Thompson’s first with a private dining room known as “The Coop” that can hold 16 to 18 people. It’s also the largest of the three Eggs Up locations he operates. He said it cost him $850,000 to open the restaurant at Southshore Shops, a figure that includes buildout and franchise fees.
Eggs Up took over two suites at the center formerly occupied by The Wright Animal Clinic and dog groomer Bark and Sparkle. Bark and Sparkle still operates within the center in a new location at 12046 Southshore Pointe Drive.
The Thompsons opened their first location at 2003 W. Huguenot Road in August 2021. Another at 2238 John Rolfe Parkway in Henrico followed in December 2021.
Thompson said the latest restaurant fulfills his commitment to Eggs Up corporate to open three restaurants. He said he could potentially do more, but doesn’t have active plans for new restaurants at this time. Thompson said his franchise territory is the western portion of the Richmond region.
Eggs Up was founded in South Carolina and has more than 60 locations in multiple states.
This location isn’t Brandermill, but is exploding in growth.
We’ve often eaten at the Huguenot Road location and have always had great service and food.
We need one in Short Pump.
There is one – Ridgefield and John Rolfe Parkways.