Mighty Quinn’s BBQ Coming Soon To Tampa Bay

TAMPA, FL — Mighty Quinn’s BBQ, a fast casual urban barbecue concept founded in New York City, is expanding to Tampa Bay.

The brand has signed a multi-unit franchise agreement in Tampa Bay with TBBQ Group LLC.

“Mighty Quinn’s is thrilled to expand into Florida,” said Mighty Quinn’s Co-CEO Micha Magid. “There has been a tremendous migration of people to the state of Florida, and specifically, into the Tampa Bay region. We are excited to team up with TBBQ Group to bring our style of barbecue to the area.”

The local founders of TBBQ Group are eager to bring the new restaurant option to the community. They plan to open several locations over the next few years across the greater Tampa Bay area.

“A major trend they’ve identified in Tampa is areas with a live/work/play layout. There are retail spaces, homes and office buildings close to each other where people congregate and socialize. These are the areas that Mighty Quinn’s authentic barbecue will thrive,” said Co-CEO Christos Gourmos.

Mighty Quinn’s provides a chef-driven food experience in a relaxing, casual environment.

The brand already has a significant following and presence throughout New York and New Jersey, and is looking to grow outside its home region.

“We can see many more locations opening throughout the state of Florida in the future,” said Magid.

Mighty Quinn’s is the winner of the 2013 Zagat award for best new restaurant in New York. Its cuisine is the merging of two great barbecue traditions: Texas and the Carolinas using all-natural meats and poultry, seasoned with spice blends and then wood-smoked for hours.

Mighty Quinn’s was first introduced in 2011 when co-founder and pit master Hugh Mangum smoked brisket and pulled pork out of a mobile smoker hitched to his pickup truck in Williamsburg (Brooklyn, New York City). Deciding to expand beyond the mobile offering, which regularly resulted in a 40-person line that continued to grow until Mangum ran out of product, Mangum joined forces with his stepbrother, Micha Magid, and Micha’s brother-in-law and restauranteur, Christos Gourmos, to open the first brick and mortar Mighty Quinn’s restaurant in the East Village.

Since the brand’s inception, the three partners have opened a mix of corporate-owned and franchised locations, a restaurant at Yankee Stadium, two locations in Madison Square Garden, and one international franchised restaurant. The brand currently has a growing multi-state pipeline of franchise development.