Playa Bowls opens 100th store in Darien

Playa Bowls, a chain of acai bowl-focused eateries, has opened its 100th store in Darien.

The location at 1029 Boston Post Road is Playa Bowl”™s third store in Connecticut, joining the ones in Fairfield and West Hartford. The chain also has Westchester outlets in Bronxville and Pleasantville. The store opened in partnership with local entrepreneurs Steve Dimovski and Jarrod Jackette and will operate every day from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Headquartered in Belmar, New Jersey, Playa Bowls began in 2014 as a pop-up stand on a Jersey Shore boardwalk and has expanded to 99 stores in 14 states and Puerto Rico; the company plans to expand to four additional states in 2021.