When it opens next Tuesday at The Mall of San Juan, the American Cut Bar & Grill restaurant will become the first of its kind that parent LDV Hospitality opens outside the U.S. mainland, and the flagship for the new concept that will be expanded to other stateside markets in the near future.
With an investment of $2.5 million, Applebee’s will inaugurate its fifth restaurant on the island on Dec. 7, becoming the first market to introduce a new architectural design to be adopted by other restaurants nationwide.
LDV Hospitality, a New York-based restaurant group, will be expanding into the Puerto Rico market with its first American Cut Bar & Grill restaurant, slated to open in December 2015, founder John Meadow said Monday.