Baltimore-based Atlas Restaurant Group is partnering with a Delaware hospitality firm because it eyes an growth to the seaside.
Atlas CEO Alex Smith stated Monday that the corporate has acquired a “controlling stake” in Huge Fish Restaurant Group, which operates 15 eating ideas in Rehoboth Seashore, Lewes, Wilmington and elsewhere within the state. Huge Fish cofounder Eric Sugrue and president Holly Monaco will keep on as companions within the enterprise.
Huge Fish’s eating places — which embody a number of places of Huge Fish Grill, in addition to Salt Air Kitchen + Bar and Sazio in Rehoboth Seashore, and Taco Grande, Trolley Sq. Oyster Home and Torbert Road Social in Wilmington — will keep the identical underneath the brand new partnership.
Smith stated Atlas Restaurant Group is “actively” seeking to develop its attain to the shore.
“Atlas has all the time seemed to make a push to the seashores, from Delaware to Ocean Metropolis,” he stated. “A number of our diners go on trip there.”
Smith and his brother, Atlas managing associate Eric Smith, each attended the College of Delaware. They’re nephews of Baltimore Solar proprietor David D. Smith, who’s a associate in some Atlas eating places.
The deal brings the full variety of eating places operated by Atlas to greater than 50. The hospitality group additionally runs Baltimore spots like The Choptank, Azumi, Tagliata and Ouzo Bay.