This year continues to be a string of firsts for The Greene Turtle Sports Bar & Grille.

Close on the heels of opening its first New Jersey restaurant and its first location situated within a casino — both areas in which it plans to increase its presence — the Maryland-based family-friendly casual dining restaurant and sports bar & grille concept this week celebrated the opening of its first site in Pennsylvania (pictured atop).

Operated by franchisees Pranav Desai, Jiger Patel and Rajan Mahadevia (doing business as The Integritty Group) the new restaurant is located in North Wales, Pa (Montgomery County)., at 1100 Bethlehem Pike in the Gwynedd Crossing Shopping Center.

This is the chain’s 47th location and is the first Greene Turtle location for The Integritty Group, which plans to open additional locations in Montgomery, Bucks, Lehigh and Northampton Counties.

Another strategic development partner of The Greene Turtle also recently announced that it had secured the first location in Central Pennsylvania, in York County, which should open early next year.

The Greene Turtle is now actively seeking a qualifying investor to complete its coverage of Pennsylvania by developing eight-to-ten locations in Pittsburgh and the surrounding Western Pennsylvania region, as well as other development partners to bring the concept to North Carolina, Northern New Jersey and other markets throughout the east. 

A bartender at the new Greene Turtle in North Wales, Pa., presenting “Hell in the Shell,” a large multi-consumer cocktail served in a specially made inverted turtle shell.