The operator of three hot dog restaurants in the Valley is “relishing” news of its first franchise location.

Marketing Manager Stacey Willis has announced that Hot Dog Shoppes will open a restaurant in a converted Burger King in Venice, Florida on Monday.

Hot Dog Shoppes, a regional restaurant chain that started in Warren in 1946, also operates restaurants in Boardman, East Liverpool, and a Jib Jab location in Girard,

The exterior and interior design of the Florida franchise is based on the Boardman restaurant, which opened two years ago.

Willis says the design will become the future footprint for other franchises across the country.