Top 75 Multiconcept Operators List
By the Editors -- Restaurants & Institutions, October 15, 2007
| High Gear: Top 75 |
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| ‘07 | ‘06 | Company, headquarters |
Sales $ millions |
Concepts |
Restau- rants |
Signature concepts | What’s the buzz? |
| 1 | 1 | Levy Restaurants Chicago |
735.0A | 19 | 19 | Bistro 110, Fulton’s Crab House, Portobello Yacht Club, Spiaggia | Crêpes: Etc. and a bistro named ~scape, both in St. Louis, are new. Most revenue is from managed sites. |
| 2 | 2 | Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises Chicago | 315.0** | 29 | 51 | Big Bowl (8), Mon Ami Gabi (4), Shaw’s Crab House (2), Everest, Osteria Via Stato, Tru | LEYE’s new Stripburger, adjacent to its Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba! in Las Vegas, offers “burgers, shakes and cakes.” |
| 3 | 3 | China Grill Management New York City |
207.5** | 13 | 23 | Asia de Cuba (5), China Grill (5), Red Square (2), Social (2) | Suka in London offers authentic Malaysian cuisine; new Wild Salmon in New York City is all about fish. |
| 4 | 4 | Restaurant Associates/Patina Group New York City |
190.0A | 12 | 31 | Brasserie, Catal, Julia’s Kitchen at COPIA, Pinot Bistro, Rock Center Cafe, Sea Grill, Zucca | This year’s acquisition of The Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group expands Patina’s size and clout. |
| 5 | 6 | Back Bay Restaurant Group Boston |
151.4 | 7 | 35 | Atlantic Fish, Bouchée, Joe’s American Bar & Grill (14) | Newest concept, Bouchée, offers classic brasserie favorites coq au vin, steak au poivre and cassoulet. |
| 6 | 5 | Restaurants Unlimited Seattle |
150.0** | 8 | 29 | Cutters Bayhouse, Kincaid’s Fish, Chop & Steak House (9), Palisade, Pizzeria Fondi | Acquired Pacific Coast Restaurants and plans to expand PCR’s Newport and Stanford’s concepts. |
| 7 | 7 | Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants San Francisco |
145.1 | 42 | 43 | Atwood Café, Bambara (2), Fifth Floor, Firefly, Jsix, Postrio, South Water Kitchen, Taggia | American-cuisine Jackson 20 (named for Andrew’s face on the $20 bill) opens next year in Alexandria, Va. |
| 8 | 12 | Landry’s Restaurants Inc. Houston |
140.0** | 25 | 37 | Aquarium, Big Fish Seafood Bistro (3), Cadillac Bar, Charley’s Crab (5), Peohe’s, Willie G’s (3) | Aquarium concept now is in three markets; Brenner’s Steakhouse is one of its few nonseafood concepts. |
| 9 | 8 | B.R. Guest Inc. New York City |
130.0** | 11 | 16 | Atlantic Grill, Blue Fin, Blue Water Grill (2), Dos Caminos (3), Fiamma (2), Ruby Foo’s (2) | Primehouse New York—similar to its Chicago steakhouse partnership with David Burke—will open by year-end. |
| 10 | 8 | The Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group New York City |
125.0A | 5 | 13 | Maloney & Porcelli, Smith & Wollensky (10) | Park Avenue Summer restaurant opened this year with Chef Craig Koketsu’s seasonal menu. |
| 11 | 13 | Cameron Mitchell Restaurants Columbus, Ohio |
120.4 | 9 | 24 | Cap City Fine Diner & Bar (2), Cameron’s Steakhouse, Mitchell’s Fish Market (15) | Italian eatery Marcella’s and Mitchell’s Ocean Club are the company’s 2007 additions. |
| 12 | 11 | Specialty Restaurants Corp. Anaheim, Calif. |
120.0** | 20 | 24 | 94th Aero Squadron (6), 101st Airborne, Castaway Restaurant and Banquet Center, Rusty Pelican (2) | River Club in Columbus, Ohio, sited where two rivers meet, was renamed Confluence Park Restaurant. |
| 13 | 10 | Ark Restaurants New York City |
114.0A | 20 | 24 | America (2), Gallagher’s Steakhouse (2), Sequoia (2), Bryant Park Grille | Deal gives Ark control of food court at new MGM Grand Casino at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Conn. |
| 14 | 20 | Clyde’s Restaurant Group Washington, D.C. |
100.2 | 6 | 12 | 1789 Restaurant, Clyde’s (6), Old Ebbitt Grill, Tower Oaks Lodge | Willow Creek Farm, opened in December 2006, is projected to have $12 million in sales this year. |
| 15 | 28 | Starr Restaurant Organization Philadelphia |
98.0** | 12 | 16 | Alma de Cuba, Buddakan (3), Morimoto, Washington Square | Expansion of Buddakan and Morimoto concepts to New York City have moved company up the MCO ranks. |
| 16 | 15 | Pacific Coast Restaurants Portland, Ore. |
95.0** | 9 | 27 | Portland City Grill, Stanford’s Restaurant and Bar (10), Newport Bay Restaurant (9) | Sushi-and-seafood concept Newport Seafood Grill now operates in Portland and Tigard, Ore. |
| 17 | 34 | Consolidated Restaurant Operations, Dallas |
94.5** | 6 | 35 | Cantina Laredo (20), Cool River Cafe (3), III Forks (2) | A recently signed franchise deal will send its Cantina Laredo and III Forks concepts to the Middle East. |
| 18 | 26 | Tavistock Restaurants Emeryville, Calif. |
94.3 | 9 | 38 | Blackhawk Grille, California Cafe (6), Napa Valley Grille (6), Ondine, Zed 451 (2) | The company entered the casual-dining category by acquiring the Freebirds World Burrito chain. |
| 19 | 19 | Myriad Restaurant Group, New York City |
93.0** | 10 | 11 | Montrachet, Nobu, Nobu 57, Rubicon, Tribeca Grill | Chef-partner Michael Bao Huynh creates the Vietnamese menu at new Mai House in New York City. |
| 20 | 20 | Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group Las Vegas | 92.0** | 10 | 15 | Chinois (2), CUT, Spago (4), Vert | CUT steakhouse, opened last year in Beverly Hills, Calif., will get a second location in Las Vegas in December. |
| 21 | 18 | TS Restaurants, Lahaina, Hawaii |
88.0** | 8 | 12 | Duke’s (4), Hula Grill (2), Jake’s Del Mar, Kimo’s | Even in a down economy, ocean-view restaurants in Hawaii and California manage to do well. |
| 22 | 25 | Great American Restaurants Falls Church, Va. |
86.7 | 7 | 10 | Coastal Flats (2), Mike’s American, Sweetwater Tavern (3) | Company plans to open an as-yet-unnamed seafood-and-steak concept next year in Reston, Va. |
| 23 | 16 | Restaurants-America Glenview, Ill. |
85.7 | 7 | 43 | Bar Louie (25), Grillroom, One North Kitchen & Bar, Townhouse Restaurant & Wine Bar | Midtown Kitchen + Bar in Chicago offers a contemporary-American menu plus a grab-and-go section. |
| 24 | 18 | Emeril’s Homebase New Orleans |
80.0 | 6 | 9 | Delmonico Steakhouse, Emeril’s (4), Emeril’s New Orleans Fish House, NOLA | Emeril’s Gulf Coast Fish House opened this year in the Island View Casino Resort in Gulfport, Miss. |
| 25 | 22 | King’s Seafood Co. Costa Mesa, Calif. |
80.0 | 6 | 16 | 555 East Steakhouse, i Cugini, King’s Fish House (11), Water Grill | Moving inland: Company will open a King’s Fish House location in Tempe, Ariz., this fall. |
| 26 | 23 | Jean-Georges Management New York City |
80.0** | 16 | 17 | Jean-Georges, JoJo, Market, Spice Market, Vong | Chambers Kitchen at Chambers Hotel in Minneapolis and Lagoon at St. Regis Resort Bora Bora are new. |
| 27 | 30 | Gibsons Restaurant Group Chicago |
78.9 | 5 | 7 | Gibsons Bar Steakhouse, Hugo’s Frog Bar & Fish House, Quartino | Its two newest concepts did well: Sales for Luxbar were $7.2 million in 2006; Quartino’s were $6.9 million. |
| 28 | 24 | McMenamins Pubs & Breweries Portland, Ore. |
78.0** | 41 | 55 | Barley Mill Pub, John Barleycorns, McMenamins (15), White Eagle Saloon | Largest pub operator in Pacific Northwest also is the region’s fourth-largest microbrewer. |
| 29 | 31 | Union Square Hospitality Group New York City |
76.0** | 10 | 10 | Blue Smoke, Gramercy Tavern, Union Square Cafe | Union Square Tokyo opened this year; Union Square Cafe Executive Chef Michael Romano created the menu. |
| 30 | 27 | Todd English Enterprises Charlestown, Mass. |
72.0** | 10 | 17 | Figs (3), Kingfish Hall, Olives (6), Todd English’s Bluezoo | Two New Orleans operations—528 by Todd English and Riche by Todd English—are the newest. |
| 31 | 33 | Buckhead Life Restaurant Group Atlanta |
69.9 | 11 | 12 | Atlanta Fish Market, Buckhead Diner, Chops/Lobster Bar (2), Kyma | Company expects to open second and third locations of its Buckhead Diner concept in 2008. |
| 32 | -- | Mario Batali Restaurants, New York City |
66.0** | 9 | 9 | Babbo Ristorante e Enoteca, Del Posto, OTTO Enoteca Pizzeria | B&B Ristorante opened this year in The Venetian in Las Vegas, Enoteca San Marco will join it in 2008. |
| 33 | 35 | E-Brands Restaurants Orlando |
60.0 | 5 | 13 | AquaKnox, Samba Room (5), Timpano Chophouse & Martini Bar | David Burke Modern American Cuisine opened in Las Vegas this year; AquaKnox Atlanta opens soon. |
| 34 | 31 | The Fireman Hospitality Group New York City |
59.6 | 6 | 7 | Cafe Fiorello, Redeye Grill, Trattoria Dell’Arte | Shelly’s New York concept has been rechristened Shelly’s Trattoria La Tradizionale. |
| 35 | 34 | Anthony’s Restaurants Bellevue, Wash. |
59.0** | 9 | 23 | Anthony’s, Anthony’s Hearthfire Grill (4), Anthony’s Home Port (9), Chinook’s at Salmon Bay | Company operates two takeout concepts—Little Chinooks and Anthony’s Fish Bar—in Seattle. |
| 36 | 40 | CentraArchy Restaurant Management Co. Charleston, S.C. |
54.0** | 9 | 18 | California Dreaming (8), Chophouse ’47, Gulfstream Cafe, New York Prime (3) | The Tavern at Phipps in Atlanta’s Buckhead neighborhood is the company’s new hotspot. |
| 37 | 36 | Select Restaurants Inc. Cleveland, Ohio |
54.0** | 8 | 14 | Parkers’ Ocean Grill, Rusty Scupper (2), Winberie’s Restaurant & Bar (6) | Parkers’ Lighthouse in Long Beach, Calif., is the exception to Select’s East Coast/Midwest concentration. |
| 38 | 42 | Haddad Restaurant Group Kansas City, Mo. |
52.5**A | 6 | 22 | George Brett’s, Fred P. Ott’s, Plaza III Steakhouse (5) | Expansion of Plaza III concept continues with opening of sixth location, in Birmingham, Ala. |
| 39 | 38 | D’Amico & Partners Minneapolis |
52.4 | 5 | 18 | Cafe & Bar Lurcat, Campiello, D’Amico Cucina, D’Amico & Sons (11) | Contemporary-Mexican concept Masa in Minneapolis is a departure from D’Amico’s Italian opeations. |
| 40 | 37 | M Crowd Restaurant Group Irving, Texas |
52.0** | 5 | 23 | Mainstream Fish House, The Mercury Grill, Mi Cocina (15), Taco Diner (5) | Executive Chef-Partner Chris Ward may open eponymous restaurant in Dallas. |
| 41 | 44 | The Glazier Group New York City |
51.0 | 6 | 9 | 24 Fifth Ave., Bridgewater’s, Monkey Bar, Strip House (4) | Latest Strip House opens this fall in Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. |
| 42 | 43 | Alicart Restaurant Group New York City |
51.0** | 4 | 7 | Carmine’s (4), Gabriela’s, Virgil’s Real BBQ | Manhattan-landmark Carmine’s has expanded to sites in Atlantic City and Paradise Island, Bahamas. |
| 43 | 50 | Innovative Dining Group Los Angeles |
50.7 | 3 | 8 | BOA Steakhouse (3), Katana, Sushi Roku (4) | Company testing lower-price arena with Luckyfish, a casual-sushi concept opening in Los Angeles. |
| 44 | 45 | Mainstreet Ventures Ann Arbor, Mich. |
48.0** | 10 | 16 | Carson’s American Bistro, Real Seafood Co. (3), Tidewater Grill | Palio in Ann Arbor offers “Italian roadside cooking”; Ciao! Ristorante in Sylvania, Ohio, is country Italian. |
| 45 | 41 | Charlie Palmer Group New York City |
47.0** | 5 | 7 | Astra, Aureole (2), Charlie Palmer Steak (2) | Kitchen 22 closed this year; a Charlie Palmer Steak and new Fin Fish concept will open in Reno, Nev. |
| 46 | 46 | Phil Stefani Signature Restaurants Chicago |
46.5** | 10 | 15 | Riva (2), Tavern on Rush, Tuscany (4) | The 100-seat Stefani’s Tuscany Café in downtown Chicago is the company’s most recent opening. |
| 47 | 47 | Cohn Restaurant Group, San Diego |
46.0** | 12 | 12 | Corvette, Dakota Grill, Gas Lamp Strip Club, Island Prime | Plans for 2008 include new restaurants in Maui and San Diego (Cohn’s primary market). |
| 48 | 39 | Max’s Restaurants South San Francisco | 46.0** | 10 | 12 | Billy Berk’s, Max’s Market, Max’s On the Square, Max’s Opera Café | The original Max’s Opera Café in San Francisco was remodeled and reopened as Max’s At The Opera. |
| 49 | 49 | Cornerstone Management and Consulting Inc. Chicago | 45.0** | 6 | 6 | Michael Jordan’s Steakhouse, one sixtyblue, WAVE | Cornerstone recently opened SolToro Tequila Grill at Mohegan Sun casino in Connecticut. |
| 50 | 57 | Myles Chefetz Restaurants South San Francisco |
45.0** | 4 | 4 | Big Pink, Nemo, Prime One Twelve, Shoji Sushi | Chefetz reportedly plans to open a New York City location of his Miami Beach flagship, Prime One Twelve. |
| 51 | 65 | Fox Restaurant Concepts Scottsdale, Ariz. |
43.5 | 9 | 20 | Bloom (2), Montana Avenue, North (4), Sauce Pizza & Wine (8) | Blanco Tacos & Tequila opened earlier this year; the first Zinburger is expected to open in November. |
| 52 | 48 | Phillips Seafood Restaurants Baltimore |
43.5 | 4 | 22 | Phillips Famous Seafood (5), Phillips Seafood (8), Phillips Seafood Express (5) | Sales total listed is only for Phillips’ eight company-owned, full-service seafood restaurants. |
| 53 | 51 | Lark Creek Restaurant Group San Francisco |
43.3 | 8 | 10 | Arterra, Bradley Ogden, The Lark Creek Inn, Yankee Pier (3) | LarkCreek Steak opened last year in the trendy Westfield San Francisco Centre development. |
| 54 | 52 | The Dinex Group New York City |
42.0 | 5 | 6 | Café Boulud (2), Daniel, DB Bistro Moderne | Bar Boulud will open in New York City; Maison Boulud should open in Beijing in time for the Olympics. |
| 55 | 63 | Mina Group San Francisco |
42.0** | 6 | 8 | Arcadia, Nobhill, Michael Mina (2), Seablue (2) | Bourbon Steak and Saltwater opened this year in the new MGM Grand Detroit. |
| 56 | 58 | N9NE Group Las Vegas |
41.0** | 5 | 8 | Ghostbar (3), N9NE Steakhouse (2), Nove Italiano | N9NE opened locations of its Ghostbar, N9NE Steakhouse and Nove Italiano concepts in Dallas this year. |
| 57 | 75 | Modern Mexican Restaurants New York City |
40.0 | 6 | 9 | Maya (3), Tamayo, Zengo (2) | Chef-owner Richard Sandoval went international with last year’s opening of Maya in Dubai. |
| 58 | 54 | Ala Carte Entertainment Chicago |
40.0** | 15 | 21 | Alumni Club, Excalibur, Famous Freddie’s Roadhouse (2), Magnum’s Steakhouse (2) | Company opened a third location of Finn McCool’s Irish Sports Pub this year in Crystal Lake, Ill. |
| 59 | -- | Craft Restaurants New York City |
40.0** | 4 | 14 | Craft (2), Craftbar, Craftsteak, ’wichcraft (9) | Chef-owner Tom Colicchio opened Craft in Los Angeles this year; Atlanta gets one in 2008. |
| 60 | 55 | Copper Cellar Corp. Knoxville, Tenn. |
39.0** | 6 | 14 | Calhoun’s (9), Cappuccino’s, Cumberland Grill | Copper Cellar’s restaurants are clustered in four markets in eastern Tennessee. |
| 61 | 59 | Pat Kuleto Restaurants San Francisco |
36.0** | 4 | 4 | Boulevard, Farallon, Jardinière, Martini House | Water Bar and EPIC Roasthouse are set to open in San Francisco in November. |
| 62 | 56 | Real Restaurants Sausalito, Calif |
36.0** | 13 | 13 | Betelnut, Fog City Diner, Tra Vigne | PANoRAMA bakery operation sells artisan breads at Bay Area farmers markets. |
| 63 | 60 | Rosebud Restaurants Chicago |
35.5** | 6 | 11 | Ballo, Carmine’s, The Rosebud, Rosebud on Rush | Rosebud Old World Italian in Schaumburg, Ill., is the latest take on the Rosebud brand. |
| 64 | 61 | Harry Caray’s Restaurant Group Chicago |
35.0 | 5 | 6 | Harry Caray’s, Harry Caray’s Seventh Inning Stretch | Hi-Tops bar in Chicago will become a casual-dining version of Harry Caray’s in 2008. |
| 65 | -- | BLT Management New York City |
34.0** | 5 | 5 | BLT Burger, BLT Fish, BLT Steak | BLT Steak opened in Washington, D.C., and San Juan, P.R., this year; BLT Market opened in New York City. |
| 66 | 64 | Capital Restaurant Concepts Ltd. Washington, D.C. |
33.5** | 7 | 11 | Georgia Brown’s, J. Paul’s, Old Glory Bar-B-Que | Its Big Kahuna Cantina combines Polynesian and Mexican cuisines into something it calls Mexonesian.. |
| 67 | 68 | Culinary Adventures Newport Beach, Calif. |
33.0** | 5 | 9 | Chat Noir, Chimayo, French 75 (5) | Company clusters its American and French bistro concepts along the Southern California coast. |
| 68 | 62 | Matt Prentice Restaurant Group Bingham Farms, Mich. |
32.0** | 8 | 9 | Coach Insignia, Deli Unique, No. VI Chophouse, Shiraz | Flying Fish Tavern in Beverly Hills, Mich., has become Tavern on 13 with a more casual menu and style. |
| 69 | 69 | Parasole Restaurant Holdings Inc. Minneapolis |
31.0** | 6 | 7 | Chino Latino, Good Earth (2), Manny’s | Pittsburgh Blue—slang for charred on the outside, rare inside—is its new steakhouse in Minneapolis. |
| 70 | 70 | Consolidated Restaurants Inc. Seattle |
30.0** | 7 | 9 | Elliott’s Oyster House, Metropolitan Grill, Union Square Grill | Quincy’s Chargrilled Burgers concept in Seattle Center cultural site is the company’s fast-casual concept. |
| 71 | 73 | Mackay Restaurant Group Seattle |
28.5** | 4 | 6 | El Gaucho (3), Troiani Ristorante Italiano, Sea Grill | A fourth El Gaucho location is scheduled to open in Bellevue, Wash., in 2008. |
| 72 | 70 | Gastronomy Inc. Salt Lake City |
28.0** | 3 | 8 | Market Street Grill (4), Market Street Oyster Bar (3), New Yorker | Market Street Broiler has been converted to company’s main Market Street Grill brand. |
| 73 | -- | The Common Man Family of Restaurants Ashland, N.H. |
27.0 | 9 | 13 | The Common Man (5), Foster’s Boiler Room, Lakehouse Grille | A sixth location for The Common Man brand is scheduled to open in Claremont, N.H., next year. |
| 74 | 66 | Schwartz Brothers Restaurants Seattle |
26.6 | 3 | 5 | Chandler’s Crabhouse, Daniel’s Broiler (3), Revolution Bar & Grill | Spazzo Italian Grill & Wine Bar opened in Redmond, Wash., earlier this year. |
| 75 | -- | THINKfoodGROUP LLC Washington, D.C. | 25.2 | 4 | 6 | Café Atlántico, Jaleo (3), Zaytinya | Company was formed last year by Chef-restaurateur José Andrés and restaurateur Rob Wilder. |
| 5554.9 | 718 | 1180 | |||||
| **R&I estimate, (A) includes managed restaurants, contract accounts and/or catering. | |||||||
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