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title: "Central Penn Business Journal: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Welcomes First Checkers Restaurant"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/6401169a-feeb-40ce-8222-fed1345f445f
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/central-penn-business-journal-harrisburg-pennsylvania-welcomes-first-checkers-restaurant-6238
category: "Burger"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Burger"
published: 2016-10-22T22:17:23.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T12:18:49.866Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/917158747429d607e96da807f2ddc2a8805.jpg
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# Central Penn Business Journal: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Welcomes First Checkers Restaurant

**TL;DR:** Checkers is opening its first restaurant in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, with more locations likely to follow in the area. Jimy Patel is readying his first Checkers unit in Harrisburg, awaiting final inspections before opening later this month.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2016-10-22. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/central-penn-business-journal-harrisburg-pennsylvania-welcomes-first-checkers-restaurant-6238).*

## Story

Jimy Patel owns several different franchise locations in Central Pennsylvania, but is readying his first Checkers unit in Harrisburg. He's awaiting the final inspections of his shop that's set to open later this month at the Harrisburg Mall.

Jimy and is uncle Ken each have been in the restaurant business for quite some time and are prepared to continue developing Checkers locations in the area.

According to Jimy, if this first location goes smoothly, the duo is prepared to open more and foresee Harrisburg fitting two more units.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- franchise development (topic)
- restaurant opening (topic)
- Checkers (company)
- Harrisburg (location)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/central-penn-business-journal-harrisburg-pennsylvania-welcomes-first-checkers-restaurant-6238). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/6401169a-feeb-40ce-8222-fed1345f445f).