LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Michael L. Jones) —

A popular fast-casual chicken and burger chain is planning to open a third Louisville location in Middletown later this year.

Jaggers is the latest concept to come from Texas Roadhouse Inc. that was conceived by the company’s late founder, Kent Taylor. The first two Jaggers restaurants launched in Noblesville, Indiana, and Indianapolis in 2014. There is also a Jaggers location in Greenwood, Indiana.

Texas Roadhouse opened the first Louisville Jaggers at 6464 Dutchmans Pkwy., near the company’s headquarters, in late 2020. The company announced in March that a second Louisville location for Jaggers would be built at 10690 Westport Road in the parking lot of Aloft Louisville East.

The third Louisville Jaggers will be located at 13712 Shelbyville Road in The Villages of English Station, just down the street from Texas Roadhouse’s Middletown restaurant.

It will cost more than $3.2 million to construct and will employ 60 people when it opens.

Travis Doster, vice president of communications at Texas Roadhouse, said he expects both new Jaggers locations to be finished by the end of the year.

“Both the new locations will have a double drive-thru,” Doster explained. “The new [Shelbyville Road] location will be a dine-in. The one over here by our office is actually dine-in too, but the dining room has just been closed.

“It’s a single drive-thru, and that is a challenge in that parking lot. So, we do plan to reopen the dining room. Right now, honestly, the inside we’re using for some storage.”

Jaggers’ menu features burgers, chicken tenders, salads and milkshakes. Prices range from $2 to $12.

Source: https://www.wlky.com/