Grillfire, the sixth restaurant of the New York-based George Martin Group, has scheduled a late July opening for its inaugural Maryland location at The Town Center at Arundel Preserve in Anne Arundel County. Conceived as a sophisticated American Grill and presenting a menu incorporating breakfast, lunch, weekend brunch and dinner, the restaurant is contained within The Hotel at Arundel Preserve, a 150-room full-service hotel that is also set to become operational on July 28. A dedicated Facebook page providing updated information about Grillfire Arundel can be accessed here.
The Town Center at Arundel Preserve, a multi-faceted mixed-use community located near the intersection of Arundel Mills Blvd. and MD Route 295, features a residential component with 242 ultra-luxury apartment homes, more than 18,000 square feet of complementary retail space, and the hotel, which also includes more than 10,000 square feet of indoor/outdoor meeting space. Vienna, VA-based Southern Management Corporation, a residential and commercial real estate company, is developing The Town Center at Arundel Preserve.
“After conducting an extensive site survey throughout the central Maryland marketplace, we identified The Town Center at Arundel Preserve as the ideal location to introduce the Grillfire brand to this rapidly-expanding marketplace,” explained George Korten, founder and owner of the George Martin Group. “By combining high-quality and innovative meals with an attention to detail service philosophy, each of our restaurants has developed an extremely loyal and regular following. The built-in audiences contained within the apartment component and guests at the hotel, in addition to the high-density demographics of the nearby residential and business communities, provide us with multiple opportunities to attract differing audiences throughout the day,” he added.
Grillfire Arundel is a contemporary, upscale American Grill which boasts an energetic, authentic and ruggedly designed space which includes natural elements such as brick, stone and polished mahogany – creating a warm and welcoming dining environment. It was designed to appeal to businesspeople looking for breakfast with various hot and cold options, audiences interested in an innovative lunchtime destination, discerning diners throughout the dinner hour, late-night arrivals seeking a burger and consumers and travelers that are attracted to an exotic bar menu at the bar. Separate meeting rooms can accommodate small to medium-sized groups for customized needs.
In addition to steakhouse favorites, the menu will also include a variety of chicken and seafood dishes, salads and sandwiches. A sampling of dinner entrees includes molasses and soy-marinated skirt steak, slow roasted maple brined pork chop fettucine with sea scallops and jumbo shrimp and crabmeat crusted filet mignon. A variety of burgers and sandwiches are available including black label wagyu beef burger, veggie burger margarite and seared tuna wrap.
Specialized desserts include Molton Chocolate Lava cake and Caramel Apple Upside Down cake, as well as the cupcake of the day. The list of specialty drinks includes the Fizzante Mojito, Sugar Daddy Sidecar and Cabo Raspberry Margarita.
Frank Greco, who brings nearly thirty years of experience in the restaurant industry, has been selected as the Executive Chef of Grillfire Arundel. A graduate of the New York Institute of Technology and part of the George Martin Group since 1989, Mr. Greco indicates that he intends to “incorporate Maryland’s passion for crabs into Grillfire Arundel entrees including the embellishment of prime-aged filet mignon and the presentation of lump meat crab cakes and crab and shrimp cocktail.”
“We have great confidence in Frank’s extraordinary and proven ability to tailor menus that address and satisfy the specialized tastes of different audiences, as well as his overall leadership skills to build and train effective and productive kitchen staffs. The Baltimore-Washington, D.C. market will quickly discover and appreciate his reputation in both of these areas,” added George Korten.
Grillfire Arundel will offer catering services for business groups and private parties, a take-out component, room service as well as a special Kid’s Menu with items such as macaroni and cheese, sliders and a 5 ounce filet mignon. The restaurant is a member of Open Table.
For more information about The Town Center at Arundel Preserve visit their website.