Jim Speros was an assistant coach for the championship 1982 Washington Redskins in the Superbowl.
More than 30 years later, he is expanding his restaurant business into Bristow. Speros owns Velocity Wings, and will open his third location in the Braemar Village Center in Bristow next to Safeway. The new restaurant will serve customers from Bristow, Gainesviille, and Manassas, according to a company press release.
It is the third Velocity Wings to open since the company opened doors in Loudoun County at its first store in Purcellville and then expanded to South Riding. The restaurant will seat 125 people and serve 25 flavors of wings, hamburgers, salads, and milkshakes.
Speros is President of Velocity Five Sports Restaurant. The Northern Virginia chain has locations in Fairfax and Loudoun counites. He was also president of Champions Sports Restaurant now owned by Marriott hotels, according to a press release.
Vecolity Wings in Bristow will be located near the intersection of Sudley Manor and Linton Hall roads. It will open for business at 11 a.m. and close at 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and at midnight Friday and Saturday.
The restaurant is slated to open in September. A website for the new restaurant will appear online in June, according to a press release.
