The construction site on Route 1 and Knox Road where Ratsies’ Terrapin Eatery stood.

To add to the selection of restaurants already in and around College Park, a new array of eateries will start popping up within the next few months and coming years.

Nando’s Peri-Peri, a South African and Portuguese chicken restaurant, will open one location at Knox Road and Route 1 in October, said Terry Schum, the city’s planning director.

Nando’s is replacing Ratsie’s, a pizza restaurant that used to sit at the location. It will also take over spaces that were located next to Ratsie’s — the former location of Yogiberry and David’s Shoe Repair, Schum said.

“There are a couple of [Nando’s] locations in the metropolitan area already, but this will be the first one in Prince George’s County,” Schum said.

College Park will also house a Panda Express location in the College Park Shopping Center, to add to an already-existing Panda Express located in the food court at Stamp Student Union. The new Panda Express will fill in the space of what used to be Garbanzo Mediterranean Grill.

For freshman Shannon Zhang, another Panda Express is a great addition for people who don’t live near Stamp.

“If I want Panda Express, I can go to Stamp, but for those who live in apartments or something, then they can more easily go to Route 1,” the finance major said.

A new, two-story coffee house and wine bar is also slated to open along Route 1 in the College Park Auto Parts location in summer 2016, city officials and business owners announced Tuesday. The new eatery will offer craft beer and wine in an artistic venue, said Eric Olson, executive director of the College Park City-University Partnership.

With The Hotel at the University of Maryland slated to open in 2017, College Park will welcome new restaurants on the ground floor of The Hotel, including Old Maryland Grill, Bagels ‘n Grinds, Potomac Pizza and Kapnos.

Kapnos is a chain of Greek restaurants located in Washington and owned by Top Chef contestant Mike Isabella. This location will be Isabella’s first restaurant in Prince George’s County, Schum said.

“I like Potomac Pizza … it’s actually right outside my house [in Rockville], it’s good,” said freshman physiology and neurobiology major Soundarya Avantsa.

Avantsa added that because she’s a vegetarian, there are other options she would like to see come to College Park in the near future, like Baja Fresh Mexican Grill.

Staff writer Hallie Miller contributed to this report.