Mister Car Wash planned for former Perkins restaurant site in East Lampeter Twp.

Seven years after it closed, the former Perkins restaurant along Route 30 in East Lampeter Township has been torn down and will be replaced by a car wash.

Mister Car Wash has announced plans to open a car wash next summer at 2175 Lincoln Highway East, replacing the Perkins restaurant which closed in June 2014. Arizona-based Mister Car Wash operates some 300 U.S. locations.

The property located across Route 30 from Lancaster Mennonite School was bought in July 2014 for $1.1 million by Dimitrios Hronis Jr., an owner of the Capital Diner in Harrisburg. The sale happened a year after Perkins parent company emerged from bankruptcy.

Last summer, Hronis was making plans that would allow for a restaurant at the site since he sought a zoning exception in June for a restaurant that could operate with a drive-thru. Instead, he is leasing the property to Mister Car Wash for a new location, which will be its third in Lancaster County.

Hronis did not respond to messages left seeking comment on the change of plans.

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