Restaurants & Bars
Huckleberry’s To Bring Southern Cookin' To Concord
Moving into former Mels Diner locale, the new spot will serve up such dishes as beignets, chicken & waffles, fried green tomatoes & catfish.
CONCORD, CA — Huckleberry’s Breakfast and Lunch, a restaurant that prides itself on “Southern Cookin’ with a California Twist,” plans to open its newest locale in mid-June in Concord.
The eatery will be at 4391 Treat Blvd. — the site of the former Original Mels Diner, which closed in January 2021, and before that was a Coco's Bakery.
The new Huckleberry's likely will have the same breakfast-and-lunch, daytime-only hours as other Huckleberry's sites, 6 a.m. or 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Standouts from the chain's "bayou-influenced" menu include: Mardi Gras beignets with fruit toppings; fried green tomatoes; vanilla-cream stuffed or "French Quarter" French toast with New Orleans sourdough; chicken and waffles; bayou- or Creole-style Louisiana catfish; and such "N’awlins Sandwiches" as a Shrimp Po-Boy, the Monte Cristo and the "Dixieland Steak Melt" with BBQ sauce and "Onion Tanglers."
The restaurant will begin hiring May 31 on-site at the Treat Boulevard location. Or applicants also can email resumes to Joseph Rapido-Dacasin at joerapidodacasin@gmail.com. The Concord Huckleberry's franchise owner is Tej Boparai.
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Other area Huckleberry's locations are in Benicia, Fairfield, Elk Grove and Santa Rosa. The chain is owned by San Luis Obispo-based Heritage Restaurant Brands, also operators of Perko’s Cafe Grill and Cool Hand Luke’s Steakhouse Saloon.
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