Checkers featured in Newsday

Checkers was recently featured in Newsday in an article titled, "Bohemia brothers opening another Checkers". Newsday reporter Jim Bernstein compiled an article about the past and present careers of brothers Pete and Mike O’Hara and why they decided to get back into the franchise after selling their 10 locations in 2001. The article also discussed how the development of the location opening on November 17th and plans for additional expansion will help the Patchogue Village community. A portion of the article is included below and can be read in its entirety by clicking here.


Bohemia brothers opening another Checkers

The Checkers Brothers -- Pete and Mike O'Hara -- are back.
The O'Haras are the Checkers Brothers because in 1995 they brought the first Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc. fast-food eatery to Long Island, in North Babylon.

By 2001 they had opened 10 of the 1950s-style eateries in Nassau and Suffolk counties, making them the Tampa, Fla.-based company's largest franchiser in the region. That same year they sold all of the restaurants to another franchisee. Two years ago the O'Hara brothers built a 63-unit condo complex, Bay Village, in Patchogue.

Now they are going back to being the Checkers Brothers.

Their Bohemia-based company, Capital Management Development Llc, is about to complete a strip shopping center at Main Street and Route 112 in Patchogue, which will include a 7-Eleven, a Bethpage Federal Credit Union branch and a Checkers. There are 15 such restaurants on the Island, according to Checkers chief development officer Jennifer Durham. But the O'Hara brothers plan to open more in the next year or so.


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