Orlando Sentinel

Kyle Arnold:

Restaurant openings, expansions.

- Kyle Arnold

Hawkers Asian Street Fare is opening a new location near Windermere, the Orlandobas­ed fast casual restaurant announced Tuesday.

Hawkers is going into a new building in the Grove at Isleworth plaza at the corner of Conroy-Windermere Road and South Apopka Vineland Road.

It should open in the fourth quarter of 2017.

The new building will be in a developmen­t owned by Tavistock Developmen­t, the builder of Lake Nona.

It will be the fifth location for Hawkers, which started dishing out Asian fusion cuisine in 2011 on Mills Avenue.

The new location near Windermere is the beginning of greater expansion plans, said co-founder Kaleb Harrell.

“The Windermere neighborho­od fits the bill for what we believe will be another amazing location,” Harrell said in a statement. “Our next stop is beyond the state lines to Atlanta in 2018, and we’re really excited about it.”

Local sushi eatery expands

Sus Hi Eatstation is coming to Lake Nona and the Millenia district.

The fast-casual sushi and bowls eatery, from local couple Robert Ly and Teresa Tran, is planning to open this fall, according to Tavistock Developmen­t Co. spokeswoma­n Jessi Blakley.

The Lake Nona location is 9680 Narcoossee Road, be-

tween Pig Floyd’s Urban Barbakoa and Seacoast Bank.

On Millenia Boulevard, it will build out near the newly constructe­d Costco and next to Tijuana Flats. That location should open by the end of the year.

Customers can create their own rolls and dishes at Sus Hi.

“We’ve been working on these two for a while,” Tran said. “We’ll get these two done, and then maybe we’ll start looking for other ones.”

The original location is across from the University of Central Florida at 448 N. Alafaya Trail. They also recently opened a new location in Altamonte Springs at 380 State Road 434. Continued from Page D1

Square 1

Cowboy-themed restaurant Square 1 Burgers and Bar filed for reorganiza­tion bankruptcy for all its locations, including the recently closed spot in Winter Park.

Tampa-based Square 1, known for its buffalo burgers and cow-print decor, filed 12 separate bankruptcy petitions in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida Friday, including its parent company, a property company and two recently closed locations.

In its bankruptcy filing, Square 1 blamed the financial troubles on an over-saturated restaurant market.

“Unfortunat­ely, between 2014 and 2016, a number of restaurant franchises flooded the market saturating the areas around Square One’s restaurant with a litany of dining options,” court documents said. “When the competitio­n settled in, Square One struggled to breakeven and quickly fell behind with its creditors.”

Square 1 closed in May in Winter Park after being ordered to leave after allegedly owing about $21,000 in back rent, according to court documents.

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