Another barbecue chain closes most restaurants nationwide
The struggling chain has already shut down many locations, while others will be rebranded from rib joints to something else entirely.
Elephantine Brands has change into a shockingly great restaurant operator, no matter proudly owning several brands with names that sound admire eateries in a "Simpsons" episode or a Kevin Smith movie.
The company started with Fatburger in 2003 sooner than shopping the furthermore fairly literally named Buffalo's Cafe in 2011. From the burger and soar chain, it added the prolonged-lasting (and possibly old faculty) Ponderosa and Bonanza Steakhouse chains in 2017, then added yet one more wings belief, Typhoon Wings and Grill, in 2018.
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Over the following couple of years the corporate provided Elevation Burger, Johnny Rockets, and Global Franchise Team, which contains many names that don't sound right. These consist of Spherical Table Pizza, Great American Cookies, Marble Slab Creamery, Pretzelmaker, and Hot Canines on a Stick.
That final deal gave Elephantine Brands a huge presence in division retail outlets.
In 2021, on the opposite hand, the corporate entered that like a flash-casual space with the aquire of Twin Peaks, a bar and restaurant chain that's kind of a classier seize on the model pioneered by Hooters. The company furthermore picked up the Smokey Bones barbecue chain in 2023 from Darden Brands and, on the time, it used to be obsessed with the deal.
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