Frisco’s to reopen Lancaster city restaurant Thursday | Local Business [Video]

Frisco’s will reopen its Lancaster city restaurant Thursday at 11 a.m., nearly three weeks after the Peruvian-style chicken restaurant closed all four of its Lancaster County restaurants because of financial trouble due to declining sales.  

Frisco’s co-owner and restaurant namesake Francisco “Frisco” Gomez De La Torre said the revival of the restaurant at 454 New Holland Ave. is possible now because of an unexpected outpouring of support from customers.

“This would not have happened if we didn’t have the support the community showed us after announcing our closing,” Gomez De La Torre told LNP | LancasterOnline. “It means the world to me and to my staff, everybody is absolutely ecstatic.”

Positive social media comments from dedicated Frisco’s fans helped convince the restaurant’s vendors as well as its Lancaster city landlord to work with the restaurant to extend payment plans, Gomez De La Torre said.

Gomez de la Torre said three Frisco’s locations outside Lancaster city won’t reopen, and that those landlords …