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Four popular eateries, including breakfast
sandwich spot Eggslut and Philz Coffee, will be joining burger chain Shake
Shack in a new downtown Glendale development this fall.

 

Caruso Affiliated officials said last year the
company was constructing a retail space solely for restaurants at the corner of
Brand Boulevard and Colorado Street. Shake Shack was announced as the first
tenant in December.

 

 

Now under construction, the building at 252 S.
Brand Blvd. will also be home to Greenleaf Gourmet Chopshop and Mainland Poke Shop
as well as the other three eateries.

 

City officials and some community members on
Thursday were invited to taste samples from the incoming restaurants at the new
pedestrian paseo next to the Museum of Neon Art and just a few doors down from
252 S. Brand.

 

All of the restaurants are expected to open
around September, said Kloe Colacarro, head of leasing for Caruso Affiliated.

 

She said the goal was to arrange a lineup of
offerings that would also appeal to residents living in nearby neighborhoods
such as Silver Lake and Los Feliz.

 

“[The restaurants are] ´cult cool´ brands
with intense following and so, to pair them with each other, for us, just makes
it more exciting,” Colacarro said.

 

And nearly all of the eateries are new to
Southern California. The first Shake Shack in California opened in West
Hollywood a few months ago, and Glendale will be the second to offer burgers,
crinkle cut fries and frozen custard from the trendy restaurant.

 

While the burger spot is one of the most
popular on the East Coast, Mike Tuiach, Shake Shack´s area director, said there
won´t be a rivalry with West Coast staple In-N-Out Burger, which has a location
just down the street on Brand.

 

“[In-N-Out] pretty much invented the
roadside burger stand … They inspired what we do,” he said. “It´s
great to be in the same territory as them.”

 

Philz Coffee, founded in San Francisco, has a
handful of stores in the Southland.

 

An employee said one of the ways to enjoy the
store´s cup of joe is by having it “Philz´s way” — based on a
suggestion from owner Phil Jaber — which is medium sweet with medium cream.

 

Eggslut´s most well-known location is at the
Grand Central Market in downtown Los Angeles.

 

Mayor Paula Devine said the lineup of new
restaurants will have something for everyone.

 

“I think these unique eateries are going
to add so much of a dynamic to our downtown for young people, older people, for
families,” she said. “It´s going to be a real boon for our
downtown.”

 

Devine acknowledged, however, that having
highly popular spots such as Shake Shack and Eggslut moving into the city may
raise a “red flag” in terms of needing more parking.

 

The Caruso Affiliated project will offer 32
spaces in the rear, but Devine said the city could be looking into adding more
parking in downtown in the future.

 

“It isn´t like we haven´t been considering
it or looking into locations currently,” she said. “It´s definitely
looming on the horizon because Glendale is becoming a destination.”