Smalls Sliders picks first Pensacola location for popular 'shipping container' restaurant

The Louisiana burger franchise Smalls Sliders is close to landing its first Pensacola location on the corner of North Davis Highway and Brent Lane.

Smalls Sliders operates its restaurants out of converted shipping containers, but still provides customers with limited outdoor seating options if they opt to eat their food at the location rather than going through the drive-thru.

Small Sliders keeps their menu simply by letting customers customize their freshly made sliders and milkshakes with a variety of flavors.

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The chain teased news last year that they planned to eventually build four locations in the area, but it wasn't until December that they officially began to work with the county on a site.

Developers re-submitted plans for approval on Feb. 14 and the project’s application was discussed by the Development Review Committee on Feb. 28.

Matt Gallagher is the Smalls Sliders franchisee who is trying to establish the restaurant across the Pensacola area. After working to create four Smalls Sliders locations in Mississippi, Gallagher signed a deal last year to open four “cans,” or locations, in the Pensacola area, according to a press release from Smalls Sliders.

Where will the Smalls Sliders be?

Smalls Sliders has proposed to create their restaurant in a 1.61-acre parking lot at 5301 N. Davis Highway. Their restaurant is planned to be 930 square feet and provide 32 outdoor seats for customers, according to the project’s site plan filed with Escambia County.

The franchise has not disclosed its plans for the three additional Smalls Sliders locations yet.

What is Smalls Sliders?

Smalls Sliders was founded in 2019 by Brandon Landry, who is also the owner of Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux. Walk-On’s Pensacola location closed down last October for undisclosed reasons after only a year of operating on Airport Boulevard.

One of the burger franchise’s intial investors is former New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, who also worked with Landry to establish the Walk-On’s franchise.

Smalls Sliders has nine cans operating across Louisiana and over 100 units under development in other states including Georgia, South Carolina and Texas.

This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Smalls Sliders burger restaurant Pensacola location set for Davis Hwy