Applebee’s
Applebee’s Grill & Bar brings together a lively bar & grill experience offering hand-crafted drinks and craveable, simple, American food with flare featuring vibrant flavors and real, fresh ingredients. All Applebee’s restaurants are owned and operated by entrepreneurs dedicated to serving their communities and offering the best in food and drinks with neighborly, genuine service. With more than 2,000 locations in 49 states, Guam, Puerto Rico and 15 countries, Applebee’s is one of the world’s largest casual dining brands.
The Starving Rooster
Our restaurant, originally built in 1919 for the Altman and Taylor Tractor Company was built on quality and a pride for the things you make. The “starving rooster” logo was used by the company as their brand “moniker.” As legend has it, the Altman Taylor Company made a threshing machine that was of the highest quality and didn’t leave a speck of grain behind. As a result, the roosters had nothing to eat. Well, we will make sure you don’t go hungry, but we do like the idea of taking pride in what we do and make. As a part of that philosophy, we also have a great respect for the historical nature of the building and have repurposed nearly all of the materials that were taken out of the original structure and have used them to build tables, booths and other design elements seen throughout the restaurant. We also have a great respect for our farming culture and are very proud to say that our fathers/mothers or grandfathers/grandmothers spent most of their lives making a living off of our great North Dakota land. It is out of respect for all of these things that we give you “The Starving Rooster,” a place as local as the land itself.
QDOBA
QDOBA is a modern fast-casual Mexican kitchen with more than 730 locations in the U.S. and Canada. Committed to delivering flavor to people’s lives, QDOBA uses ingredients prepared in extra special ways, in-house, by hand, and fresh all throughout the day, to create delicious menu options. Guests are encouraged to experience QDOBA’s delicious flavors by enjoying one of its signature menu options that are chef-crafted for convenience and ease or by customizing their burritos, tacos, burrito bowls, salads, quesadillas, nachos and tortilla soup to fit their personal tastes. For two years running, QDOBA has been voted the “Best Fast Casual Restaurant” as part of the USA Todday 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards. Discover more on the QDOBA app, which is available for download on the iTunes App Store or Google Play. Fans can also connect with QDOBA on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
Jersey Mike’s
Our product is just half the reason for our passionate following. The other half is our in-store experience. The Jersey shore motif in our stores sets the stage for service Mike’s Way. Our service experience is like a summer weekend at the Jersey Shore: bustling and busy, but fun and relaxed. Service is fast but not rushed, casual yet purposeful, efficient but filled with crew banter that keeps it fun and makes the line move quickly. Crew interaction and customers ordering their favorite sub by number add to the experience of getting the world’s most authentic sub. It’s what makes Jersey Mike’s the most authentic tasting submarine sandwich available, and it’s a tradition of quality we’ll never outgrow. Jersey Mike’s Inc. oversees more than 2,500 locations open and under development nationwide, where believing that making a sub sandwich and making a difference can be one and the same.
Noodles & Company
Since 1995, Noodles & Company has been serving noodles your way, with noodles and flavors that you know and love as well as new ones you’re about to discover. From indulgent Wisconsin Mac & Cheese to better-for-you Zoodles and Other Noodles, the company serves a world of flavor in every bowl. Made up of more than 450 restaurants and thousands of passionate team members, Noodles was named one of the Best Places to Work by the Denver Business Journal for its unique culture built on the value of “Loving Life,” which begins by nourishing and inspiring every team member and guest who walks through the door.
JL Beers
JL Beers® features a variety of unique burgers, fries and chips, along with 40 different craft beers on tap and a wide selection of bottled and canned beers. After your meal, you can satisfy your sweet tooth with a creamy root beer float; the perfect combination of 1919 Root Beer and Blue Bunny vanilla ice cream.
JL Beers® offers burgers with everything from the classic toppings, to the Mt, Mushmore® Burger, topped with sautéed mushrooms and teriyaki sauce, to what may soon become a customer favorite, the Humpty Dumpty® Burger, complete with a fried egg and cheese on top. All burgers are made with fresh ground beef and served on JL Beers’® own signature bun.
Offering high quality food at a reasonable price, the restaurant provides an open kitchen environment that features specialty cooking equipment.
Guests can watch as their fries and chips are cut right in front of them, a testament to the fact that all of the food at JL Beers® is fresh and “comes from someone’s backyard”
Dave’s Hot Chicken
In a modern-day American dream story, three childhood friends, Chef Dave Kopushyan, Arman Oganesyan and Tommy Rubenyan, scraped together $900 to launch Dave’s Hot Chicken in a parking lot, portable fryers and folding tables in tow, in 2017. Dave’s Hot Chicken quickly took off, opening an East Hollywood brick-and-mortar restaurant shortly after, with support from Tommy’s brother, Gary. In 2019, the team struck a deal with Wetzel’s Pretzels co-founder and former CEO, Bill Phelps, and movie producer John Davis to begin franchising the Dave’s Hot Chicken concept throughout the U.S. and beyond. Harkening back to an Eater LA blog that helped propel early interest in the brand, the company’s mission is to “blow their minds.” Additional brand investors include Billboard’s Artist of the Decade, Drake, former California First Lady Maria Shriver, actor Samuel L. Jackson, and Good Morning America anchor and retired NFL player Michael Strahan.