Feastbox barbecue chain takes over former Burger King in Five Points

An urgent care owner’s back-up plan will soon host a barbecue restaurant.

Darius Kerman, owner of the local AFC Urgent Care chain, has leased the shuttered Burger King property he bought in Five Points last year to a Utah-based barbecue chain.

Feastbox offers various styles of barbecue, including Texas, Hawaiian and Korean, as well as topping-laden hot dogs, sandwiches and loaded fries.

Kerman paid $1.8 million for the former fast food building at 3200 N. Downing St. last summer. He said it was meant to be a “plan B” option when his plans to open an AFC location across the street, at 3177 Downing St., hit a roadblock.

But AFC will be able to open at Kerman’s original desired location. He said he decided the 2,037-square-foot restaurant building would be a great coffee shop, but when deals with two coffee chains took too long, he opened his search up to restaurants and Feastbox jumped on the deal.

“I can’t wait for that intersection to get lively,” Kerman said. “That will have a great impact on the community. We’ll have an urgent care and a restaurant.”

Kerman said he anticipates the AFC across the street will open next spring. It was briefly open for COVID-19 testing during the pandemic.