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Sonic Burger

December 22, 2017 8:08 pm Published by

Sonic Corp. operates and franchises a chain of quick-service drive-in restaurants in the United States. As of August 31, 2016, the company operated 3,557 Sonic Drive-Ins in 45 states, of which 345 were owned and operated by the company and 3,212 were owned and operated by franchisees. It also leases real estate properties to franchisees.... View More

Ruby Tuesday

December 22, 2017 8:08 pm Published by

Ruby Tuesday, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the ownership, development, operation, and franchise of casual dining restaurants under the Ruby Tuesday name in the United States and internationally. As of June 6, 2017, the company owned and operated 543 Ruby Tuesday restaurants and 62 franchised Ruby Tuesday restaurants in 41 states, Guam, and... View More

P.F Chang’s

December 22, 2017 8:08 pm Published by

P. F. Chang’s China Bistro is an Asian-themed US casual dining restaurant chain founded in 1993 by Paul Fleming and Philip Chiang, owned and operated by Centerbridge Partners, and headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. P.F. Chang’s, while often considered to be a strictly Chinese restaurant, prides itself in a wide array of Asian dishes. Due to... View More

Lone Star Steakhouse

December 22, 2017 8:08 pm Published by

Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon is a casual dining restaurant chain, serving steak, seafood, salad, and similar food items. Lone Star opened its first restaurant in 1989 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In March 1992, Lone Star became a public company with eight restaurants opened. By the end of 1995, there were 182 restaurants in operation.... View More

Bob Evans

December 22, 2017 8:08 pm Published by

Bob Evans Restaurants is a chain of family style restaurants founded and headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, which owns and operates over 500 locations in 18 states, primarily in the Midwest, mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions of the United States. Bob Evans believed in treating strangers like friends and friends like family; and those principles are alive... View More

BJ’s

December 22, 2017 8:08 pm Published by

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. owns and operates casual dining restaurants in the United States. Its restaurants offer pizzas, craft and other beers, appetizers, soups, entrees, pastas, sandwiches, salads, and desserts. As of September 5, 2017, the company owned and operated 195 casual dining restaurants located in the 25 states of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida,... View More

Red Lobster

November 16, 2017 1:07 am Published by

Red Lobster Hospitality LLC is an American casual dining restaurant chain headquartered in Orlando, Florida. The company has operations in Canada, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Mexico, and Japan, in addition to the United States. As of February 24, 2013, the company had 705 locations worldwide. Golden Gate Capital has been Red... View More

Hooters

November 16, 2017 1:07 am Published by

Hooters, Inc. is the trade name of two privately held American restaurant chains: Hooters of America, Incorporated, based in Atlanta, Georgia, and Hooters, Incorporated, based in Clearwater, Florida. The Hooters name is a double entendre referring to both its owl logo, a bird known for its “hooting” calls, and an American slang term for human... View More

Carrabba’s Italian Grill

November 16, 2017 1:07 am Published by

The chain was founded on December 26, 1986, by John Charles “Johnny” Carrabba, III and his uncle Damian Mandola. Together, they opened the first restaurant on Kirby Drive in Houston, Texas. A second location was opened soon after at the intersection of Woodway and Voss street. After a considerable enlargement of the restaurant, it was... View More

Red Robin

August 12, 2017 8:01 am Published by

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, operates, and franchises casual-dining and fast-casual restaurants in the United States and Canada. As of September 6, 2017, it operated approximately 550 Red Robin restaurants. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado.

Golden Corral

August 12, 2017 8:01 am Published by

Golden Corral is an American family-style restaurant chain serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner, featuring a large all-you-can-eat buffet and grill offering numerous hot and cold dishes, a carving station, and their Brass Bell Bakery. It is a privately held company headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, with locations in forty-one states.

Outback Steakhouse

August 12, 2017 8:01 am Published by

Outback Steakhouse is an Autstralian-themed American casual dining restaurant chain, serving American cuisine, based in Tampa, Florida with over 1,000 locations in 23 countries throughout  North and South America, Asia, and Australia. It was founded in March 1988 in Tampa by Bob Basham, Chris Sullivan, Trudy Cooper, and Tim Gannon. It was owned and operated in the... View More

Bojangles

August 12, 2017 8:01 am Published by

Bojangles, Inc. develops, operates, and franchises limited service restaurants in the United States. Its restaurants offer never-frozen bone-in fried chicken items, made-from-scratch buttermilk biscuits, fixin’s, and iced tea. As of June 25, 2017, the company had 740 system-wide restaurants, including 314 company-operated and 426 franchised restaurants located primarily in the Southeastern United States. Bojangles’, Inc.... View More

IHOP Restaurant

August 12, 2017 8:01 am Published by

IHOP, officially known as the International House of Pancakes, is an American multinational pancake house/diner-style table service restaurant chain that specializes in breakfast foods. It is owned by DineEquity, with 99% of the restaurants run by independent franchisees. While IHOP’s focus is on breakfast foods, it also offers a menu of lunch and dinner items.... View More

Denny’s Restaurant

August 12, 2017 8:01 am Published by

Denny’s Corporation, through its subsidiary, Denny’s, Inc., owns and operates full-service restaurant chains under the Denny’s brand. As of December 28, 2016, it operated 1,733 franchised, licensed, and company operated restaurants in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, New Zealand, Mexico, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Guam, the United Arab Emirates, Curacao N.V., El Salvador,... View More

Applebee’s

August 12, 2017 8:01 am Published by

Applebee’s International, Inc., is an American company which develops, franchises, and operates the Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill + Bar restaurant chain. As of December 2015, there were 2,033 restaurants operating system-wide in the United States, one U.S. territory (Puerto Rico), and 15 other countries, all owned and operated by franchisees. The company was headquartered in Kansas... View More

Olive Garden

August 12, 2017 8:01 am Published by

Olive Garden is an American casual dining restaurant chain specializing in Italian-American cuisine. It is a subsidiary of Darden Restaurants, Inc., which is headquartered in unincorporated Orange County, Florida, in Orlando. As of January 11, 2016, Olive Garden operates 844 locations globally and accounts for 3.8 billion of the 6.9 billion revenue of parent Darden.

TGI Fridays

August 12, 2017 8:01 am Published by

TGI Fridays is an American restaurant chain focusing on casual dining. The company is a unit of the Sentinel Capital Partners and TriArtisan Capital Partners, who purchased the company from Carlson Companies in May 2014. The name is asserted to stand for “Thank God It’s Friday”, although as of 2010 some television commercials for the... View More

Chili’s

August 12, 2017 8:01 am Published by

Chili’s Grill & Bar is an American casual dining restaurant chain that features Tex-Mex-style cuisine.The company was founded by Larry Lavine in Texas in 1975 and is currently owned and operated by Brinker International. The company has  claimed its  place in the restaurant universe. Today, you can find them in 32 different countries.  

LongHorn Steakhouse

August 12, 2017 8:01 am Published by

LongHorn Steakhouse is an American casual dining restaurant chain that is owned and operated by Darden Restaurants, Inc., headquartered in Orlando, Florida. As of 2016, LongHorn Steakhouse generated 1.6 billion in sales in its 481 locations.