First Watch opens restaurant in 31st state

Daytime dining company First Watch launched its first location in Idaho this week. The restaurant opened for business near Meridian, Idaho, near Boise on May 6 and is now in 31 states.

“At First Watch, regardless of the season or the economic cycle, we are about growth,” First Watch President and CEO Chris Tomasso says, kicking off a May 7 first-quarter earnings call.

In the first three months of the year, the company opened 13 restaurants in 10 states. Among them was the January opening of a restaurant in Hanover, Massachusetts, marking the entry for the brand into that state and New England.