Boardwalk Burgers Fries Shakes Opening In Perry Hall Square

PERRY HALL, MD — A new restaurant is opening in the Perry Hall Square shopping center.

Boardwalk Fries Burgers Shakes will welcome customers on Monday, Jan. 24, according to Councilman David Marks.

Marks congratulated co-founder John DiFerdinado on the latest opening for the company.

"The Perry Hall Square Shopping Center has undergone so many improvements over the past three years," Marks said. "Lots of terrific options for the community!"

Since the nearly 60-year-old shopping center went through renovations in recent years, it has signed on additional restaurant tenants like the Rolling Grill in 2020 and El Salto in 2019.

Boardwalk Fries & Burgers evolved from Boardwalk Fries, which DiFerdinando and his brother launched in 1981.

Their first location was in White Marsh, and it aimed to recreate the piping-hot fries that people would wait in line for in Ocean City on the Boardwalk.

By 1990, the franchise had spread coast to coast, and there are 50 licensed Boardwalk Fries locations, according to the company.

Eventually it added burgers and shakes to its repertoire and branched out worldwide, opening under the name Boardwalk Fries Burgers Shakes. Currently, 80 franchises are under development, from Canada to Pakistan, according to Boardwalk. There is one other Boardwalk Fries Burgers Shakes restaurant in Maryland, and that is in Lansdowne Station off Washington Boulevard in Halethorpe.

The corporately-owned restaurant in Perry Hall Square is located near Italian Sensation.

Boardwalk Fries Burgers Shakes will be at 8911 Belair Rd., Perry Hall.