• by Teresa Buyikian , November 22, 2023

When you’ve had enough turkey and fixings, here are a few of the latest store openings and new menu items to help wake you from your tryptophan fog.

New Locations

Beard Papa’s, the Japanese cream puff pastry shop, will open its second location in Las Vegas on Dec. 2. In the Las Vegas Town Center, the newest store of the sweets chain is among 450 locations worldwide.

Chicken Salad Chick is set to open its fourth location in Charleston, South Carolina. The grand opening of the Cedar Grove shopping center store will take place on Dec. 5, with the first 100 customers winning free chicken salad for a year. 

Jollibee is opening its first location in Chantilly, Virginia, its third in the Washington, D.C. area. The global fried chicken chain will also open its first location in Dallas on Nov. 29, following successful Texas launches in Houston, San Antonio and Plano.

P.F. Chang's is opening its new full-service Bistro at The Shops at Northfield in Denver, Colorado. The opening marks the chain’s eighth Bistro location in Colorado.

New Menu Items

Little Caesars has brought back Stuffed Crust pizza to its menu. The return has a new twist: the crust will now be covered with the chain’s signature Crazy Crust topping, a buttery mixture containing garlic and parmesan.

Pei Wei Asian Kitchen has added three new chicken wing flavors to its menu: Sticky Wings, Spicy Korean BBQ Wings and Mango Habanero Wings. The new flavors are available in a choice of six, 12 or 24 bone-in, wok-fired wings.

Playa Bowls added several limited-time seasonal offerings available through Jan. 31: the North Pole Acai Bowl, the Avalanche Coconut Bowl, a Gingerbread Smoothie, Peppermint Mocha Sweet Cream Cold Brew and Blueberry flax granola.

Pieology added its first dessert pie to the menu this month. The Dessert Pizza is a 7" pie drizzled with sweetened condensed milk and topped with Nutella Hazelnut Chocolate spread.

At Wendy’s, the seasonal Peppermint Frosty is returning, with the launch of the Peppermint Frosty Cream Cold Brew. The chain is offering app users a free small Frosty with no purchase required for a limited time.