GERMAN’S, a second-generation family restaurant, on Thursday, opened a new location at the Giftland Mall, Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, making this the restaurant’s third location in Guyana.

Business co-owner Clinton Urling, at the opening, said that the restaurant which was started in the 1960s by his father, Hubert Urling, became very popular for its cowheel soup.

Clinton said that his father learned the recipes from his grandmother.

He related that when they started in the area of Georgetown known as ‘Tiger Bay’, word spread around the capital city and the country, and German’s became immensely popular.

So much so that they, in 1970, had to expand to another location that could have over 100 customers at a time in Robb Street, Georgetown.

By the 1980s, German’s was already established as a household name where persons from all walks of life would frequent the restaurant.

In 1999, Clinton’s father passed away but he and his brother continued the restaurant’s legacy. In 2018, the restaurant opened a location in Brooklyn, New York City (NYC) in the United States of America (USA).

“That branch is still going strong. This location now represents our third location [in Guyana],” Clinton said.

He related that Giftland has done a tremendous job in the area in terms of attraction and creating demand.

“We thought it was an opportunity to bring our brand to our customers. It [Giftland Mall] has also become one of those spots where every tourist wants to visit in Guyana,” he said.

Noting that once they saw the demand and traffic that came with the location, they thought their restaurant would have been considered the ideal fit in terms of their soup brands being unique on the food court.

“Guyana is on an upward trajectory; we will be guided by that growth in terms of economy, locations and areas,” he said.

Clinton added: “We are currently exploring another branch, maybe in Queens, NYC, once we can secure a location.”

He shared that the new branch created a total of ten additional employee spaces, all of which are filled, and the intention is to have more branches to create more jobs.