Tifton’s second Zaxby’s restaurant at 2201 N. Tift Ave. will open Monday.

Zaxby’s licensee Bucky Goff, brother Ray Goff, and business partners Brian Atwater and Chad Copeland, celebrate 10 years of Zaxby’s in Tifton this month with the opening of the new location. 

Zaxby’s will be open for business from 10:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and from 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

“We’re excited to be able to celebrate the success of Tifton’s first Zaxby’s with the grand opening of a second convenient location for area residents to enjoy,” said Goff, licensee of both Tifton restaurant locations. “We look forward to providing the same fresh food and signature service our friends and neighbors have come to expect from the brand.”

The new location showcases Zaxby’s unique interior design, featuring a bright, open interior décor, complemented by vintage memorabilia and signage. The 3,195-square-foot restaurant will provide comfortable booths and tables, with a seating capacity of 71.

Copeland, who will serve as the general manager for the new Zaxby’s, believes the restaurant — from the atmosphere to the service — will exceed community expectations. 

“We’ve assembled a great group of team members who, we are confident, will deliver on the Zaxby’s mission to ‘consistently create encore experiences that enrich lives one person at a time,’” said Copeland. 

The new Zaxby’s is the 187th in Georgia. Zaxby’s operates nearly 500 restaurants in 12 states — Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. 

An alternative to fast food, Zaxby’s offers prepared-at-order chicken fingers, wings, sandwiches and salads. Zaxby’s most popular items are its hand-breaded Chicken Fingerz and Jumbo Buffalo Wings, smothered in a choice of 10 sauces with names like Wimpy, Tongue Torch, Nuclear and Insane. The menu also offers Zappetizers — Fried Pickles, Onion Rings, Tater Chips (home-style potato chips), Spicy Fried Mushrooms and Fried White Cheddar Bites, as well as a variety of Party Platterz perfect for any family 

Zaxby’s also offers four salads, or Zalads: The House, The Blue, The Caesar and The Zensation. All of Zaxby’s Zalads offer more chicken, unique ingredients, such as French-fried onions, fresh veggies and juicy tomatoes and are larger than most salads offered elsewhere. Each is prepared with chicken, three kinds of lettuce and a variety of toppings. Zalads are assembled at the time the order is placed and are not pre-made and stored in a cooler.

Most recently, Zaxby’s launched its new milkshake line. The Milkshakes, which come in chocolate, strawberry and vanilla flavors, are rich and creamy, hand-blended, and are topped with whipped cream.