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PHILADELPHIA-Aramark will roll out a fast-casual restaurant brand, Soluna Cafe & Bakery, devoted specifically to doctors, nurses, employees and visitors at large healthcare campuses. The first restaurant will open in Houston this year, with others in San Diego and Columbus, OH to follow in early 2007.

The healthcare division of locally based Aramark serves nearly 1,300 hospitals and senior-living facilities worldwide. Future expansion of Soluna is planned, but an Aramark spokesman declined to project how many units might open or identify additional potential locations.

The inaugural unit will open in October in the Texas Medical Center, home to University of Texas' MD Anderson Cancer Center, Methodist Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Children's Hospital and Saint Luke's Hospital. It will occupy 4,000 sf on the ground floor of the Bank of America building at the southeast corner of Holcombe Boulevard and South Main Street. It is designed for a 60-seat dining room and 40-seat outdoor patio.

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