All Nations Restaurant is set to open at the end of October at 7 E. Lexington Street. The new downtown eatery will be open 7 days a week for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, serving a melange of international dishes from around the globe, including pizza, overstuffed subs, sandwiches, pasta, and salad for eat in, carry-out or delivery.
"We will have foods from all over. We'll have chefs who have experience with Mexican foods, African foods, and American foods , says Felix Chikwere, owner All Nations.
A Baltimore resident for 16 years, Chikwere has owned several Subway franchises as well as an international food market.
"Since I have experience with international foods, I decided to open a restaurant that offers people a variety of foods. I'll have a little bit of something from different countries. I will mix it up so diners can have from another part of the world and not just what they're used to -- a hamburger and the french fries," he says.
The 70 table restaurant will hold approximately 280 guests and Chikwere also plans to include patio/sidewalk seating outdoors.
"Here in downtown, after four o' clock everything dies down. I want to have a place whereby the judges, lawyers and anyone else can have some fresh air before they go home," Chikwere explains.
The restaurant will be hiring front of the house and back of the house staff to cover three shifts.
Source: Felix Chikwere, All Nation's Restaurant
Writer: Walaika Haskins