Midtown Mobile Foosackly’s to be remodeled to clear Airport Boulevard drive-thru backups
The Midtown Mobile Foosackly's on Airport Boulevard will close for a remodel designed to keep its drive-thru line from backing up into the busy roadway.
A fixture of Midtown Mobile’s dining scene is about to get a makeover aimed at taming one of the neighborhood’s most persistent traffic headaches.
The Foosackly’s on Airport Boulevard, directly across from Public Safety Memorial Park, will close after Friday night for a redesign that owner Will Fusaiotti says is meant to keep its busy drive-thru line from spilling out into the roadway.
“We get plenty of complaints, phone calls, people honking horns,” Fusaiotti said.
Overflow from the restaurant’s drive-thru routinely backs up into Airport Boulevard, slowing traffic and creating the potential for accidents along the heavily traveled stretch.
The Midtown “Foo” will reopen as a drive-thru-only location with an added drive-thru lane, employees taking orders outside, and a repositioned drive-thru window. Fusaiotti estimates roughly 700 to 800 cars move through the lane on a typical day.
“It’s been a fortunate problem to have, but we’ve outgrown this location,” Fusaiotti said. “We’re going to remodel, fix the parking lot, and hopefully keep cars off Airport Blvd.”
The Midtown restaurant opened in 2003 as Foosackly’s first stand-alone location. The renovation is expected to take at least two months, and the store’s roughly 25 employees will be shifted to other Foosackly’s locations in the area while work is underway.
About Foosackly’s
Foosackly’s, known around Mobile as “the Foo,” was founded by Will Fusaiotti and Eric Brechtel, who opened their first restaurant in April 2000 in a small store at 301 S. University Blvd. in Mobile.
