Nando's PERi-PERi To Hatch in Skokie, Oakbrook and Hyde Park

    CHICAGO, IL, October 13, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Nando's PERi-PERi, the South African-Portuguese restaurant known worldwide for its spicy flame-grilled chicken, will open three new Chicagoland locations this fall and winter. The new locations mark the ninth, tenth, and eleventh Chicago locations for the popular restaurant renowned for its succulent PERi-PERi chicken.

SKOKIE: Nando's ninth Chicago location will open on Sunday, November 13, in Westfield Old Orchard mall at 4999 Old Orchard Center, Skokie, IL. Phone: 847-972-6833

OAKBROOK: Nando's tenth Chicago location will open on Sunday, November 20, in Oakbrook Center at 523 Oakbrook Center, Oak Brook, IL. Phone: 630-230-4348

HYDE PARK: Nando's eleventh Chicago location will open in early January 2017 at 1447 E. 53rd Street, Chicago, IL, near the University of Chicago in the city's historic Hyde Park. Phone: 773-347-0084

"Our Chicago fans have given us the warmest welcome since we opened in the Windy City more than a year ago," said Burton Heiss, CEO of Nando's PERi-PERi USA. "We look forward to continuing to fire up new grills all around the Chicago area."

Nando's, which operates restaurants in 23 nations from Australia to Zimbabwe, first moved to the United States in 2008. It set up shop in Washington, DC, and, since then, has opened three dozen restaurants in and around Chicago, the nation's capital and Baltimore.

From the earliest days, rabid fans from across the country have urged Nando's to open in their hometowns. In fall 2014, Nando's invited its Facebook and Twitter followers to help select Nando's second major U.S. metropolitan area. Thousands took to social media to lobby for their hometowns and Nando's selected Chicago at the end of 2014.

Nando's has built an intensely loyal following, from London to the Loop, by providing fresh food in a relaxed atmosphere with friendly service. Nando's is known worldwide for its succulent PERi-PERi chicken, marinated for 24 hours, flame-grilled to perfection, and basted to the customer's preferred flavor and spice. Every Nando's is painstakingly designed and completely unique, with earthy textures and bright colors that reflect its sunny African-Portuguese heritage. With thousands of pieces of original works of art that are a constant reminder of where the restaurant came from, Nando's has become the largest collector of South African contemporary art in the world.

ABOUT NANDO'S PERi-PERi

The first Nando's restaurant opened its doors in 1987 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Since then, the Nando's flame has spread to 23 countries on five continents. Nando's is known worldwide for its succulent PERi-PERi chicken, marinated for 24 hours, flame-grilled to perfection, and basted to the customer's preferred flavor and spice. It's equally renowned for its spicy PERi-PERi, the Bird's Eye chili pepper that indigenous Africans introduced to the Portuguese centuries ago.

Nando's PERi-PERi made its U.S. debut in 2008 with the opening of its first location in the Chinatown neighborhood of Washington, DC. Nando's PERi-PERi now operates three dozen restaurants in and around Chicago, Baltimore and Washington, DC. For more information, please visit www.nandosperiperi.com, follow https://twitter.com/NandosUSA on Twitter or Like Us at Nando's PERi-PERi USA on Facebook.

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