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Pancheros Mexican Grill is a chain of fast casual Tex Mex restaurants in the United States serving Mexican-style cuisine.The chain was founded in 1992 by Rodney Anderson when he opened two units: one in Iowa City, Iowa (near the University of Iowa campus), and one in East Lansing, Michigan (near the Michigan State University campus).
The name was proposed by a 5th-grade class when the founders asked for restaurant name suggestions. [5] The chain reached 10 locations by 1995. By 2003, Cheddar's generated $150 million in revenue from 42 restaurants in 13 states [ 6 ] and Brazos Private Equity Partners made an initial investment to grow the company that year.
The first Zaxbys was established in Statesboro, Georgia, in March 1990, near the Georgia Southern University campus, by childhood friends Zach McLeroy and Tony Townley. [2] The company's first restaurant outside of Georgia was opened in September 1994 in Bowling Green, Kentucky .
Red Lobster Hospitality, LLC is an American casual dining restaurant chain headquartered in Orlando, Florida.The company has operations across most of the United States (including Puerto Rico and Guam) and Canada, as well as in China, Ecuador, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates; as of June 23, 2020, the company had 719 locations worldwide.
The Journal notes that Cracker Barrel has made recent moves to cater to younger customers, such as introducing alcoholic beverages, a loyalty program and QR codes for customers to pay at the table.
Culver's Blue Spoon Cafe opened its first store in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, in 2000 as a soup-sandwich-salad restaurant as Blue Spoon Creamery Cafe. [30] The name Blue Spoon comes from the color of the spoons used at the Culver's fast food restaurants. A second store in Middleton, Wisconsin, was open for two years but closed in August 2010. [31]
In 1989, Bob Giaimo and Ype Von Hengst opened the original Silver Diner in Rockville, Maryland.This original location has annual sales of $6 million. [3] Silver Diner Development LLC. operates 23 restaurants [4] in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States with locations in New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. and employs over 1,700 people.
First Watch Restaurants, Inc., commonly referred to as First Watch, is an American restaurant chain based in Bradenton, Florida. [6] As of August 2024, the chain has more than 535 locations [7] in 29 states [8] and 14,000 employees. [9] First Watch is also the owner of Sun & Fork by First Watch, a fast-casual café concept located in Nashville ...