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title: "Business Report: Experienced restauraterus opening MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes location in Gonzales, Louisiana"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/31013be7-8086-44cf-b600-839fb0289c52
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/business-report-experienced-restauraterus-opening-mooyah-burgers-fries-shakes-location-in-gonzales-louisiana-3087
category: "Burger"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Burger"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2015-12-10T15:10:48.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T13:42:18.479Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/260ed48cfe1e199ed81eed8af27668296924151210100448.jpeg
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# Business Report: Experienced restauraterus opening MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes location in Gonzales, Louisiana

**TL;DR:** Experienced restaurateurs Chad Calongne and Ryan Brach are opening a MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes location in Gonzales, Louisiana, with plans for further expansion. This is the fifth MOOYAH location in the state.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2015-12-10. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/business-report-experienced-restauraterus-opening-mooyah-burgers-fries-shakes-location-in-gonzales-louisiana-3087).*

## Story

Business partners Chad Calongne and Ryan Brach have owned and operated Rotolo's Pizza locations in Ascension and Livingston Parish since 2009. Looking for a new opportunity in the restaurant industry, the two signed on to open two MOOYAH's in the area, with the first opening in Gonzales this week.

MOOYAH's high quality product and fun atmosphere sealed the deal for these two experienced restaurateurs.

With this being the fifth MOOYAH in the state, and a couple more locations currently in the site selection phase, the brands Director of Business Development foresees more growth in Louisiana.

“Louisiana residents have been extremely good to us as far as patronizing our restaurants,” Markle says. “We’d like to put a MOOYAH in every city that can handle one in Louisiana."

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- restaurant industry (topic)
- MOOYAH (company)
- location growth (topic)
- Gonzales, Louisiana (location)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/business-report-experienced-restauraterus-opening-mooyah-burgers-fries-shakes-location-in-gonzales-louisiana-3087). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/31013be7-8086-44cf-b600-839fb0289c52).