The Breakfast & Burger Club is set to fling open the doors of its long-awaited New City location on Monday, following weeks of soft-opening service that let the surrounding community sneak an early taste. The new spot sits inside the Town Plaza Shopping Center on South Main Street, marking the retro diner brand's first expansion since it debuted in Nyack five years ago.
According to a report from The Journal News, the restaurant is owned by Mersina Ocampo and George Ocampo, the same husband-and-wife team behind the original Breakfast & Burger Club at 84 Main Street in Nyack. That flagship, launched in 2021 as a 1950s-themed diner, built a following on nostalgic touches and comfort food, according to a Facebook post from Lohud Food. The New City address has been cited as both 191 and 195 South Main Street, and the space previously housed The Place, a bar and live-music venue that closed in June 2025 after eight years, as reported by Daily Voice.
A Much Bigger Footprint Than the Original Diner
Where the Nyack location built its reputation on cozy, retro charm, the New City build-out goes considerably bigger. The Lohud Food post describes three distinct bars inside the new restaurant, including an ice cream bar and a coffee bar pouring sand-brewed Turkish coffee, along with an outdoor patio, a lounge area and a dedicated children's play space. The menu carries over Breakfast & Burger Club staples like Greek coffee and cinnamon swirl pancakes, per The Journal News, while adding spinach pies, croissants and a Big Mac-style burger, according to the same Lohud Food account. A full liquor license is reportedly still pending as the restaurant prepares for its grand opening.
The Journal News photo gallery, shot on August 20, documents both the exterior and interior of the new space, including menu items like the crispy Biggie Mac wrap and the El Paso quesadilla. Photographer John Meore captured the images for the outlet ahead of the location's debut.
A Real Estate Deal Tied to a Changing Corridor
Securing the South Main Street lease involved commercial real estate brokerage Rand Commercial, which represented Mersina Ocampo in the transaction, according to a Facebook post from Paul Adler of Rand Commercial. The deal lands amid broader change at Town Plaza Shopping Center: a May 2026 redevelopment proposal outlined by the Rockland County Business Journal called for 29 residential apartment units to be added above two retail buildings at the plaza. That kind of second-story residential build-out is permitted as-of-right under Clarkstown's New City H-3 Hamlet Zone, a zoning designation intended to encourage mixed-use development along South Main Street in line with the town's comprehensive plan, the outlet reported.
The Ocampos have a history of civic involvement stretching back to their Nyack restaurant's early days. The original location sponsored the Nyack Chamber of Commerce Holiday Lights in 2023 and donated prizes for the Nyack Halloween Parade in 2022, according to Patch. Whether that kind of community sponsorship extends to New City remains to be seen, but the expansion itself signals a bet on South Main Street's continued growth as both a dining and residential corridor.
