Foodie: New Haaz’s Restaurant Gets Ready; PAA Kitchen Relocates; Chicken Salad Chick Set to Serve

In this edition of Pottstown Foodie, Bethlehem-based Haaz’s Restaurant is preparing to open in Pottstown on North Charlotte Street. PAA’s Kitchen has relocated and reopened on South Hanover Street, also in Pottstown. Chicken Salad Chick plans a Nov. 18 grand opening in Collegeville.

Haaz’s Restaurant Expands from Bethlehem to North Charlotte Street

POTTSTOWN PA – Back in 1977, a franchisee opened Pottstown’s first Pizza Hut restaurant at 1380 N. Charlotte St. That structure, located within Lower Pottsgrove Township, has since served as home to dining establishments by several other names.

Now another restaurateur, one with a record of success elsewhere, is preparing to do business in the same location.

Tool-wielding workers have been busy at the site during October and November. They are continuing to transform the former pizza lover’s space into the next Haaz’s Restaurant.

The original, located in Bethlehem PA, opened during October 2024. It has earned a reputation with a Halal menu that its website says includes “hot chicken, smash burgers, NY cart platters, gyros, waffles, drinks,” and more. A video reel describes the restaurant as the opportunity to satisfy “every craving, done right.”

In Pottstown, the building will have more than 39,000 square feet of space to accommodate customers, according to Montgomery County property records.

An official opening date has not yet been announced.

“It’s been a long road getting to this point,” the Haaz’s video reports. “We’re beyond excited to finally be getting closer to opening our doors! We’re bringing all the flavors the Lehigh Valley has come to know and love to a whole new community in Montgomery County,” it adds.

The restaurant has begun hiring. It suggests applicants “get in early, and become part of a rapidly expanding organization with exciting opportunities ahead.” For more information call Mubashar Mughal at 347-977-2439, or see its page on Linktree.

Top and above photos by The Post Publications
Pizza Hut photo from Montgomery County property records

PAA’s Kitchen in Pottstown, with Pakistani and Punjabi Food, Relocates

POTTSTOWN PA – PAA’s Kitchen, which says it serves fresh cooked Halal food with Pakistani and Punjabi origins, officially observed its grand opening Monday (Nov. 19, 2026) in a new location at 194 S. Hanover St. Ste. 101.

The restaurant first opened during May, and earlier was located inside the Blue Moon Deli downtown on East High Street.

Its menu includes a variety of chicken dishes and sandwiches, cheese steaks, salads, sides, and beverages.

Online ordering is available. The restaurant also provides catering services. Pottstown, South Pottstown, Pottstown Landing, Stowe, Sanatoga, the Pottsgroves, Gilbertsville, and Boyertown all are within its service area, its Facebook page notes.

It’s hiring, too, according to Facebook. The restaurant is currently looking for a food handler, chef, and front counter help. For more information on the openings, call 484-347-2682.

Collegeville ‘Chicken Salad Chick’ Sets Opening Date

COLLEGEVILLE PA – Chicken Salad Chick, the chicken salad restaurant about which Pottstown Foodie wrote on Oct. 29, has set its grand opening date.

Its doors will be unlocked, and guests welcomed, Nov. 18 (2026; Wednesday) at 500 Broad St. in the Providence Town Center shopping complex.

The restaurant’s operating hours will be 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. daily, seven days a week.

In a media release, however, restaurant owners Amanda Furiato, Ryan Metz, and Drew Christy suggest potential patrons may want to arrive earlier. The first 100 guests in line have opportunities to win free chicken salad meals during the coming year.

Beyond that, other first-in-line bonuses are being awarded with purchases. They are part of the restaurant’s opening weekend (Nov. 18-21).

Prospective winners must follow specific guidelines to qualify for specials and give-aways. They are detailed on the restaurant’s Facebook page, the company says.

Logo image above provided by Chicken Salad Chick

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