Syracuse, N.Y. — Stella’s Diner plans to open a new location in Camillus later this year.

The new Stella's will be located at the site of the old Camillus Pizza Hut, which is just past the Fairmount Fair Plaza. The Pizza Hut closed in 2017.

The new restaurant will be an additional location for Stella's. The original diner, in business for 20 years, will continue to operate on Wolf Street in Syracuse.

The new location should be open in late November or early December.

Stella's got its start in 1999 and has been at the Wolf Street location since 2003. Sisters Mary Martin, Betty Stellakis and Judy Stellakis started the business.

Martin and her son Jake, a co-owner of Stella's, live in the Camillus area and regularly drive past the old Pizza Hut site. They weren't looking to expand, but the location seemed promising.

“It just was an opportunity,” Martin said. “It looked like a nice spot.”

Stella's will use the existing building at the property after some renovations. It'll be about half the size of the Wolf Street location and employ 30 to 40 people, Martin said.

The original location employs about 70.

The plan is for everything to be the same at the two sites, including the menu and hours. The new location will also serve beer and wine, as does the Wolf Street location, Martin said.

Stella's opens at 5 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday to Wednesday and 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday to Saturday. Sundays, the diner is open 5 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The Dairy Queen website lists a Camillus location as coming soon to the former Pizza Hut site, but it appears DQ will have to look elsewhere with Stella’s moving in. The DQ franchisee with rights to the Syracuse market has said repeatedly his group is interested in Camillus.

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