LIMA — A Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins combination restaurant is slated to open in Lima before the end of the year.

The coffee, doughnut and ice cream vendor will likely be located on North Cable Road, with a drive through and sit-down area inside, said Manish Walia, a partner in the company that is franchising the restaurant.

The brand has “flavor, good coffee and doughnuts,” he said. “The price point is also a very good one.”

Walia is a partner with Imaginarium Foods, LLC., a Wooster-based company, which is working on getting the paperwork done to start building on land on North Cable Road between McDonald’s and Westgate Lanes.

Walia is involved with two other Dunkin’ Donuts franchise locations — Wooster and Ashland — but this is the first owned by Imaginarium.

Walia and his partners, identified by a Dunkin’ Donuts spokesperson as Rachna Walia and Ramesh Arora, saw a demand for what Dunkin’ Donuts offers in Lima, he said.

“It was the first market we saw and we liked,” Walia said. “It’s a good opportunity, as the market is growing.”

Walia wants to open the location as soon as possible but said it should be open by the third quarter of 2016. Walia and his partners began looking into the Lima area in September 2015, he said.

Imaginarium has yet to purchase the land, though there are three lots situated between the bowling alley and McDonald’s that are owned by Johnston Hospitality Ltd., according to the Allen County Auditor’s website.

Andy and Wes Johnston own Westgate Lanes. Wes Johnston said there was a person looking at the property by the bowling alley, but nothing was final as of Thursday.

Lima has previously been home to a Baskin-Robbins, located in the former American Mall.

The next closest Dunkin’ Donuts is in Bowling Green, according to the company’s website.

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By Danae King dking@civitasmedia.com

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