Ted's Montana Grill is an American

restaurant chain A chain store or retail chain is a retail outlet in which several locations share a brand, central management and standardized business practices. They have come to dominate the retail and dining markets and many service categories, in many pa ...

. The company was founded by

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and bison rancher

Ted Turner Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III (born November 19, 1938) is an American entrepreneur, television producer, media proprietor, and philanthropist. He founded the Cable News Network (CNN), the first 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he fo ...

along with restaurateur George McKerrow Jr. with the help of corporate chef Chris Raucci as a for-profit effort to stop the extinction of the

American bison The American bison (''Bison bison'') is a species of bison native to North America. Sometimes colloquially referred to as American buffalo or simply Bubalina, buffalo (a different clade of bovine), it is one of two extant species of bison, alongs ...

. The first Ted's Montana Grill opened in January 2002 in Columbus, Ohio. Today it has 39 restaurants in 16 states. Its first

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...

location opened at the Baxter Hotel in Bozeman in June 2008. The company is based in

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. All bison served is National Bison Association-certified; the menu includes several other kinds of meats and vegetables. As part of the restaurant's unusual but aggressive approach to

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, it "re-introduced the paper straw" which has not been produced in the United States since 1970 to avoid using plastic. They have also eco-friendly bathrooms, using

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s and eco-friendly soap. The restaurants routinely use $1 coins and $2 bills when they give change to customers. Baxter Lobby 1

On November 15, 2010, Ted's Montana Grill abruptly exited the Kansas City market, closing its three area restaurants. On that same date a total of nine Ted's Montana Grill restaurants nationwide closed. The chain closed its two

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locations, its only Nebraska location, which was in Omaha, and its only

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location. It also closed one restaurant in the

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area and one in the

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area.

Locations

References

External links

Official website
* Restaurant chains in the United States Companies based in Atlanta Restaurants in Georgia (U.S. state) Restaurants established in 2002 {{US-restaurant-stub 2002 establishments in Ohio