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Famous Toastery restaurant chain eyeing Chattanooga market

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Famous Toastery, a restaurant chain that focuses on breakfast, brunch and lunch, is eyeing sites for a pair of eateries in Chattanooga.

Robert Maynard, the Charlotte, N.C.-based company’s chief executive, said officials are looking for a franchisee for the area.

“We’ve gotten a lot of inquiries,” he said. “We love the market.”

Famous Toastery began in 2005 in a small house-turned-restaurant where Maynard and a friend opened their first breakfast spot. It evolved into a franchise system in 2013 and now has more than 35 locations primarily in the Carolinas and the East Coast.

Maynard said he thinks Chattanooga would be “a good fit.”