The Sanatoga Post

HOT AND JUICY FUND-RAISER AT UPLAND SQUARE – Who wouldn’t want to be served by these two colorful characters? Pottsgrove Middle School Assistant Principal Dr. David Ramage, left, and hamburger look-alike and Principal Dr. William Ziegler, were delivering meals to customers Tuesday night (Feb. 21, 2012) inside the Jake’s Wayback Burgers franchise at Upland Square Chopping Center in Pottstown. Franchise owners Lynda and Darryl Hendershot, who have long been active in Pottsgrove School District affairs, donated 10 percent of their sales yesterday between 4 and 8 p.m. to the Middle School Parent-Teacher Organization. Patrons also helped fill a PGMS jar sitting on the store’s counter, right, with additional cash.

POTTSTOWN PA – Supporting travel teams of the Pottsgrove Soccer Club is the goal of a fund-raiser scheduled Tuesday (Oct. 4, 2011) at the Upland Square shopping center in Pottstown.

Sales of hamburgers, fried, milkshakes and other meals from 4-8 p.m. at the Jake’s Wayback Burgers franchise, 255 Upland Square Dr., Pottstown PA, will help defray team equipment expenses, restaurant owner and Lower Pottsgrove (PA) Township resident Lynda Hendershot said. Patrons can “dine in or get it to go. Either way proceeds will benefit the club … that is making an positive impact on our kids,” she added.

• This event has been added to The Post calendar.

For more information, call the restaurant at 484-300-4246.

Photo from Jake’s Wayback Burgers

POTTSTOWN PA – After months of work to choose the right business, secure franchise rights, and negotiate a lease for the best possible location, Lower Pottsgrove (PA) businesswoman Lynda Hendershot is preparing to open the newest of what is billed as “America’s hometown burger joint,” a Jake’s Wayback Burgers restaurant in the Upland Square Shopping Center, 255 Upland Square Drive, Pottstown PA.

Hendershot’s operation, which she says is destined to employ 30 people, is scheduled to open during July. It will be one of nine new Jake’s locations, four of them in Pennsylvania, set to launch within the next three months, the Cheshire CT-based company announced Wednesday (May 11, 2011).

Jake’s so far has 27 restaurants located in eight states, many across the mid-Atlantic region. It is “rapidly expanding” and expects to sell more than 100 franchises this year alone, according to company spokesperson Gillian Maffeo. Other locations to open this month, and during June and July, are in New York and Ohio markets, Maffeo said.

Hendershot, who sampled more than a few hamburgers in her research phase, reports Jake’s sandwiches are “hand-pattied from 100% fresh, never-frozen ground beef and grilled to order.” The restaurant also will offer milkshakes made by hand, marinated grilled chicken sandwiches, veggie burgers, turkey burgers, salads and house-made chips.

Construction at Upland Square is already under way.