A restaurant chain has approved a developer to bring their name to town.  Aaron White, Executive Director for the Ellis County Coalition for Economic Development, told Hays Post that Qdoba Mexican Grill has given a developer permission to open a restaurant with their franchise name in Hays.

Qdoba has recently opened locations in Hutchinson, Wichita and Colby.  This newest expansion would be the 4th in the state.  White said the plan is to redevelop a section of land east of Vine Street just south of Interstate 70.  He added that right now the only sticking point for involved parties is the parking requirement put forth by the restaurant’s corporate office.

“The biggest thing they need to do is figure out how to lay it out and gain four more spaces than what their current design came up with.  By City codes they came up short 10, but the city is willing to flex on that.  The corporate office said they’re short 4, so they have to either sign an agreement with another adjacent retail space where they could share some parking spaces or they have to figure out how to lay that lot out.”

White said that this will be a joint development between Qdoba and existing businesses in the nearby area.