B.R. Guest (stylized as "BR Guest") is a collection of fine-dining restaurants owned by

Landry's, Inc. Landry's, Inc., is an American, privately owned, multi-brand dining, hospitality, entertainment and gaming corporation headquartered in Houston, Texas. Landry's, Inc. owns and operates more than 600 restaurants, hotels, casinos and entertainme ...

By 2015, BR Guest owned 15 large Manhattan places, including five branches of Dos Caminos, two Strip House steak joints, Blue Water Grill and Ruby Foo's.

Business model

Opened in 1987, Hanson signed a partnership deal with Barry Sternlicht, CEO of

Starwood Capital Group Starwood Capital Group is an investment firm headquartered in Miami Beach, Florida. It is managed by Barry Sternlicht. It was co-founded by Sternlicht and Robert Faith in 1991. In 1993, Faith left Starwood to found Greystar Real Estate Partners ...

, as part of its Starwood Opportunity Fund 7 in 2007. The transaction valued BR Guest between $150 million and $250 million. In August 2010 BR Guest welcomed Alexandre Gaudelet to the team as its new Chief Operating Officer. In November 2016, BR Guest was sold to

, the operator of many casinos and restaurants including Bubba Gump Shrimp, the Rainforest Cafe, and Golden Nugget Casino.

References

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External links

Official website
Companies based in New York City Restaurants established in 1987 Restaurant chains in the United States