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Beating the Odds Delaware’s hospitality groups are still on the move By Pam George
ric Sugrue, the managing partner of Big Fish Restaurant Group, is not one to miss an opportunity. When Joe’s Crab Shack closed in 2020 after 17 years on the Wilmington Riverfront, the company filled the gap with Taco Grande Mexigrill + Tequila Bar. And that’s not all. In the past year, the company replaced Harvest House in Wilmington with a Rosenfeld’s Delicatessen and opened a combined Big Fish Market and Rosenfeld’s Delicatessen in the former McCabe Gourmet Market in South Bethany Beach. The restaurant group is in good company. Many multiunit operators have expanded during the pandemic. However, it’s hardly business as usual.►
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Guests enjoy the patio at Taco Grande, the Big Fish Group's latest addition. Photo by Joe del Tufo SEPTEMBER 2021
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