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Captain D's Seafood Restaurants to Break Ground for First of up to Three Units in Detroit; Paul Hubbard, Wade Briggs Are Franchisees.


NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Captain D's LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

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, the 35-year-old pioneer in the seafood restaurant fast- casual category, will break ground 10:30 am, Tuesday, April 25th for what could be up to three new restaurants in Detroit. Detroit area civic and business dignitaries are expected to participate in the ceremony at the 10711 Seven Mile Road (near Myers) location, which is being hosted by Detroit business, and civic leader Paul Hubbard and former radio personality Wade (Butterball Jr.) Briggs.

The 2,400 square feet restaurant marks the first of three restaurants that Hubbard and Briggs plan Briggs' Plan was a military plan devised by British General Sir Harold Briggs shortly after his appointment in 1950 as Director of Operations in the anti-communist war in Malaya.  to open in Detroit. The Seven Mile and Myers location is expected to open in midsummer.

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 Mike Pearce, Captain D's vice president of franchise development at Captain D's, his company projects Detroit to accommodate a total of 60 restaurants.

Alpha Restaurants, LLC, will hire about 25 persons for their first restaurant and Mel Garrett, a 25-year McDonald's franchisee and executive, will manage the new Captain D's.

Hubbard and Briggs have both been active in civic organizations, business and Detroit media. Hubbard is the former president of New Detroit. He most recently has served in Toledo where he was a community builder for the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development and in economic and neighborhood development for the Mayor of Toledo. Briggs has been involved in a number of local businesses following a career in local radio and cable television.

Captain D's offers consumers sit-down, carryout car·ry·out  
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Intended to be consumed away from the place of sale; takeout: a shop offering carryout sandwiches.

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An item of food or a meal that is to be consumed away from the place of sale.
 and drive-through service and a menu of its famous signature fried fish Fried fish refers to any fish that has been prepared by frying. Often, the fish is covered in batter, or flour, or herbs and spices before being fried.

Fish is fried in many parts of the world, and fried fish is an important dish in many cuisines.
, seafood, chicken and side dishes.

Headquartered in Nashville, Captain D's, LLC opened its first restaurant in Donelson, Tenn. as Mr. D's and the company later changed its name to Captain D's Inc., and then Captain D's LLC. There are nearly 600 Captain D's in 26 United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  and military bases around the world. The parent company for Captain D's, Sagittarius Brands, recently completed the purchase of Del Taco Del Taco is a chain of North American fast-food restaurants specializing in Mexican-style offerings as well as American foods such as burgers, fries and shakes.

The first Del Taco restaurant was founded in Yermo, California in 1961 by Ed Hackbarth and David Jameson.
, this country's second largest Mexican chain. Additional information is available at www.captainds.com.
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