{"id":87482,"date":"2026-11-13T09:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T09:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/87482\/"},"modified":"2026-11-13T09:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T09:12:14","slug":"dairy-queen-rival-set-to-open-brand-new-restaurant-as-opening-date-already-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/87482\/","title":{"rendered":"Dairy Queen rival set to open brand-new restaurant as opening date already revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

A DAIRY Queen rival is preparing to open a new restaurant next year.<\/p>\n

Culver\u2019s has already announced plans to debut 59 new franchise-owned restaurants\u00a0by the end of the year.<\/p>\n

The restaurant chain, which has also made several other operational changes in 2026, has set its sights to 2027.<\/p>\n

Culver\u2019s has announced a new restaurant with a capacity of just over 100 people in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, opening next May. <\/p>\n

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The restaurant chain officially broke ground on the restaurant earlier this month.<\/p>\n

Culver\u2019s was told to modify their initial standard design to better fit the space.<\/p>\n

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Culver\u2019s purchased land that sat vacant for nine years after the demolition of the Center Mayfield Theatre.<\/p>\n

Franchise owner-operator Aliza Ocasio revealed what she enjoyed most about working with the restaurant chain.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cOne of my favorite things about working for this company is the people.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cI have enjoyed working with the team at my location and socializing with the guests.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs [Ocasio] prepares to break ground in Cleveland Heights, she looks forward to building her team and finding ways for the restaurant to serve the community she grew up in,\u201d the city said in its press release.<\/p>\n

Culver\u2019s said it hopes to build more restaurants in the Cleveland area in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A DAIRY Queen rival is preparing to open a new restaurant next year. Culver\u2019s has already announced plans to debut 59 new franchise-owned restaurants\u00a0by the end of the year. The restaurant chain, which has also made several other operational changes in 2026, has set its sights to 2027. Culver\u2019s has announced a new restaurant with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[17751,39038,2833,2831,2829,2832,2830],"class_list":["post-87482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ohio","tag-dairy-queen","tag-money-us","tag-ohio","tag-ohio-dining","tag-ohio-food","tag-ohio-grocery-stores","tag-ohio-restaurants"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/vive.im\/@dc\/117608365718018571","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}