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CEDAR RAPIDS - Jerome and Briana Smallwood had to cancel a Philly sandwich research trip to Philadelphia due to the pandemic, but that didn t stop them from going ahead with plans to open their latest venture, Vivian s Express Grill, and making Phillys front and center on the menu.
A pair of new restaurants are coming to the northeast side of Cedar Rapids, and Hiawatha.
The owners of Vivian s Soul Food are opening a new, quick-service restaurant in the Fountains, at the corner of Blairs Ferry Road and Edgewood Road N.E. Co-owner Briana Smallwood tells me the new restaurant, which will be called Vivian s Express Grill, will offer scratch kitchen quick service. She went on to say,
We will be carrying all of our menu items made on the grill or in fryer from our anchor location (on Williams Parkway) over to the Fountains (i.e. po boys, chicken & waffles), and will be introducing new menu items as well, such as several Phillies and gourmet salads. If people are on the go and need a fast grab, they can place their order at the Fountains and be in and out. Just like at Vivian’s Soul Food, our menu is 100% from scratch. Nothing frozen, canned or bagged.