Detour American Grille & Bar Partners With MSCB Group to Open Two New Indiana Restaurants in Former Scotty's Locations

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Detour American Grille Bar Partners With MSCB
Group to Open Two New Indiana Restaurants in
Former Scotty's Locations
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FISHERS, Ind., Dec. 21, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
MSCB Group, partners with Detour Franchising
Inc., is excited to announce the opening of two
new Detour American Grille Bar restaurants in
Fishers and downtown Columbus, Indiana.
Carmel-based Detour Franchising will take over
the spot in the former Scotty's Lakehouse in the
Geist area and the Columbus Detour eatery will
open in Scotty's Burger Joint in Columbus.
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Both Scotty's locations in Geist and downtown
Columbus are owned by Fishers-based MSCB Group
LLC. According to MSCB Group co-owner Mark
Maddox, MSCB is committed to providing a
"family-friendly dining experience to our valued
customers in Geist and Columbus, as well as a
supportive workplace for our highly valued
employees. All employees who are working with us
under current management will have a job with the
new Detour restaurants," Maddox says.
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The Geist and Columbus Scotty's restaurants will
remain open and continue to be managed by Pots
Pans Production until December 31. The two
locations will then close for seven to 10 days
and reopen in the second week of January as new
Detour restaurants, according to Matt Whisler,
president of Carmel-based Detour Franchising.The
opening of the Detour restaurant in Geist is
familiar territory to Whisler. Whisler served as
the original general manager of Scotty's
Lakehouse and played an integral role in its
start up and success, says Mert Shipman, an owner
in MSCB Group.
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"It's very exciting for me to be back at Geist
and at the Lakehouse," Whisler says, noting that
he and his team are "eager to begin working with
MSCB on developing the newest Detour locations."
People are the most important part of our
business and have made Detour what it has become.
We are very excited to work with the great staff
at both locations.Whisler and current partners
Steve Ponsler and Ozzie Kalil are part of the
original team to open the first Detour location
in Carmel, Indiana, in May 2011 and most recently
opened their location in Kohl's Plaza, across
from the Keystone Fashion Mall.
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Detour advertises itself as a "New Direction in
Fresh Food," offering a made-from-scratch menu
that includes all-natural ingredients.. Items
include half-pound Certified Angus Beef burgers,
crisp salads made to order, Rock Shrimp Tempura,
overstuffed Quesadilla, freshly made tortilla
chips, Ahi Tuna, flatbreads, and Detour's
signature Chocolate Chip Cookie and Peanut Butter
Cup Sundae.
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The Geist and downtown Columbus Detour
restaurants will include a modern bar featuring
bottled and draft beer offerings and a variety of
specialty drinks, including Detour's
Snickerdoodle and Banana Split Martinis,
Caribbean Lemonade and "the Traffic Jam," a
concoction of cranberry and orange juices spiked
with Bacardi Dragon Berry. Soft-drink lovers will
be pleased to hear that Detour proudly serves
Coke products and will be adding Coca-Cola's
"Freestyle Fountain" - which serves up more than
100 flavor combinations through a touch-screen
soda machine - in the near future.
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In addition, the Geist and Columbus Detour
restaurants will feature Detour's signature HD
flat screen TVs, outdoor patio dining and special
weekday events.Our goal for the two new Detour
locations in Geist and Columbus is to create a
fun establishment for people of all ages who want
to take a 'detour' from their hectic day to enjoy
great food and drinks in a relaxing, Cheers-like
atmosphere," says Whisler.
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According to MSCB co-owner Maddox, who also is
the founder of the law firm Maddox Hargett
Caruso P.C, the company owned by Scott Wise had
its management contracts for Scotty's Lakehouse
and Scotty's Burger Joint terminated by MSCB on
December 15 because of "financial
management-related issues." Scotty's was given
the opportunity to continue under its management
contract for 90 days as required in our
contracts, but opted to terminate their
management early. MSCB and Detour recognize that
the most important part of this transition is the
current staff and our loyal guests in both the
Geist and Columbus communities," Maddox explains.
"We will continue to support our employees and
communities as we promptly reopen these new
locations."
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"All of us at MSCB are looking forward to the new
Detour restaurants and to working with a
management team whom we trust and have confidence
in to make Detour an exciting part of the Geist
and Columbus restaurant scene," adds Maddox.