Below is a list of defunct restaurants of the United States.

Defunct restaurants in the United States

Arthur Treacher's Arthur Treacher's Fish & Chips is an American fast food seafood restaurant and former chain. At the peak of its popularity in the late 1970s, it had more than 800 stores. However, as of June 2021, there is only one stand-alone Arthur Treacher's l ...

fish and chips, one location remains * Aunt Jemima's Kitchen * Big Daddy's Restaurants * Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill * Bill Knapp's *

Blue Boar Cafeterias Blue Boar Cafeterias was a chain of cafeteria-style restaurants based in Louisville, Kentucky. The first Blue Boar was opened in 1931. Once a major presence in metro Louisville, it is still remembered for its old downtown location on Fourth Avenue ...

* Boston Sea Party * Bresler's Ice Cream * Briazz * Brigham's a Boston-area ice cream parlor and restaurant chain that closed in 2013 *

Britling Cafeterias {{refimprove, date=July 2010 Britling Cafeterias was a chain of cafeteria-style restaurants, originating in Birmingham, Alabama. During the late 1920s, Britling opened three cafeterias in downtown Birmingham, Alabama. The Britling chain in Memphis ...

Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse (stylized as BUGABOO CREEK STEAK HOUSE) was a Canadian-themed U.S. casual dining restaurant chain, serving American cuisine, based in East Providence, Rhode Island. The restaurant first opened in October 1992 in Warwick, ...

Burger Chef Burger Chef was an American fast-food restaurant chain. It began operating in 1954 in Indianapolis, Indiana, expanded throughout the United States, and at its peak in 1973 had 1,050 locations, including some in Canada. The chain featured severa ...

Carrols Restaurant Group Carrols Restaurant Group is an American franchisee company and is the largest Burger King franchisee in the world; Carrols owns and operates over 1,000+ Burger Kings, and 55 Popeyes restaurants. The company has operated Burger Kings since 1976 i ...

Cheeseburger in Paradise "Cheeseburger in Paradise" is a song written and performed by American popular music singer Jimmy Buffett. It appeared on his 1978 album ''Son of a Son of a Sailor'' and was released as a single, reaching No. 32 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. " ...

Chi-Chi's Chi-Chi's can either refer to a Mexican food restaurant chain founded in the United States in 1975, which continued in Europe only (as a Tex-Mex restaurant, under different ownership) after the North American owner declared bankruptcy and fold ...

Childs Restaurants Childs Restaurants was one of the first national dining chains in the United States and Canada, having peaked in the 1920s and 1930s with about 125 locations in dozens of markets, serving over 50,000,000 meals a year, with over $37 million in as ...

China Coast China Coast was a casual dining American restaurant chain owned by Darden Restaurants Inc., specializing in American Chinese cuisine. Founded in 1990 in Orlando, Florida, China Coast was intended to join Olive Garden and Red Lobster as Darden's ...

Clifton's Cafeteria Clifton's Cafeteria, once part of a chain of eight Clifton's restaurants, was the oldest surviving cafeteria-style eatery in Los Angeles and the largest public cafeteria in the world when it closed in 2018. Founded in 1931 by Clifford Clinton, t ...

Clock A clock or a timepiece is a device used to measure and indicate time. The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to measure intervals of time shorter than the natural units such as the day, the lunar month and ...

Coon Chicken Inn Coon Chicken Inn was an American chain of three restaurants that was founded by Maxon Lester Graham and Adelaide Burt in 1925, which prospered until the late 1950s. The restaurant's name contained the word ''Coon'', considered a racial slur, a ...

Cuppy's Coffee Cuppy's Coffee & More, Inc. was a privately owned specialty coffee franchise. Cuppy's, along with Java Jo'z national chain folded in 2009. However, former franchisees still continue to use the name in their shops. Corporation Cuppy's Coffee & ...

* Deco Refreshments, Inc. *

Dee's Drive-In Dee's Drive-In was a fast food hamburger drive-in restaurant chain based in Utah. The chain was founded by Dee Frederick Anderson, who got his start selling hamburgers operating the Ute Hamburger Shop near the University of Utah in the 1920s. Ande ...

Don Pablo's Don Pablo's was an American chain of Tex-Mex restaurants founded in Lubbock, Texas, in 1985. The menu featured Tex-Mex items, made-from-scratch salsa, tortillas and sauces, and a range of other Mexican specialties. At one time, this chain had as ...

closed in 2019 *

Druther's Druther's is a restaurant, formerly a chain of fast food restaurants that began as Burger Queen restaurants started in Winter Haven, Florida in 1956, and then based in Louisville, Kentucky from 1963 until 1981. The name was a play on the word ...

Dubrow's Cafeteria Dubrow’s (dubrow’s) was a family owned chain of cafeteria-style restaurants in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Miami Beach. Dubrow’s was established on the Lower East Side of New York City in 1929 by Benjamin Dubrow (né Mowsoha Bencian Dubrowensk ...

Earl Abel's Earl Abel's is a popular restaurant in San Antonio, Texas that opened in 1933 and existed at one location at Broadway and Hildebrand from 1940 until 2006. It has been popular for its diverse menu ranging from Fried Chicken and Rainbow Trout to ...

Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour was an American ice cream parlor and sandwich chain that was founded in Portland, Oregon, in 1963. The chain became defunct following the closure of its last location in Brea, California, in 2019. History Farrell's ...

Forum Cafeterias The Forum Cafeteria was a chain of economical cafeteria-style restaurants which operated across the United States. The company was founded in 1918 and had restaurants in the downtown areas of several major cities. In the 1960s the company expanded ...

Fresh Choice Fresh Choice was a chain of buffet-style restaurants which operated in California, Washington, and Texas under the names ''Fresh Choice'', ''Fresh Plus'', ''Fresh Choice Express'', and ''Zoopa''. History The first restaurant was opened in S ...

Geri's Hamburgers Geri's Hamburgers was a fast food restaurant chain in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin, United States. Geri's started sometime in 1962 and was modeled largely after the early McDonald's style restaurants at the time. One of the original ...

Gino's Hamburgers Gino's Hamburgers was a fast-food restaurant chain founded in Baltimore, Maryland by Baltimore Colts defensive end Gino Marchetti and running back Alan Ameche, along with their close friends Joe Campanella and Louis Fischer, in 1957. A new group ...

Henry's Hamburgers Henry's Hamburgers is a former American fast-food restaurant chain of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Only one franchise store, in Michigan, remains. History In 1954 the Bresler's Ice Cream Company decided to expand into the growing fast-food driv ...

Holly Tree Inn The Holly Tree Inns were a system of inexpensive eating establishments in the northeastern United States in the 1870s. They were founded by Annie Adams Fields, wife of Boston publisher James T. Fields. The first of them was founded in December 18 ...

Horn & Hardart Horn & Hardart was a food services company in the United States noted for operating the first food service automats in Philadelphia, New York City, and Baltimore. Philadelphia's Joseph Horn (1861–1941) and German-born, New Orleans-raised F ...

Horne's The Joseph Horne Company, often referred to simply as Joseph Horne's or Horne's, was an iconic, regional department store chain based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The store was one of the oldest in the country being founded on February 22, 1849, ...

* Hot Shoppes, Inc. *

Howard Johnson's Howard Johnson's, or Howard Johnson by Wyndham, is an American hotel chain and former restaurant chain. Founded by Howard Deering Johnson in 1925 as a restaurant, it was the largest restaurant chain in the U.S. throughout the 1960s and 1970s, ...

a restaurant chain that featured an iconic orange rooftop, reasonably priced, consistent-quality menu items; founded in 1929 by Howard Deering Johnson in Quincy, Massachusetts; at its cultural peak, it served more meals outside of the family home than any entity except for the US Army; in 1979 it had 1,040 locations, but only one franchise remained open in Lake George, New York until its owner was arrested in October 2017. *

Huyler's Huyler's was a candy and restaurant chain in the New York City metropolitan area that operated from 1874 to 1964, and for a time was the largest and most prominent chocolate maker in the United States. It was founded by John S. Huyler (rhymes wit ...

* Isaly's *

JB's Restaurants JB's Family Restaurants was a chain of restaurants located in Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana. The company was based in Tempe, Arizona and had 104 JB's branded restaurants at its height in 1995. History Big Boy beginnings JB's Family ...

* Kahiki Supper Club *

Kenny Rogers Roasters Kenny Rogers Roasters is a chain of chicken-based restaurants founded in 1991 by country musician Kenny Rogers and former KFC CEO John Y. Brown Jr., who was a former governor of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Brown had been an early investor in Ken ...

* La Petite Boulangerie * Laughner's Cafeteria * Little Tavern * Lone Star Steakhouse parent company for other restaurants *

Lum's Lum's was an American family restaurant chain based in Florida with additional locations in several states. It was founded in 1956 in Miami Beach, Florida, by Stuart and Clifford S. Perlman when they purchased Lum's hot dog stand for $10,000. O ...

* Lyon's * Manning's Cafeterias *

Mighty Casey's Mighty Casey's was a fast food restaurant that started in Atlanta, Georgia in 1980. It was popular in the Atlanta metropolitan area for serving quality fast-food, generous helpings, and creative menu offerings. It was bought out by Krystal in 1994 ...

* Minnie Pearl's Fried Chicken *

Montana's Cookhouse Montana's BBQ & Bar (originally and in some cases, still branded as Montana's Cookhouse Saloon) is a Canadian restaurant chain known for smoked pork ribs, steaks, and burgers. It is headquartered in Vaughan, Ontario and is a subsidiary of Recipe U ...

* Morrison's Cafeteria * Mr. Fables * Mr. Steak *

Nedick's Nedick's was an American chain of fast-food restaurants that originated in New York City in 1913."Title to Nedick's Will Pass Today: Orange-Drink Chain That Took In $10,000,000 in 7 Good Years to Be Continued", ''The New York Times'', April 13, 19 ...

Nickerson Farms Nickerson Farms was an American roadside restaurant franchise that existed between the mid-1960s and the early 1980s. It was started by I. J. Nickerson, a former Stuckey's franchisee who did not agree with that chain's rules and regulations. Nick ...

Official All Star Café The Official All Star Cafe was a chain of sports themed restaurants developed by Planet Hollywood. Planet Hollywood recruited Wayne Gretzky, Joe Montana, Shaquille O'Neal, Ken Griffey Jr., Andre Agassi, and Monica Seles to invest in the concept. R ...

Pioneer Chicken Pioneer Chicken (or Pioneer Take Out, as it is officially named) is an American fried chicken restaurant chain which was founded in Echo Park, Los Angeles in 1961 by H. R. Kaufman. When Kaufman sold the chain in 1987, there were 270 restaurants op ...

* Po' Folk's once owned by actor

Burt Reynolds Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (February 11, 1936 – September 6, 2018) was an American actor, considered a sex symbol and icon of 1970s American popular culture. Reynolds first rose to prominence when he starred in television series such as ' ...

Pok Pok Pok Pok was a group of Thai restaurants based in Portland, Oregon, founded and led by chef Andy Ricker. Pok Pok won both local recognition and major industry awards, with ''The Oregonian'' describing the restaurant as "one of those quintessentia ...

– Portland, Oregon and New York City * Red Barn *

Rio Bravo Cantina Rio Bravo Cantina was a Tex-Mex style Mexican restaurant serving the southern United States and Michigan from its opening in 1985 until its closure in 2004. The company relaunched in August 2015, only to close again 18 months later. The Rio Bra ...

* Roadhouse Grill * The Royal Canadian Pancake Houses *

Rustler Steak House Rustler Steak House was an American steakhouse chain. It was founded in 1963 by former professional football player Joe Campanella, who expanded the kitchen offering to steaks, baked potatoes, bread, soups, salads and checkered napkins. Campanella ...

S&W Cafeteria S&W Cafeteria was a Charlotte, North Carolina-based chain of cafeteria-style restaurants. The chain specialized in low-cost, Southern-style food. Branches were located in the Southeastern United States from Washington, D.C. to Atlanta, Georgia. ...

Sambo's Sambo's was an American restaurant chain, started in 1957 by Sam Battistone Sr. and Newell Bohnett in Santa Barbara, California. Though the name was taken from portions of the names of its founders, the chain soon found itself associated with ' ...

Sandy's Sandy's was a chain of American fast-food restaurants begun in 1956 by four entrepreneurs from Kewanee, Illinois: Gus "Brick" Lundberg, Robert C. Wenger, Paul White and W. K. Davidson. Sandy's was the ancestor of the midwestern franchises of th ...

Schrafft's Schrafft's was a candy, chocolate and cake company based in Sullivan Square, Charlestown, Massachusetts. The famous Schrafft's neon sign is a significant landmark in Boston, although the former factory it sits above, constructed in 1928, has been ...

Sholl's Colonial Cafeteria Sholl's Colonial Cafeteria, was a 20th-century Washington, D.C. cafeteria-style restaurant that was famous for its popularity among tourists and government workers. The restaurant served everyone from United States presidents to the homeless. It ...

ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen, or simply ShopHouse, was an American restaurant chain specializing in Southeast Asian cuisine. Its name derived from the shophouse, a common building type in urban Southeast Asia. The first ShopHouse opened in ...

ShowBiz Pizza Place ShowBiz Pizza Place, often shortened to ShowBiz Pizza or ShowBiz, was an American family entertainment center and restaurant pizza chain founded in 1980 by Robert L. Brock and Creative Engineering. It emerged after a separation between Brock an ...

Signatures Restaurant Signatures Restaurant was a Washington D.C. restaurant opened by Jack Abramoff. Expensive and lavishly appointed with expensive memorabilia, Villeroy & Boch chargers and Christofle flatware, Signatures was used by Abramoff in coordination with hi ...

* Sisters Chicken & Biscuits founded in 1979, this was

Wendy's Wendy's is an American international fast food restaurant chain founded by Dave Thomas (1932–2002) on November 15, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio. Its headquarters moved to Dublin, Ohio, on January 29, 2006. As of December 31, 2018, Wendy's was ...

first attempt to expand beyond burgers * Soul Daddy *

Specialty Restaurant Group Specialty Restaurant Group, LLC. (SRG) is a privately owned restaurant company, headquartered in Maryville, Tennessee, USA, that has, at one time or another, owned and operated four casual dining restaurant chains, including The American Caf ...

Steak and Ale Steak and Ale was an American chain of casual dining restaurants that went bankrupt in 2008. However the brand, recipes and other intellectual property associated with the former chain is currently owned by Legendary Restaurant Brands, LLC, ...

Steve's Ice Cream Steve's Ice Cream was an ice cream brand which began as an ice-cream parlor chain owned by Steve Herrell. He opened his first establishment at 191 Elm Street in Somerville, Massachusetts in 1973. Known as the Original Steve's Ice Cream, the busi ...

* Sweet Tomatoes Founded in

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in 1978 and operated as Souplantation in California. Closed all locations temporarily in March 2020 due to the

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, but announced in May 2020 that the closure was permanent. * Tasty Made * Texas Land and Cattle peaked at 20 locations, only 1 remains in Austin * Two Pesos *

Valle's Steak House Valle's Steak House was an American chain of restaurants that operated on the East Coast of the United States from 1933 to 2000. The chain's menu focused on steaks and lobsters. A family-run business, Valle's aggressively expanded during the e ...

* Velvet Turtle * Victoria Station one restaurant remained open in

Salem, Massachusetts Salem ( ) is a historic coastal city in Essex County, Massachusetts, located on the North Shore of Greater Boston. Continuous settlement by Europeans began in 1626 with English colonists. Salem would become one of the most significant seaports tr ...

until it was abruptly closed in December 2017 * VIP's Oregon-based restaurant chain *

Wag's Wag's was a chain of casual dining (or "family") restaurants owned and operated by Walgreens in the 1970s and 1980s. They were modeled after restaurants like Denny's, Shoney's, and Big Boy in that they were mostly 24-hour establishments specializ ...

* Weenie Beenie * Wetson's * Whiskey Soda Lounge – Portland, Oregon and New York City *

White Tower Hamburgers White Tower Hamburgers was a fast food restaurant chain that was founded in 1926 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. With its similar white fortress-like buildings and menu it is considered to be an imitator of White Castle chain that was founded in 1921. ...

* Wimpy Grills founded in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1934; eventually grew to 25 locations within the United States and 1,500 outside of the U.S.; its international locations were eventually sold to J. Lyons and Co. in the United Kingdom, which remains open while all of the American locations eventually closed by 1978 *

Yankee Doodle Dandy ''Yankee Doodle Dandy'' is a 1942 American biographical musical film about George M. Cohan, known as "The Man Who Owned Broadway". It stars James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, and Richard Whorf, and features Irene Manning, George To ...

* York Steak House one restaurant remains open in Columbus, Ohio * Zantigo a revival of the Zantigo menu and format has seven restaurants in Minneapolis, Minnesota

California

* Anthology * Atomic Cafe * Bahooka *

Battle of the Dance Battle of the Dance was a dinner theater in Anaheim, California, featuring contrasting styles of dance—principally flamenco and Irish folk dancing—performed by a cast of over 40 dancers. Designed to cash in on the popularity of such shows as ...

* Ben Frank's *

Brown Derby Brown Derby was a chain of restaurants in Los Angeles, California. The first and best known was shaped like a derby hat, an iconic image that became synonymous with the Golden Age of Hollywood. It was opened by Wilson Mizner in 1926. The chain ...

* C.C. Brown's * Café Montmartre * Chasen's * Dive! * The Fat Cow * Florentine Gardens * Cafe Frankenstein *

Googies Coffee Shop Googie's Coffee Shop (styled googies) was a small restaurant located at 8100 Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles next door to the famous Schwab's Pharmacy at the beginning of the Sunset Strip. It was designed in 1949 by architect John Lautner and lent ...

* Hamburger Hamlet *

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Johnie's Broiler Johnie's Broiler, originally known as Harvey's Broiler and currently operating as Bob's Big Boy Broiler, is a restaurant located in Downey, California that first opened in 1958. From 2002 to 2006, the building and parking lot housed a used car d ...

* Johnie's Coffee Shop * The Linkery * Little Joe's *

Ma Maison Ma Maison was a restaurant opened by Patrick Terrail in October 1973 at 8368 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, California. It closed in November 1985. Ma Maison is credited with getting Wolfgang Puck's career off the ground and for starting the trend in ...

* Maud's *

Moore's Delicatessen Moore's Delicatessen, or Moore's Deli, was a restaurant located at 271 E Orange Grove Ave in Burbank, California. It served deli sandwiches, burgers, and other deli fare, along with breakfast foods, soups, and salads, as well as coffee and craft be ...

* Naugles * Nicky Blair's * Noriega Hotel * Nova Express Café * Original Spanish Kitchen * Pasta Bravo *

Perino's Perino's was a restaurant located on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. The original location at 3927 Wilshire Boulevard was opened in 1932 by Italian-American restaurateur Alexander Perino, immediately becoming popular with Hollywood's ...

* Pup 'N' Taco * Scrivner's Drive-In * Ships Coffee Shop *

Swensen's Swensen's Inc. is a Canadian-owned global chain of ice cream restaurants that started in San Francisco, California, United States. History The company started in 1948 by Earle Swensen, who learned to make ice cream while serving in the U.S. Nav ...

* Tiny Naylor's * Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakeries * Wich Stand * Zombie Hut

Maryland

* Anchor Inn * Chicken George * Martick's Restaurant Francais * Maryland Food Collective * Punk's Backyard Grill *

White Coffee Pot White Coffee Pot Family Inns was a privately held Baltimore, Maryland, restaurant chain and coffeeshop that first did business in 1929 according to Polk's Baltimore City Directory. During the 1960s and 1970s, they opened a chain of fast-food rest ...

Massachusetts

Anthony's Pier 4 Anthony's Pier 4 was a restaurant on the South Boston waterfront opened in 1963 by restaurateur Anthony Athanas. In the 1980s it was one of the highest-grossing restaurants in the United States. It closed in 2013 and the site was scheduled for red ...

Biba Biba was a London fashion store of the 1960s and 1970s. Biba was started and primarily run by the Polish-born Barbara Hulanicki with help of her husband Stephen Fitz-Simon. Early years Biba's early years were rather humble, with many of the ou ...

Brigham's Ice Cream Brigham's Ice Cream is a brand of ice cream and formerly a restaurant franchise. Brigham's is sold in quart containers throughout New England, and was served at franchised restaurants located in Massachusetts until 2013. It was founded in Newt ...

Doyle's Cafe Doyle's Cafe was a pub located on Washington Street in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Doyle's Cafe was established in 1882 and is located near the Samuel Adams brewery. Its close proximity to the brewery a ...

* Durgin-Park *

East Coast Grill East Coast Grill & Raw Bar, commonly known as East Coast Grill, was a seafood and barbecue restaurant in the Inman Square neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was opened by Chris Schlesinger in 1985. The restaurant was famous for their ...

* L'Espalier * Hilltop Steak House *

Jacob Wirth Restaurant The Jacob Wirth Restaurant was a historic German-American restaurant and bar in Boston, Massachusetts at 31-39 Stuart Street. Founded in 1868, Jacob Wirth was the second oldest continuously operated restaurant in Boston when it closed in 2018. ...

Locke-Ober Locke-Ober (–2012) was the fourth-oldest restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts, after the Union Oyster House (1826), Durgin-Park (1827), and the Jacob Wirth Restaurant (1868). Locke-Ober featured French cuisine and seafood. History The Greek Re ...

* Tasty Sandwich Shop * Upstairs On the Square

New York

* Asti *

Beefsteak Charlie's Beefsteak Charlie's was a well-known Manhattan restaurant in the early 20th century, and later a restaurant chain based in the New York metropolitan area, which grew to over 60 locations in the early 1980s. History Original restaurant Charles W. ...

* Bridge Cafe *

Browne's Chop House Browne's Chop House was a New York City restaurant that was popular with the theatrical crowd. It closed in 1925.Grimes, William (2009)''Appetite City: A Culinary History of New York'' p. 74. History Founding The establishment was founded by the ...

Café des Artistes Café des Artistes was a fine restaurant at 1 West 67th Street in Manhattan. New York City. It was owned by George Lang, who closed the restaurant in early August 2009 and announced later that month that the restaurant would remain closed per ...

Cafe Rouge A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café is an establishment that primarily serves coffee of various types, notably espresso, latte, and cappuccino. Some coffeehouses may serve cold drinks, such as iced coffee and iced tea, as well as other non-ca ...

* La Caravelle *

Carnegie Deli The Carnegie Deli is a small Jewish delicatessen, formerly a chain, based in New York City. Its main branch, opened in 1937 near Carnegie Hall, was located at 854 7th Avenue (between 54th and 55th Streets) in Midtown Manhattan. It closed on De ...

* The Cattleman * Cafe Chambord * Chelsea Place *

Cloud Club The Cloud Club was a lunch club that occupied the 66th, 67th, and 68th floors of the Chrysler Building in New York City. At one time it was the highest lunch club in the world. It opened in 1930 and closed in 1979. History Texaco, a prospective ten ...

* The Coffee Shop * The Colony * Corton *

La Côte Basque La Côte Basque was a New York City restaurant. It opened in the late 1950s and operated until it closed on March 7, 2004. In business for 45 years, upon its closing ''The New York Times'' called it a "former high-society temple of French cuisine ...

Da Silvano Da Silvano was an Italian restaurant in the New York City borough of Manhattan's West Village neighborhood known for its celebrity clientele and gregarious owner Silvano Marchetto. The eatery opened in 1975 and shut its doors in December 2016 some ...

* Del Pezzo Restaurant *

Elaine's Elaine's was a bar and restaurant in New York City that existed from 1963 to 2011. It was frequented by many celebrities, especially actors and authors. It was established, owned by and named after Elaine Kaufman, who was indelibly associated wi ...

Fashion Cafe Fashion Cafe was an international restaurant chain that was based in New York City that featured celebrity models and had locations in the United States, United Kingdom, South Africa, Mexico, and Spain.Francesco Buti and Tommaso Buti founded the ...

Florent Florent is a French version of the Latin personal name Florentius. It is also used as a surname. People with the first name * Florent Avdyli (born 1993), Kosovan footballer * Florent Aziri (born 1988), Kosovan-German footballer *Florent Hadergjon ...

* FOOD * The Gaslight Cafe *

Jekyll & Hyde Club The Jekyll & Hyde Club was a theme restaurant owned by Eerie World Entertainment in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York. The name and theme derive from Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 Victorian gothic novel ''Strange Case ...

* Jimmy Ryan's * Jimmy Weston's *

Kiev Restaurant The Kiev Restaurant (also known as the Kiev Diner or simply The Kiev) was a Ukraine, Ukrainian restaurant located in the East Village, Manhattan, East Village section of New York City. Founded in 1978 by Soviet emigrant to the United States Mich ...

Lafayette Lafayette or La Fayette may refer to: People * Lafayette (name), a list of people with the surname Lafayette or La Fayette or the given name Lafayette * House of La Fayette, a French noble family ** Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757� ...

* Lespinasse *

Lindy's Lindy's was two different deli and restaurant chains in Manhattan, New York City. The first chain, founded by Leo "Lindy" Lindemann, operated from 1921 to 1969.("Opening date was Aug. 20, 1921.") In 1979, the Riese Organization determined that ...

* Lobster Palace * Lüchow's * Lundy's Restaurant * Lutèce * Manganaro's * Mars 2112 * Maxwell's Plum *

Mo Gridder's Mo Gridder's was a barbecue restaurant and auto repair shop in New York City. Both the repair shop and BBQ truck are owned by Fred Donnelly. They have received coverage by many magazines and television shows due to the quality of the food and the u ...

* Moondance Diner * Moon's Lake House *

Mori Mori is a Japanese and Italian surname, and also a Persian pet name for Morteza. It is also the name of two clans in Japan, and one clan in India. Italian surname *Barbara Mori, Uruguayan-Mexican actress * Camilo Mori, Chilean painter * Cesare ...

Munson Diner Munson Diner is a historic diner located at Liberty in Sullivan County, New York. It was manufactured in 1945 by the Kullman Dining Car Company of Lebanon, New Jersey. It has a riveted steel frame and exterior of stainless steel and porcelain ...

* Café Nicholson * Oak Room *

Onyx Club The Onyx Club was a jazz club located on 52nd Street (Manhattan), West 52nd Street in New York City. ...

* Le Pavillon *

Penny Cafeteria Penny Cafeteria was a vegetarian restaurant located at 511 Third Avenue (Manhattan) between 34th Street and 35th Street. It opened during the Great Depression, in December 1931. The establishment was opened by the Bernarr MacFadden Foundation, begu ...

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The Quilted Giraffe The Quilted Giraffe was a nouvelle cuisine fine dining establishment in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. The restaurant, founded by Barry Wine and his now ex-wife Susan, was first opened in New Paltz, New York, in 1975 and moved to 50th Street ...

* Quo Vadis *

Ratner's Ratner's was a famous Jewish kosher dairy (''milkhik'') restaurant on the Lower East Side of New York City. Since it did not serve meat in deference to the kosher prohibition against mixing milk and meat products, it was often regarded as a comp ...

* Red Apple Rest * Reisenweber's Cafe *

Reuben's Restaurant Reuben's Restaurant and Delicatessen was a restaurant and Jewish deli in Manhattan, New York City founded by Arnold Reuben. History Arnold Reuben was a Jewish-German immigrant who founded Reuben's Restaurant in 1908 at 802 Park Avenue. In 1916 ...

* Shanley's Restaurants *

Sherry's ''Sherry's'' was a restaurant in New York City. It was established by Louis Sherry in 1880 at 38th Street and Sixth Avenue. In the 1890s, it moved to West 37th Street, near Fifth Avenue. By 1898 it had moved to the corner of 44th Street and Fifth ...

The Spotted Pig The Spotted Pig was a gastropub located at 314 West 11th Street (at Greenwich Street) in the West Village in Manhattan in New York City. The 100-seat gastropub was owned by Ken Friedman. Mario Batali was a primary investor. The chef was April ...

Stage Deli The Stage Deli, located on Seventh Avenue just two blocks from Carnegie Hall, was a well-known New York City delicatessen, patronized by numerous celebrities. It was first opened in 1937 by Russian immigrant Max Asnas. The deli was known for Broad ...

* Stock Exchange Luncheon Club * Stork Club *

Toots Shor's Restaurant Toots Shor's Restaurant was a restaurant and lounge owned and operated by Bernard "Toots" Shor at 51 West 51st Street in Manhattan during the 1940s and 1950s. It was known for its oversized circular bar. It was frequented by celebrities, and toge ...

Windows on the World Windows on the World was a complex of dining, meeting, and entertainment venues on the top floors (106th and 107th) of the North Tower (Building One) of the original World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan. It included a restaurant calle ...

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Oregon

* Acadia: A New Orleans Bistro, Portland *

Alexis Restaurant Alexis Restaurant (sometimes Alexis Greek Restaurant) was a Greek restaurant in Portland, Oregon's Old Town Chinatown neighborhood, in the United States. It closed on November 7, 2016, after operating for 36 years. Description The Greek restau ...

, Portland * Altabira City Tavern, Portland * Analog Café and Theater, Portland * Arleta Library Bakery & Cafe, Portland * Ataula, Portland *

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, Portland * Baby Blue Pizza, Portland * Bailey's Taproom, Portland * Beast, Portland * Berbati's Pan, Portland * Berlin Inn, Portland *

Bistro Agnes Bistro Agnes was a French restaurant in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. Owned by chefs Greg Denton and Gabrielle Quiñónez Denton, the bistro opened in January 2018 and garnered a positive reception. ''The Oregonian'' and the ''Portland ...

, Portland * Biwa, Portland * Bluehour, Portland * Bombay Cricket Club, Portland * Brasserie Montmartre, Portland * Bridges Cafe, Portland * British Overseas Restaurant Corporation, Portland *

Byways Cafe Byways Cafe was a diner in the Pearl District of Portland, Oregon, United States. Owners, Collin McFadden and Megan Brinkley, opened the restaurant in 1999, serving American breakfast and brunch comfort foods such as corned beef hash, omelets, and ...

, Portland * Cafe Azul * Candlelight Cafe & Bar, Portland * Carriage Room, Portland * Clyde Common, Portland *

Country Bill's Country Bill's Restaurant was a family-owned American-style steakhouse and seafood restaurant in the Woodstock neighborhood of southeast Portland, Oregon, in the United States. Adjacent to the restaurant was a bar called CB's Lounge. The restaur ...

, Portland * Cup & Saucer Cafe, Portland * Davis Street Tavern, Portland * Der Rheinlander, Portland * Dick's Kitchen, Portland * Dig a Pony, Portland *

Dime Store A variety store (also five and dime (historic), pound shop, or dollar store) is a retail store that sells general merchandise, such as apparel, automotive parts, dry goods, toys, hardware, home furnishings, and a selection of groceries. It us ...

, Portland * Dóttir (restaurant), Portland * El Gallo Taqueria, Portland *

Esparza's Esparza's Tex Mex Cafe, or simply Esparza's, was a Tex-Mex restaurant in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. Opened by Martha and Joe Esparza in 1990, the restaurant operated for more than 24 years before closing in January 2014. Its unusual m ...

, Portland * Everybody Eats PDX, Portland * Fenouil, Portland *

Fish Grotto The Fish Grotto Seafood Restaurant, or simply Fish Grotto, was a seafood restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Established in 1891 as Zack's Oyster House, the business also operated a neighboring bar called Sand Bar at Fish Grotto, or simply Sand Bar. T ...

, Portland * Fong Chong, Portland *

Genoa Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of ...

, Portland * Greek Cusina * Grüner, Portland * Gypsy Restaurant and Velvet Lounge, Portland * Handsome Pizza, Portland * Henry Thiele Restaurant, Portland * Hobo's, Portland *

Holy Trinity Barbecue Holy Trinity Barbecue (sometimes Holy Trinity BBQ) was a barbecue restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Kyle Rensmeyer established the business as a food cart in Southeast Portland, Oregon, southeast Portland's neighborhood Creston-Kenilworth, Portl ...

, Portland *

House of Louie House of Louie was a Chinese restaurant in Portland, Oregon's Old Town Chinatown neighborhood, in the United States. The restaurant was managed by James Leung, as of 2006, and closed in 2018 after operating for 30 years. In 2023, the building whic ...

, Portland * Hunan Restaurant, Portland * Hung Far Low, Portland * Irving Street Kitchen, Portland * Isabel Pearl, Portland * Kornblatt's Delicatessen, Portland * La Carreta Mexican Restaurant, Portland *

Le Bistro Montage Le Bistro Montage, or simply Montage, was a restaurant in Portland, Oregon, United States. Description and history Characterized as quirky, and long a favorite of the late night crowd, it featured communal dining and eclectic Cajun fare such as a ...

, Portland * Lincoln Restaurant, Portland * The Liquor Store, Portland * Little Bird Bistro, Portland *

Lonesome's Pizza Lonesome's Pizza was a pizzeria in Portland, Oregon. Co-owners Noah Antieu and Nik Sin started the delivery-only business in 2010. In 2012, Lonesome's began operating from a window at the nightclub and music venue Dante's. Known for its quirky piz ...

, Portland * Lovely Hula Hands, Portland *

Masia A masia in Catalan (or es, masía and an, pardina) is a type of rural construction common to the east of Spain: Catalonia, Valencian Community, Aragon, Languedoc and Provence (in the south of France). The estate in which the masia is located is ...

, Portland *

Mi Mero Mole Mi Mero Mole was a Mexican restaurant with two locations in Portland, Oregon, United States. Description The restaurant served Mexican cuisine such as burritos, guisados, moles, quesadillas, tacos, and tortillas. The restaurant also served bre ...

, Portland *

Ned Ludd Ned Ludd is the legendary person to whom the Luddites attributed the name of their movement. In 1779, Ludd is supposed to have broken two stocking frames in a fit of rage. When the "Luddites" emerged in the 1810s, his identity was appropriated ...

, Portland *

Nel Centro Nel Centro was a restaurant in downtown Portland, Oregon. The restaurant opened in 2009 and closed in 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. History The restaurant opened in 2009. Baker Lee Posey left in 2009. John Eisenhart became executive chef in ...

, Portland * New Copper Penny, Portland * NOLA Doughnuts *

Ocean City Seafood Restaurant Ocean City Seafood Restaurant was a Chinese restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Description Ocean City Seafood Restaurant served Chinese cuisine in Southeast Portland, Oregon, southeast Portland's Jade District, within the Powellhurst-Gilbert, Port ...

, Portland * Organ Grinder Restaurant, Portland * Original Taco House * Overlook Restaurant, Portland * The Pagoda, Portland *

The Parish The Parish was a Cajun cuisine, Cajun, Louisiana Creole cuisine, Louisiana Creole, and seafood restaurant in Portland, Oregon's Pearl District, Portland, Oregon, Pearl District, in the United States. It was opened by Tobias Hogan and Ethan Powell ...

, Portland *

Pazzo Ristorante Pazzo Ristorante, or simply Pazzo, was an Italian restaurant in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. Description Pazzo was an Italian restaurant housed in the Kimpton Hotel Vintage Portland in downtown Portland. Elizabeth Dye of ''Willamette ...

, Portland * Pearl Tavern, Portland *

Ping Ping may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Ping, a domesticated Chinese duck in the illustrated book '' The Story about Ping'', first published in 1933 * Ping, a minor character in ''Seinfeld'', an NBC sitcom * Ping, a c ...

, Portland *

Pink Feather The Pink Feather Restaurant and Lounge, or simply the Pink Feather, was a restaurant and dive bar in Portland, Oregon's Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhood, in the United States. The restaurant opened in 1957 and closed in October 2017. It was inclu ...

, Portland * Portland Penny Diner, Portland * Portobello Vegan Trattoria, Portland *

Radar Radar is a detection system that uses radio waves to determine the distance ('' ranging''), angle, and radial velocity of objects relative to the site. It can be used to detect aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, we ...

, Portland * Red and Black Cafe, Portland * Revelry, Portland *

RingSide Fish House RingSide Fish House was a seafood restaurant in Portland, Oregon. Description Mattie John Bamman of '' Eater Portland'' described RingSide Fish House as an "old-school" seafood restaurant, located in the Fox Tower next to southwest Portlan ...

, Portland * Roman Candle, Portland *

The Roxy Roxy, Roxey, and Roxie may refer to: People * Roxy (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name Places in the United States * Roxie, Mississippi, a town * Roxie, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Music * Roxy ...

, Portland * Saucebox, Portland * Seastar Bakery, Portland * Shift Drinks, Portland * Shut Up and Eat, Portland * Southeast Grind, Portland * Stanich's, Portland * Starky's, Portland * Sunshine Tavern, Portland * Tails & Trotters, Portland * Tapalaya, Portland * Tasty n Alder, Portland * Tasty n Daughters, Portland * Tasty n Sons, Portland * Three Sisters Tavern, Portland *

Tilt Tilt may refer to: Music * Tilt (American band), a punk rock group, formed in 1992 * Tilt (British band), an electronic music group, formed in 1993 * Tilt (Polish band), a rock band, formed in 1979 Albums * ''Tilt'' (Cozy Powell album), 1981 * ...

, Portland * Toro Bravo, Portland * Touché Restaurant & Bar, Portland * Vault Cocktail Lounge, Portland * Veritable Quandary, Portland * Victory Bar, Portland * Wildwood, Portland *

Wong's King Wong's King Seafood Restaurant (or simply Wong's King) was a chain of Chinese/Cantonese and seafood restaurants in the metropolitan area of Portland, Oregon, United States. In addition to the original restaurant in Southeast Portland, the b ...

, Portland * Xico, Portland * Yonder, Portland

Pennsylvania

* Le Bec-Fin *

* Old Original Bookbinder's *

Palumbo's Palumbo's was a popular 20th century restaurant with nightclub entertainment located near the Italian Market section of South Philadelphia, Palumbo's included a banquet hall and Nostalgia's Restaurant. The format basically was an adaption of ...

Tun Tavern Tun Tavern was a tavern and brewery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which was a founding or early meeting place for a number of notable groups. It is traditionally regarded as the site where what became the United States Marine Corps held its fi ...

Texas

* Benjy's, Houston * Dolce Vita, Houston * Inversion Coffee House, Houston * Shady Grove, Austin *

Yia Yia Mary's Yia Yia Mary's (sometimes referred to as Yia Yia Mary's Greek Kitchen and Yia Yia Mary's Mediterranean Kitchen) was a Greek restaurant with two locations in Houston, in the U.S. state of Texas. Pappas Restaurants opened the Uptown Houston restaura ...

, Houston

Washington

* Andy's Diner, Seattle * Country Dough, Seattle * Dacha Diner, Seattle *

Iron Horse ''Iron horse'' is an iconic literary term (considered by the early 21st century to be transitioning into an archaic reference) for a steam locomotive, originating in the early 1800s, when horse The horse (''Equus ferus caballus'') is a domes ...

, Seattle * Last Exit on Brooklyn, Seattle *

The London Plane The London Plane was a restaurant, bakery, and grocery store in Seattle's Pioneer Square district, in the U.S. state of Washington. Description The London Plane operated as a restaurant, bakery, and shop which carried flowers, wine, and other ...

, Seattle *

SkyCity SkyCity (originally known as the Eye of the Needle) was a revolving restaurant and bar situated atop the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington, United States. Description and history The restaurant featured a carousel (or ring-shaped) dining fl ...

, Seattle

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