Bonchon Korean & Hummus Republic Added To The Hub At Lexington Lineup; Grand Opening Event To Be AnnouncedÂ
Have you driven by The Hub at Lexington recently? If it looks like it’s ready to open, your eyes are not deceiving you. But, before you think you’ve already missed something, co-developers Courtney Bissett-Hayes of Center Connect Development and her brother Paul Bissett say that now that the buildings themselves have been completed and turned over to the tenants, it will be several weeks before the first businesses start turning on their lights to several months for all of the previously announced restaurants — and two new ones recently added to the lineup — to be fully open.
“The first businesses could start opening this quarter,” Bissett-Hayes told me just before my deadline for this issue. “And we are planning a big Grand Opening event for a few months from now, but we will definitely keep you posted about the date for that event.”
The two new eateries are both growing national chains that have existing locations not too far from us.
The first is Hummus Republic, a counter-serve Mediterranean eatery offering customizable bowls, pita bread and wrap sandwiches that has an existing location at 7021 E. Fletcher Ave. (between USF and I-75).
Hummus Republic, which has more than 60 locations in 15 states, offers bases like rice, couscous and warm garbanzo beans, plus a variety of hummus flavors and other spreads, five different proteins (including falafel, chicken or mushroom shawarma, gyro meat and lemon chicken), more than a dozen toppings (from beets to kalamata olives) and six different dressings and you get to choose all of your favorites.
For info, visit TheHummusRepublic.com.Â
The other newcomer is Bonchon Korean Fried Chicken, which has a nearby location at 24814 S.R. 54 in Lutz among its nearly 150 U.S. and nearly 500 worldwide locations.
In addition to crunchy Korean drumsticks, wings and boneless options (below) with five different sauces (from Korean BBQ to sweet & spicy Yangnyeom sauce), Bonchon offers starters like pork, veggie, shrimp and even octopus (really!) dumplings, plus Bao buns, Korean tacos and edamame, main dishes like udon noodle soup, bibimbap bowls, bulgogi, chicken katsu and more).
For more info, visit Bonchon.com.Â
And, don’t forget all of the other eateries coming to The Hub we previously announced:
• La Creacion Bistro, the sister restaurant to La Creacion Express in the KRATEs, which will be serving breakfast, lunch and dinner with a completely different menu than what they serve at the container park.
• Brew Bar Self Pour, which will share a space with Urban Crunch Creamery Café.
The Brew Bar/Urban Crunch combo will offer self-pour beer and wine, similar to what the Brew Bar offers at the KRATEs, plus ice cream, açai, coffee and perhaps most important of all, frozen drinks like daiquiris.
• The Landing Bar & Grill, which is where you’ll watch all of your favorite sports.
• The Monk’s Indian Fusion Cuisine, a “Desi-Chinese” eatery combining the different flavors of India and China in one location.
• Saigon Pho Wesley Chapel, which has a location called Banh Mi & Boba at The Hub at Bexley. Saigon Pho also will feature beloved Vietnamese fare, including pho noodle soups, grilled plates, banh mi sandwiches and more.Â
• Farmer’s Milk, which is a café and bakery with a sister location in Hollywood, FL.
• Cinnaholic Gourmet Cinnamon Rolls
• Island Grill Caribbean fusion restaurant
The other non-food businesses previously announced as coming to The Hub are :
• The Clubhouse golf simulator
• Headlines Barber Shop
• Suncoast Charging (for electric vehicles)
• Lexington Nail Lab, which is the only Hub business that had a sign on it as we went to press with this issue.
Of course, we will keep you posted about all of the openings as they happen, in these pages and on our Facebook & Instagram pages! — GN