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Boss Pizza & Chicken is planning to open in the old White Banner Uniform Shop building location at 228 Broadway N. in downtown Fargo. David Samson / The Forum

Headline story: FARGO - Another restaurant has plans for snaring a slice of downtown Fargos business.

Boss Pizza & Chicken is planning to open by the New Year or not long after, majority owner Jeremy Seefeldt said Friday, Oct. 1.

The eatery will be in the old White Banner Uniform Shop building at 228 Broadway.

"We had a lot of success in Grand Forks. Fargo, obviously, has a lot of the same type of people and same type of stuff going on, except kind of supersized," Seefeldt said.

"We've been in business for 17 years ... and (have restaurants in) 11 or 12 different places and it's kind of interesting that's it's taken us so long to get to Fargo. We're there and we're super excited about it. I honestly think it's going to be one of our best stores and potentially the best store that we have because of the location," said Seefeldt, who founded the regional chain. Click here to read more.

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First News Extra: Restaurant coming to downtown in the old White Banner Uniform Shop building - Grand Forks Herald