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New Brunch Restaurant Opening Soon In Anne Arundel County

A new brunch restaurant is opening soon in Anne Arundel County. The Annapolis eatery will offer staples with Mexican and Italian twists.

A new brunch restaurant named First Watch will open soon in the Festival at Riva shopping center, which is pictured above in Parole.
A new brunch restaurant named First Watch will open soon in the Festival at Riva shopping center, which is pictured above in Parole. (Jacob Baumgart/Patch)

PAROLE, MD — A new brunch restaurant called First Watch will open soon in Anne Arundel County.

The eatery will be situated in the Festival at Riva shopping center, which is in the Parole neighborhood just outside Annapolis. First Watch will be located at 2339 Forest Drive, and it will neighbor Buffalo Wild Wings.

All Annapolis reported that First Watch will fill the vacancy left by Chuy's, a Tex-Mex restaurant. Eye On Annapolis said Chuy's closed its Parole location in 2019 after two years in the shopping center.

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First Watch has not yet announced when it will open. Google Maps lists the unofficial opening date as Aug. 22.

The national chain currently has a banner hanging outside its future location, a Facebook photo from All Annapolis shows.

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This will be First Watch's ninth eatery in Maryland. The other sites are in:

  • Bowie
  • Columbia
  • Gaithersburg
  • Glen Burnie
  • Laurel
  • Pikesville
  • Rockville
  • Timonium

The Annapolis restaurant will be open daily from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Menu items will include breakfast staples like multigrain pancakes, Belgian waffles and French Toast. Lunch options will range from a chicken salad melt to a sweet honey pecan salad.

The menu also features some international inspirations. For a Mexican twist, customers can sample the chile chorizo omelet or the farm stand breakfast tacos. For a taste of Italy, patrons can try the frittata rustica or the pesto chicken quinoa bowl.

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