The Greene Turtle

Super Bowl Sunday may look different for bars this year due to the pandemic February 6, 2021 Anissa Lopez SALISBURY, Md.- It’s Super Bowl weekend and in the past that meant packed bars. But, this year the way people and bars celebrate may look a little different due to the pandemic. “Usually we have every […]

Roger Beaudoin Jan 30th, 2021   Introduction: If you’re a sports fan, you probably dig sports bars.  Before the pandemic, you’d enjoy gathering with friends sharing beers and great food watching incredible victories and heart-wrenching defeats. It was a weekly ritual that suddenly came to a screeching halt. Today I’m speaking with Geo Concepcion the […]

Tom Kaiser Dec 21, 2020 Updated Dec 22, 2020   Reinventing a multi-unit restaurant chain before the COVID-19 pandemic struck is like pulling the osso bucco out of the oven just as your dinner party guests announce they’re vegetarians. Such was the situation for countless brands this past spring, including The Greene Turtle, a Maryland-based […]

Adam Mendler  12/3/2020    I recently went one on one with Geo Concepcion, President and CEO of The Greene Turtle Sports Bar and Grille, When COVID-19 hit, Greene Turtle went from nearly 700 employees down to 30 and from more than a dozen locations to just only four units, all operating off-premises. Geo was previously […]

David Farkas Sep 28, 2020 Updated Nov 4, 2020   Franchisee Jamil Jamaldinian, who is opening his sixth The Greene Turtle this fall, was relieved that sales at all of his restaurants were finally recovering in mid-August. Even better, his restaurants were largely staffed and the recently proposed payroll tax holiday might lift their morale. […]