R&I Top 100 Independent Restaurants of 2004

R&I Top 100 Independent Restaurants

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Rank	Restaurant, City	2004 F&B Sales (MM)	Seats¹	Avg. Dinner Check²	Meals Served	Year Opened
6	Old Ebbitt Grill, Washington, D.C.	19.776	508	$25.00	750,000	1856
21	Commander’s Palace, New Orleans	14.100**	350	$68.00**	280,000**	1880
97	Frankenmuth Bavarian Inn, Frankenmuth, Mich.	9.625	1,270	$13.72	617,788	1888
41	St. Elmo’s Steak House, Indianapolis	12.012	360	$72.22	166,343	1902
34	Grand Central Oyster Bar, New York City	12.900**	450	$48.00**	290,000**	1913
2	Joe’s Stone Crab, Miami Beach, Fla.	25.573	515	$58.00	366,420	1913
47	Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth, Frankenmuth, Mich.	11.701	1,500	$13.21	885,750	1927
96	The Varsity, Atlanta	9.657	800	$6.50	1,485,745	1928
11	“21” Club, New York City	17.864	450	$143.29	154,439	1929
95	The Chateau Restaurant, Waltham, Mass.	9.680	800	$16.00**	640,000	1933
81	Twin Oaks, Cranston, R.I.	10.158	650	$15.15	530,000	1933
28	The Lobster House, Cape May, N.J.	13.492	624	$28.00	338,559	1936
86	Anthony’s Fish Grotto, San Diego	9.825	330	$20.08	489,177	1946
99	Brennan’s, New Orleans	9.500**	550	$56.00**	203,000**	1946
85	Kowloon, Saugus, Mass.	9.980	1,200	$15.00	600,000**	1950
22	Junior’s, New York City	14.050	475	$22.00	600,000**	1950
4	Hilltop Steak House, Saugus, Mass.	24.000**	1,500	$15.00**	870,000**	1951
68	Montgomery Inn, Cincinnati	10.672	825	$25.00	500,000	1951
69	Bern’s Steak House, Tampa, Fla.	10.600**	350	$50.00**	182,000**	1956
24	The Manor, West Orange, N.J.	14.000**	1,200	$69.00**	210,000**	1956
19	The Four Seasons, New York City	14.500**	220	$110.00**	250,000**	1959
35	Venus de Milo Restaurant, Swansea, Mass.	12.866	2,500	$27.00	506,000	1960
59	The Angus Barn, Raleigh, N.C.	10.975	675	$49.79	220,403**	1960
32	SkyCity at the Needle, Seattle	12.974	260	$58.00	282,248	1962
64	Anthony’s Pier 4, Boston	10.800**	400	$42.00**	410,000**	1963
7	Sparks Steak House, New York City	18.700**	700	$75.00**	255,000**	1964
18	Scoma’s Restaurant, San Francisco	14.668	360	$37.50	391,141	1965
25	Gladstone’s Malibu, Los Angeles	13.900**	720	$23.50**	594,000**	1972
48	Cafe Fiorello, New York City	11.532	288	$35.91	362,502	1973
100	Ray’s Boathouse, Seattle	9.468	415	$37.38	247,705	1973
14	Le Cirque 2000, New York City	15.200**	450	$122.00**	125,000**	1974
1	Tavern on the Green, New York City	37.613	1,000	$63.46	505,003	1976
51	Harris Ranch Restaurant, Coalinga, Calif.	11.382	680	$18.74	600,873	1977
71	Taste of Texas, Houston	10.600**	350	$32.00**	331,000**	1977
75	Bone’s, Atlanta	10.300**	250	$75.00**	150,000**	1979
27	Phillips Harborplace Restaurant, Baltimore	13.587	870	$22.00	582,000	1980
13	Alfredo the Original of Rome, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.	16.242	350	$32.00	572,452	1982
5	Bob Chinn’s Crab House, Wheeling, Ill.	20.497	752	$29.32	812,620	1982
43	Shaw’s Crab House, Chicago	12.000*	380	$43.00**	360,000**	1984
50	George’s at the Cove, La Jolla, Calif.	11.500**	375	$51.00**	253,000**	1984
55	Gotham Bar and Grill, New York City	11.200**	175	$88.00**	150,000**	1984
72	Phillips Flagship, Washington, D.C.	10.499	1,500	$28.50	331,000	1985
90	Salty’s on Alki Beach, Seattle	9.764	640	$49.00	195,000**	1985
74	Mike’s American, Springfield, Va.	10.374	480	$20.82	439,500	1987
42	China Grill, New York City	12.000**	185	$55.00**	240,000**	1987
53	Harry Caray’s Restaurant, Chicago	11.230	583	$38.00	490,000	1987
45	Asia de Cuba, New York City	11.800**	170	$58.00**	195,000**	1987
40	Trattoria Dell’ Arte, New York City	12.025	281	$50.50	271,640	1988
60	Montgomery Inn at the Boathouse, Cincinnati	10.937	720	$27.00	505,000	1989
65	Sequoia, Washington, D.C.	10.800**	1,000	$40.00**	600,000**	1989
8	Gibsons Bar Steakhouse, Chicago	18.240	290	$56.04	312,801	1989
73	Chops, Atlanta	10.400**	170	$66.00**	160,000	1989
91	Daniel’s Broiler, Prime Steaks & Chops, Bellevue, Wash.	9.762	367	$75.92	115,533	1989
61	Coffee Shop, New York City	10.900**	225	$24.50	440,000**	1990
63	Spago, Las Vegas	10.900**	300	$48.00**	350,000**	1992
37	Carmine’s (West 44th Street), New York City	12.400**	340	$35.00**	525,000**	1992
52	Red Sage, Washington, D.C.	11.300**	400	$58.00**	230,000**	1992
98	Palisade, Seattle	9.600**	310	$47.50**	254,000**	1992
92	Atlanta Fish Market, Atlanta	9.750	450	$36.00	278,000	1993
78	Boulevard, San Francisco	10.200**	200	$70.00**	175,000**	1993
94	Kelly’s Roast Beef, Saugus, Mass.	9.721	228	$9.64	1,008,384	1994
88	California Grill, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.	9.800**	377	$49.78	240,000**	1995
70	Bryant Park Grill, New York	10.600**	1,000	$44.00**	250,000**	1995
16	Nobu/Next Door Nobu, New York City	15.000**	218	$80.00**	190,000**	1995
12	Fulton’s Crab House, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.	17.808	670	$45.57	391,127	1996
26	Redeye Grill, New York City	13.801	350	$51.30	302,520	1996
46	Blue Water Grill, New York City	11.800**	400	$49.00**	250,000**	1996
49	Maloney & Porcelli, New York City	11.501	410	$84.00	150,000	1996
44	The Clubhouse...Where You Belong, Oak Brook, Ill.	11.947	634	$39.53	304,930	1997
62	Harley-Davidson Cafe, Las Vegas	10.900**	450	$30.00**	430,000**	1997
30	Hugo’s Frog Bar & Fish House, Chicago	13.176	398	$47.38	234,432	1997
87	America, Las Vegas	9.800**	450	$24.00**	488,000**	1997
84	Farallon, San Francisco	10.100**	360	$68.00**	160,000**	1997
93	Sweetwater Tavern, Falls Church, Va.	9.729	432	$18.84	428,589	1997
17	Prime Steakhouse, Las Vegas	15.000**	180	$120.00**	134,000**	1998
66	III Forks, Dallas	10.800**	1,013	$78.00	178,000**	1998
57	Aureole, Las Vegas	11.000**	450	$98.00**	560,000**	1999
58	Eiffel Tower Restaurant, Las Vegas	11.000**	230	$78.00**	188,000**	1999
39	Zeffirino, Las Vegas	12.193	800	$80.00**	312,000	1999
54	Emeril’s Restaurant, Orlando	11.200**	275	$54.00	280,000**	1999
15	Delmonico Steakhouse, Las Vegas	15.000**	380	$75.00**	200,000**	1999
9	Mon Ami Gabi, Las Vegas	18.000**	450	$60.00**	360,000**	1999
10	rumjungle, Las Vegas	18.000**	433	$65.00**	300,000**	1999
33	Abe & Louie’s, Boston	12.900	291	$70.00	174,315	1999
23	China Grill, Las Vegas	14.000**	300	$58.00**	245,000**	1999
77	Lutèce, Las Vegas	10.300**	160	$92.00**	140,000**	1999
79	N9NE Steak House, Las Vegas	10.200**	280	$85.00**	150,000**	2000
80	Shaw’s Crab House, Schaumburg, Ill.	10.200**	680	$40.00**	350,000**	2000
76	The Caucus Room, Washington, D.C.	10.300**	250	$80.00	145,000**	2000
82	Shelly’s New York, New York City	10.143	695	$56.99	181,400	2000
89	Kingfish Hall, Boston	9.800**	300	$40.00**	300,000**	2000
20	Gibsons Bar Steakhouse, Rosemont, Ill.	14.414	410	$55.80	240,421	2000
31	Commander’s Palace, Las Vegas	13.000**	350	$68.00**	250,000**	2000
29	Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab, Chicago	13.470	403	$65.00	205,745	2000
36	Michael Jordan’s Steak House, Uncasville, Conn.	12.500**	240	$70.00**	200,000**	2001
3	Tao Asian Bistro, New York City	24.152	350	$59.25	350,000	2001
38	Blue Fin, New York City	12.200**	400	$54.00**	250,000**	2001
56	Portland City Grill, Portland, Ore.	11.106	495	$34.50	372,000	2002
67	Tower Oaks Lodge, Rockville, Md.	10.771	525	$25.00	400,000**	2002
83	Craftsteak, Las Vegas	10.100**	260	$75.00	135,000**	2002
* Restaurant estimate; **R&I estimate; (1) includes bar and banquet seats; (2) per person, including beverages.

About the Top 100
This year’s Top 100 is Restaurants & Institutions’ 22nd annual ranking of independent restaurants by total food-and-beverage sales. Gross sales reported must be those for a single operation, although a company may operate up to five locations of the same concept and still have that brand qualify (operations with more than five locations are considered chains, eligible for R&I’s Top 400 Restaurant Chain ranking).

In most cases, the restaurants supply data used in the Top 100 ranking. Estimates are developed for those operations that do not provide sales information but that R&I’s editors believe have sufficient volume to qualify. Where two or more operations have the same sales totals, restaurants that supply data are ranked ahead of those whose sales are estimated by the restaurant (*) or by R&I (**). As a final tiebreaker, restaurants with like sales are ranked alphabetically.

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