LongHorn Steakhouse, Olive Garden to open in Yonkers

Two restaurants will open at the Cross County Shopping Center in Yonkers this week.

The dining chains LongHorn Steakhouse and Olive Garden will open locations at the shopping center, which has more than 1 million square feet of retail space.

“Over the last six years Cross County Shopping Center has added nearly 50 new stores and restaurants,” said Liz Pollack, the senior manager of marketing for Macerich, Cross County Shopping Center”™s management company, in a press release. “We are continually adding new stores and dining options to meet the needs and demands of the market. The brands we are adding are family-friendly and will complement the existing mix.”

The 6,359-square-foot LongHorn Steakhouse will open with a ribbon-cutting at 12:30 p.m. Monday with Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano. It will seat more than 220 guests and will create approximately 80 to 100 jobs, according to the Macerich announcement. LongHorn Steakhouse operates more than 470 restaurants in 40 states.

A ribbon-cutting at 10:30 a.m. Friday will officially open the 8,334-square-foot Olive Garden restaurant, which can host more than 230 guests and will create approximately 170 jobs, according to the announcement.

At the intersection of Cross County Parkway and the New York State Thruway, the open-air retail center was built in 1954. The center is anchored by Macy”™s, Sears, Super Stop & Shop and National Amusement Multiplex Theatre, and has more than 100 retailers. The center is managed by Macerich, which manages 60 shopping centers nationwide.

Broker Tom Rettaliata, of Ripco Real Estate Corp. in Jericho, represented Darden Concepts Inc., parent company of Olive Garden and LongHorn Steakhouse restaurants, in the lease deal. Cross County Shopping Center’s owner, Brooks Shopping Center LLC, was represented by Guy Mercurio of Macerich.