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R&IEditorial Archives2005April 1 — Special Report
R&I Top 100 Independent Restaurants
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Restaurant, City

Avg. Dinner
Check
2

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

To receive consideration for the 2006 Top 100 list, please send restaurant name and phone and fax number information to R&I Top 100, , Oak Brook, Ill. 60523, or fax to 5.



 
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