Ford's Garage is an American

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restaurants founded in 2012. The first restaurant was opened in

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. As of July 2025, the company has 32 restaurants in 8 states, the majority of which are operated by 23 Restaurant Services. The chain has a licensing agreement with the

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that allows it to use the ''Ford'' name and the carmaker's logo.

History

In 2012, co-founders Mike McGuigan, president of McGuigan Restaurant Concepts and Daniel Kearns, President of the Kearns Restaurant Group as well as his son, Zachary Kearns opened the first Ford's Garage restaurant in Fort Myers, Florida. In May 2013, the company applied to trademark its name as Ford's Garage Venture LLC. The

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denied the application, because the name was too similar to the trademark held by the Ford Motor Company. One year later in 2014, the restaurant chain signed a deal with the Ford Motor Company enabling it to use Ford's trademark "Blue Oval" logo and other insignia in its restaurants. In 2017, Ford's Garage opened their first restaurant outside Florida in Dearborn,

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, the birthplace of the motor company's founder

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. The restaurant in Dearborn is located within the property of the Ford Motor Company and is less than two miles away from the company's international headquarters. In 2023, the company opened a restaurant in

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Sister restaurants

Ford's Garage's sister restaurants include Yeoman's Topgolf Swing Suite, Tiki Docks, Don The Beachcomber, The Firestone, Capone's Coal Fired Pizza, Cabos Cantina, The Lodge, The Boathouse Tiki Bar & Grill, The downtown social house, Izzy’s Fish & Oyster, and Bimini Bait Shack all located in Florida.

References

External links

Official website
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