A second Long John Silver’s San Angelo restaurant is planned for 2758 N. Bryant Blvd., giving north-side residents another destination for battered fish, fries and hushpuppies. The new location would expand the chain’s local presence while its longtime restaurant at 3121 Sherwood Way remains open.
Plans call for a 2,247-square-foot restaurant built from the ground up, with an estimated construction cost of $1.4 million. The filed schedule runs from January 11 through May 10, 2027, although an opening date has not been confirmed.
For fans who know to check the bottom of the box for those crispy batter pieces called crumblies, the news brings a familiar meal to another side of town. It also represents something increasingly noteworthy for the national chain: an additional restaurant in a market it already serves.
Long John Silver’s San Angelo expands to North Bryant
The chain’s official location page continues to list the Sherwood Way restaurant, including current hours and ordering options. The North Bryant project would add a second San Angelo location based on that existing footprint and the new construction record.
The two addresses place the restaurants in different parts of the city. Sherwood Way serves the southwest side, while the proposed North Bryant location would extend the brand toward north San Angelo. That gives the expansion a practical local benefit: another place to pick up a familiar seafood meal without heading to Sherwood Way.
Long John Silver’s current brand information highlights hand-battered Alaska pollock, shrimp, chicken and hushpuppies. Those recognizable staples provide the food connection, while the new address provides the local news.
A different generation of restaurant
The buildings offer another useful contrast. A commercial property listing for 3121 Sherwood Way describes a 3,126-square-foot building dating to 1975. The historical listing also identifies the property with Long John Silver’s and A&W co-branding.
The North Bryant filing, by comparison, names Long John Silver’s alone and calls for an entirely new, smaller building. The listed size is 879 square feet below the older property’s marketed area. That difference does not establish seating capacity or service arrangements, but it shows that the project is a different physical format.
The Long John Silver’s San Angelo expansion comes as the brand continues updating its restaurant appearance. Its True North design work modernized the look while preserving recognizable nautical touches. TCM has not found a project-specific rendering confirming which design features North Bryant will use.
One tradition survived that broader redesign: the captain’s bell. Restaurant Development + Design’s coverage explains that customer research helped preserve the bell, with the True North version using real bronze. Guests ring it to signal good service—a small piece of nostalgia amid the newer look.
Local growth during a smaller national footprint
The San Angelo addition stands out against a period of contraction nationally. Fast Company’s reporting on the chain’s franchise disclosure document put its U.S. total at 479 restaurants at the end of 2025, a net decline of 110 since the beginning of 2023. The brand’s current website gives a rounded figure of approximately 470 restaurants across 33 states.
The company told Fast Company that closures reflected individual circumstances, including lease expirations and routine business decisions, rather than a broad shutdown initiative. It also pointed to remodels and new openings. North Bryant fits that more nuanced picture: a smaller overall chain can still add restaurants in individual markets.
The property owner and the restaurant operator
The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation filing, registered October 5 as TABS2027002712, names Franz Architects of Benbrook as the designer.
It lists VRE SAN ANGELO VALVOLINE, LLC as the property owner, using the same Grapevine address published by Verdad Real Estate Development. Owner contact Brian Jason Keen also appears in public contractor-board records for Verdad Construction Services, supporting a Verdad connection. The filing does not specify Verdad’s exact development role.
The future restaurant operator remains unidentified: the filing leaves the tenant unassigned. As a result, TCM cannot establish whether the Sherwood Way and North Bryant restaurants will share an operator. The property-owner name alone does not answer that question.
Long John Silver’s San Angelo construction timeline
The Long John Silver’s San Angelo construction schedule targets completion on May 10, 2027. That is a construction estimate, not a confirmed opening day. Likewise, the $1.4 million figure describes estimated construction rather than a disclosed total investment or land price.
For now, the next milestone is seeing the North Bryant project move into construction. San Angelo already knows the fish, hushpuppies and crumblies; this plan would give residents a second place to find them.