Dean Gonsior, Firebrew Restaurant – October 28, 2011
Firebrew Restaurant, located at 1253 Nimmo Parkway in Virginia Beach, VA, is the creation of Dean and Sue Gonsior, the former area developers for all Tropical Smoothie Cafés in the Hampton Roads, Virginia market. In 2001, the Gonsiors opened their first TSC unit and just nine years and 38 units later, they expanded TSC from an unknown concept to household name throughout Hampton Roads. In 2010, the Gonsiors seized the opportunity to transition from the quick casual to full service restaurant concept and sold their TSC area development rights so they could finalize their plans to bring Firebrew to Hampton Roads. Their first Firebrew Restaurant opened in March 2011 in the Redmill Landing Shopping Center in Virginia Beach, VA. Visit their website at www.fire-brew.com.
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