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It’s been six years since the Richmond area had a Fuddruckers restaurant, but local residents won’t have to wait much longer to again sample the food at the Texas-based burger chain.

A Fuddruckers is in the works at 100 N. Carter Road in Hanover County — inside a TravelCenters of America truck stop — and is expected to open March 30.

“We’d been in discussions with them for a while,” said Tom Liutkus, a spokesperson for TravelCenters. “The process is, what are their goals for their market, and we sort of match that up.”

The restaurant opening was first reported by Richmond BizSense.

Fuddruckers has more than 150 restaurants in 10 countries, with five locations in Virginia.

The chain, which did not return calls for this story, started in 1980 and opened its Richmond-area store in 1985 at 8205 W. Broad St. That site is now home to a Buz & Ned’s Real Barbecue.

TravelCenters of America is the franchisee for the Ashland Fuddruckers, but it may not be the only restaurant the group opens in the area.

TravelCenters is in the process of acquiring Quaker Steak & Lube, pending that company’s bankruptcy.

Quaker Steak & Lube had a restaurant at 8000 W. Broad St. from 2007 to 2014, and TravelCenters of America could put another restaurant there once the sale is finalized.