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Brisket, pulled pork and spare ribs are coming soon to Concord Pike.

Mission BBQ is planning to open in Talleyville's Concord Gallery on Tuesday, Aug. 8. It will be the first Mission BBQ in New Castle County and the second in Delaware, joining a location on Route 13 in Dover.

The barbecue restaurant chain serves oak-smoked brisket, pulled pork, sausage, turkey and pulled chicken as entrees or sandwiches. It also offers St. Louis-style spare ribs; baby back ribs; and a variety of sides, including green beans, fries and baked beans.

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The restaurants pay homage to American military personnel, police officers, firefighters and first responders. Badges, equipment and other memorabilia related to local units are featured in each restaurant.

Mission BBQ previously planned to open the Talleyville restaurant in late July. The company did not share a reason for the delay. A dispute between the shopping center's owner, Allied Retail Properties, and neighborhood groups over proposed changes at the center previously slowed construction.

Concord Gallery is currently undergoing a facelift with parts of its brown brick facade getting a coat of gray paint. White support structures have been installed on the roof of the shopping center to raise the signs of each business.

Concord Gallery is just south of Mt. Lebanon Road and across from Giant Brandywine Bikes and an AT&T store on Concord Pike. The shopping center is anchored by Staples and Five Below.

Mission BBQ is taking about half the space previously occupied by Pier 1 Imports at the front right corner of the shopping center. First Watch, the Florida-based brunch chain, will be to the left of the restaurant if you are facing Mission BBQ.

First Watch spokesperson Hunter Carpenter previously said the company plans to open on Concord Pike in "late summer." Construction of the Mission BBQ appears further along than the First Watch.

First Watch is also planning to open a location in The Grove at Newark, the former College Square shopping center off Library Avenue. It eventually will have four sites in New Castle County given existing locations on Geoffrey Drive in Stanton and in Barley Mill in Greenville.

Concord Gallery is also adding The Peach Cobbler Factory, a Nashville-based dessert shop specializing in cobbler, banana pudding and cinnamon rolls. It will be to the left of Playa Bowls where GameStop used to be.

The shopping center has a few remaining vacancies, including the corner opposite First Watch and Mission BBQ that was formerly Bertucci's.

Prior to the Mission BBQ grand opening, a military appreciation night is scheduled for Aug. 4 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. The event is open to the public. All sales will be donated to the Global War on Terrorism Memorial Foundation. The first 100 people to purchase an American Heroes Cup will receive free barbecue for a year.

The Concord Pike location will be the 11-year-old Maryland chain's 129th restaurant. The company plans to end the year with more than 135 locations throughout the eastern half of the U.S.

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The owners of De La Coeur Café et Boulangerie have closed their Talleyville Shopping Center location a little more than a year after taking over the site.

Alex Sianni, who owns the business off Silverside Road and Concord Pike with his wife, Gretchen, says the couple is relocating to two new locations.

"We’ve been in the process of moving," Sianni said Friday. They will be continuing production of artisanal bread and pastries in a separate operation and open a new café.

Sianni said he could not yet disclose the new locations for the bakery and café.

The Sianni's flagship cafe is still operating on Wilmington's Lovering Avenue.

In June 2017, the Siannis took over Bon Appetit Gourmet Food Shoppe Talleyville, a part of the Brandywine Hundred culinary landscape since 1986.

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Later that October they renamed it De La Coeur Café et Boulangerie. They renovated the kitchen and installed new ovens, two dough mixers, a proofer and other equipment.

Bon Appetit was founded by Louisette Amblard, a native of Nice, France.

Amblard greeted regulars by name at the charmingly cluttered shop, and was known for her impeccable French-style, tasty sandwiches and classic desserts.

Bon Appetit was acquired in 2014 by Mickey Donatello, who owns the nearby Corner Bistro and Lucky's Coffee Shop, both in Talleyville.

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The Talleyville café was a second location for the Siannis, who have operated the snug, eight-table De La Coeur Café et Pâtisserie in Wilmington's Forty Acres neighborhood since September 2015.

They bought the former Fresh Thymes Cafe from mother-daughter team Jane and Jenn Adams and changed the name and the offerings from its previous vegetarian-vegan friendly focus.

De La Coeur, in a little bit of fractured French, means "from the heart."

Contact Patricia Talorico at (302) 324-2861 or [email protected] and on Twitter @pattytalorico

A longtime Talleyville French-inspired cafe has a new look, new menu and new owners.

Bon Appetit Gourmet Food Shoppe Talleyville, a part of the Brandywine Hundred culinary landscape since 1986, is now called De La Coeur Café et Boulangerie.

Alex and Gretchen Sianni, owners of the flagship De La Coeur Café et Pâtisserie on Lovering Avenue in Wilmington's Forty Acres neighborhood, took over Bon Appetit in June from former owner Mickey Donatello. They changed the name last week.

After extensive kitchen renovations including installing new ovens, two dough mixers, a proofer and other equipment, the couple is now making and baking homemade baguettes, croissants and other pastries at the Talleyville Center eatery off Silverside Road and Concord Pike.

Gretchen Sianni, a University of Delaware graduate with a bachelor of science degree in Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management, has long had a passion for baking. She received a certificate from Le Cordon Bleu in Baking and Pastry Arts.

She said she is excited to now bake all the breads for the Talleyville cafe as well as the Wilmington cafe.

"I have a baking station [in Wilmington] at a 5-foot table and an ancient convection oven. The new shop has an oven that can hold 10 baking trays at once."

"It's been really neat for us to expand our horizons," she said.

Her husband Alex Sianni, who has long worked in sales at Moore Brothers Wine Co. in Wilmington, has recently left the Trolley Square business to concentrate on the two cafes.

The new Talleyville cafe is about three times larger than the snug, 8-table De La Coeur Cafe in Wilmington, which the Siannis have run since September 2015.

They bought the former Fresh Thymes Cafe from mother-daughter team Jane and Jenn Adams and changed the name and the offerings from its previous vegetarian-vegan friendly focus.

De La Coeur, in a little bit of fractured French, means "baking from the heart."

Alex Sianni said while loaves of honey whole wheat and sourdough breads, brioche buns, pretzels and pastries can be purchased at the Talleyville site, the business is no longer a deli or a market. They will not be selling take-out containers of chicken salad or individual cheeses.

"We completely shut down the deli service," he said.

Bon Appetit was founded by Louisette Amblard, a native of Nice, France, who had long been an elegant, continental fixture at the 3629 Silverside Road shop.

Amblard greeted regulars by name at the charmingly cluttered shop, and was known for her impeccable French-style, tasty sandwiches and classic desserts.

In the beginning, the store was half the size it is now. Over time, it doubled to 2,000 square feet with sales growing to a record in 1999.

In addition to sandwiches, salads and soup, Amblard also sold cheeses, paté, gift baskets and European gourmet items.

Gretchen Sianni, who grew up in Hockessin, remembers visiting Amblard's shop when she was a child and being enchanted by the atmosphere and the food.

"I remember sitting down at a table and having one of the best sandwiches of my life," she said.

In 2013, Amblard suffered a debilitating fall in her shop and went through a long recovery period.

During that time, her husband, Jacques, the former general manager of the Hotel du Pont, stepped in to help run the business.

The Amblards sold the business in 2014 to Donatello, who owns the nearby Corner Bistro and Lucky's Coffee Shop, both in Talleyville.

The shop has been listed for sale on a commercial real estate website for about a year.

The Siannis said they plan to serve breakfast and lunch at the 19-table cafe which will be open from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. Seating also is available outside.

The menu includes baked oatmeal ($8), ham and gruyere quiche ($9), goat cheese and roasted vegetable panini ($10) and a smoked salmon sandwich with dill cream cheese, capers, tomatoes and red onion ($13). There's also coffee and espresso drinks.

The Siannis don't plan to continuously rotate the menu like they do at their Wilmington cafe, but they are bringing some popular menu items and best sellers they serve there now. Alex Sianni said they hope to eventually apply for a liquor license.

And plans are still in the works for the couple to open Civil Cider, a cider tasting room at Fifth and Shipley streets in downtown Wilmington. The site is the former home of the 4W5 Cafe.

For more information about De La Coeur Café et Boulangerie, call (302) 478-4344 or visit its Facebook page.

Contact Patricia Talorico at (302) 324-2861 or [email protected] and on Twitter @pattytalorico

As Mission BBQ opens its doors Tuesday on Concord Pike, its neighbor, the brunch restaurant First Watch, is just days from doing the same.

First Watch, a Florida-based chain, is planning to open Monday, Aug. 14, according to spokesperson Hunter Carpenter. Mission BBQ and First Watch are replacing the Pier 1 Imports in the Concord Gallery shopping center along the southbound lanes of Concord Pike in Talleyville.

The First Watch breakfast menu features a mix of traditional breakfast meals and specials such as strawberry tres leches French toast and the lone star brisket hash. The lunch side has salads, quinoa bowls and sandwiches, among other options.

The Florida company, which takes its name from a nautical term, has been in Delaware about five years. The Concord Pike location will be the third First Watch in New Castle County, joining locations on Geoffrey Drive in Stanton and in Barley Mill in Greenville. First Watch is also planning to open a location in The Grove at Newark, the former College Square shopping center off Library Avenue.

Mission BBQ officially opened Tuesday. Photos posted on social media showed lines around the corner for the restaurant's pre-opening events. The barbecue restaurant chain serves oak-smoked brisket, pulled pork, sausage, turkey and pulled chicken as entrees or sandwiches. It also offers St. Louis-style spare ribs; baby back ribs; and a variety of sides, including green beans, fries and baked beans.

The Concord Pike location is the first Mission BBQ in New Castle County and the second in Delaware, joining a location on Route 13 in Dover. Mission BBQ is also planning to open a location in Kirkwood Plaza on Kirkwood Highway, but a timetable for its construction has not been shared.

Concord Gallery is also adding The Peach Cobbler Factory, a Nashville-based dessert shop specializing in cobbler, banana pudding and cinnamon rolls. It will be to the left of Playa Bowls where GameStop used to be.

First Watch will be holding a friends and family event Saturday and Sunday prior to Monday's opening, Carpenter said.

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TALLEYVILLE — Aldi is continuing its expansion in Delaware, this time with NAI Emory Hill closing a 10-year lease with the German grocer earlier this week for a shuttered Ashley Furniture Homestore off the U.S. Route 202.

The more than 33,200 square-foot Class C building at 4130 Concord Pike was bought by Delaware-based limited liability company LDB Wilmington LLC in 2012, three years after original tenant Circuit City closed operations there. Ashley Furniture leased out the space shortly after the property sold and remained there for years.

Jim O’Hara Jr., the NAI Emory Hill broker who represented LDB Wilmington in the deal, noted that the building was a hot draw on the market on a busy route between Delaware and Pennsylvania — including from buyers.

“We had tremendous interest in the property from both national, regional and local tenants,” O’Hara told the Delaware Business Times. “But the landlord’s primary interest was in leasing the building, so that’s what we focused on.”

Terms of the deal were not made publicly available. Jason Block of MCS represented Aldi in the transaction and Neil Kilian of NAI Emory Hill worked with O’Hara.

Discount supermarket chain Aldi has been expanding globally from its German roots since 1967, but has focused on the United States as early as 1976 with its first store in Iowa. In 2019, the grocery store announced plans to use a $3.4 billion investment to expand to 2,500 stores by the end of 2022, according to the Des Moines Register.

Aldi fell close to that mark with 2,357 stores across 36 states by the end of 2022, with nine in Delaware. Two opened last year in Milford Plaza and Millsboro Peninsula Crossing, both off U.S. Route 113.

The grocery store chain bills itself as a no-frills and low cost alternative to other mainstay shops that have long been established. With a typical Aldi store around 20,000 square feet in size, they also hire fewer employees. Aldi already required customers to bag their own groceries well before the COVID-19 pandemic drove labor shortages to cut the job duties.

With inflation driving the cost of groceries up — with prices for a basket of standard items up more than 40% around January 2023— Aldi has emerged as the top option for customers. Most of its stock is private label which costs less than recognized name brands.