Popular Steakhouse On Southington Development Radar

SOUTHINGTON, CT — Officials from the LongHorn steakhouse restaurant chain are being very hush-hush about the whole matter, but it looks like it could be the next addition to Southington's culinary offerings.

Planning and Zoning officials tabled an application for a new LongHorn on a parcel off West Street Tuesday and will likely re-visit the plans in early March, officials said. The exact address of the parcel is 200 Executive Boulevard, records show.

The application, filed this month, is for a site plan modification to fit a 5,000-square-foot restaurant — speficially mentioned as a Longhorn — in the parcel with an accopanying parking lot.

Longhorn spokeswoman Brittany Baron said chain officials do not comment on any location unless it is "approved" in some way by regulatory authorities.

Longhorn already has a presence in Connecticut, including restaurants in Manchester, Enfield, North Haven, Waterford and Shelton.

In Southington, it would be the next increment of a flurry of development along the West Street corridor neat the Interstate-84 interchange. Business residents in the area include restaurtants like Chip's Family Restaurant, hotels, smaller shopping plazas and offices.

Officials at CW Commercial Real Estate, the firm marketing the parcel, were not avalable for comment Wednesday morning into the afternoon.

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