Flip The Bird Owners Transform Cummings Spot Into 'The Hatchery'

BEVERLY, MA — Flip the Bird is getting a makeover at its Cummings Center location.

The popular chicken lunch spot will be rebranded as "The Hatchery" test kitchen in an effort to bring more breakfast and lunch options to the office park as well as test out new items for Flip the Bird restaurant locations.

Flip The Bird owners Anthony Marino and Victoria Farnsworth said their vision for the cafe-style spot is to offer specials that may one day be featured on either an everyday Flip the Bird menu or appear as a limited-time special.

The Hatchery menu will also feature select items from the former Marino's Cafe — the Beverly restaurant Marino and Farnworth owned and operated for a decade before launching the popular Flip the Bird franchise in 2019, which now has locations across the North Shore on Cabot Street in Beverly, Danvers and Swampscott.

The Hatchery menu will offer more varied items to cater to the office park employees who frequently order lunch there.

"It's going to be a good change for them and for us," Marino said.

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The location is set to officially open as The Hatchery on Jan. 2 with a combination of breakfast items, soups, salads, salads and Flip the Bird staples. Coffee and baked goods will also be available all day long.

Owners said the hours of operation will remain Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)