New Burger Joint Opening At The Village At Newtown

NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP >> For local fans of Five Guys, the long wait is almost over.

The popular fast casual burger joint is scheduled to open its doors on Wednesday, July 27 at 11 a.m. at the Village At Newtown Shopping Center.

A sign on the door reads, “We thank you for your patience. Our team and contractors are doing everything they can to make sure this is a perfect store opening for the community.”

Five Guys, known for its handcrafted burgers and hot dogs, fries and shakes,is opening at the former SaladWorks site at the far end of the shopping center across from Bank of America.

The 2300 square foot eatery will include 23 indoor seats along with 10 additional seats on the outdoor veranda overlooking Eagle Road.

Five Guys will operate with a morning and an evening shift with no more than eight employees per shift. It will be open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

This is the sixth Five Guys location in Bucks County. The chain also has locations in Langhorne, Feasterville, Warminster, Doylestown and Quakertown

Five Guys is a family-owned and operated franchise restaurant group that focuses on serving high-quality burgers, fries and shakes. The eatery was established in 1986 in Arlington, Va. In 2003, Five Guys opened its first franchised location. Today it has 1,600 locations worldwide.

Also coming soon to the village will be The Halal Guys, specializing in authentic American Halal food, including chicken and beef gyros and falafel platters.

The Halal Guys will be opening in a 1600 square foot space formerly occupied by the Melt Shop, which closed its doors during the pandemic. It will include up to 18 indoor seats, representing a reduction from the Melt Shop’s 24 seats.

“This would certainly be something unique and new to Newtown that I don’t think we have anywhere else so that’s a plus,” said local land use attorney Joe Blackburn, who handled the eatery’s conditional use application.

The Halal Guys have grown from a food cart on the streets of New York City to a global icon known as the largest American halal street food concept in the world. The food cart was first parked on the corner of 53rd and 6th Avenue in 1990 by three like-minded men from Egypt who came to America in search of a better life.

In 2014, The Halal Guys began expanding its authentic halal cuisine from the food cart into restaurants and now operates more than 90 locations within the United States, Canada, Indonesia, South Korea and the United Kingdom.

This would be the first location in Bucks County for the Halal Guys, which has eateries in King of Prussia and Philadelphia and more than 400 locations throughout the nation.

There is no word yet on an official opening, but help wanted signs for the future eatery have popped up around the shopping center.