R&I Top 100 Independent Restaurants of 2005

R&I Top 100 Independent Restaurants of 2005 | Full Coverage: Top Independents

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Rank	Restaurant, City	2005 F&B Sales (MM)	Seats	Avg. Dinner Check	Meals Served	Menu Web Site
1	Tavern on the Green, New York City	37.056	1,000	$65.57	482,246
2	Joe’s Stone Crab, Miami Beach, Fla.	25.832	540	$60.00	344,560
3	Tao Asian Bistro, New York City	25.604	335	$55.00	380,000
4	Hilltop Steakhouse, Saugus, Mass.	24.000	1,500	$15.50	870,000
5	Old Ebbitt Grill, Washington, D.C.	21.518	880	$25.00	860,729
6	Mix in Las Vegas, Las Vegas	20.000	250	$85.00	300,000
7	Bob Chinn’s Crab House, Wheeling, Ill.	19.727	750	$28.51	691,968
8	Gibsons Bar Steakhouse, Chicago	19.270	290	$56.26	337,881
9	Sparks Steak House, New York City	19.200	700	$80.00	265,000
10	‘21’ Club, New York City	18.830	650	$145.13	157,723
11	Fulton’s Crab House, Lake Buena Vista, FL	18.585	702	$41.10	311,352
12	Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab, Las Vegas	18.500	1,146	$68.00	265,000
13	rumjungle, Las Vegas	18.400	433	$66.00	310,000
14	Mon Ami Gabi, Las Vegas	18.300	450	$61.00	380,000
15	Alfredo the Original of Rome, Lake Buena Vista, Calif.	17.744	350	$32.90	637,173
16	Blue Fin, New York City	16.000	564	$56.00	350,000
17	Delmonico Steakhouse, Las Vegas	15.700	380	$80.00	210,000
18	Prime Steakhouse, Las Vegas	15.400	180	$120.00	135,000
19	Scoma’s Restaurant, San Francisco	14.935	360	$38.00	393,027
20	Gibsons Bar Steakhouse, Rosemont, Ill.	14.922	410	$56.37	252,412
21	Blue Water Grill, New York city	14.800	515	$58.00	300,000
22	The Four Seasons, New York City	14.700	220	$110.00	250,000
23	China Grill, Las Vegas	14.500	300	$60.00	245,000
24	Junior’s, New York City	14.400	420	$22.00	600,000
25	Gladstone’s Malibu, Los Angeles	14.300	720	$24.00	595,000
26	The Manor, West Orange, N.J.	14.100	1,200	$69.00	212,000
27	Top of the World, Las Vegas	14.000	580	$65.00	345,000
28	Wolfgang Puck Grand Café, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.	13.959	491	$43.69	660,285
29	Abe & Louie’s, Boston	13.826	400	$70.00	188,768
30	Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab, Chicago	13.800	240	$66.00	206,000
31	The Milleridge Inn, Jericho, N.Y.	13.584	1,531	$40.50	336,000
32	Redeye Grill, New York City	13.552	350	$53.11	282,420
33	SkyCity at the Needle, Seattle	13.497	425	$51.00	252,900
34	Hugo’s Frog Bar & Fish House, Chicago	13.479	398	$48.57	241,023
35	Coffee Shop, New York City	13.453	300	$21.68	440,000
36	Commander’s Palace, Las Vegas	13.300	350	$68.00	250,000
37	Grand Central Oyster Bar, New York City	13.300	340	$45.00	290,000
38	Phillips Harborplace, Baltimore	13.179	870	$27.00	527,000
39	Venus de Milo Restaurant, Swansea, Mass.	13.143	2,500	$28.00	500,000
40	Trattoria Dell’Arte, New York City	12.854	281	$51.48	296,280
41	Michael Jordan’s Steakhouse, Uncasville, Conn.	12.700	240	$72.00	200,000
42	Cafe Fiorello, New York City	12.643	288	$37.06	397,440
43	Carmine’s (44th Street), New York City	12.600	340	$36.00	528,000
44	St. Elmo Steak House, Indianapolis	12.344	360	$74.64	165,384
45	China Grill, New York City	12.300	185	$56.00	240,000
46	Shaw’s Crab House, Chicago	12.300	380	$45.00	365,000
47	Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth, Frankenmuth, Mich.	12.281	1,500	$12.05	738,570
48	Asia de Cuba, New York City	12.200	170	$60.00	200,000
49	Prime One Twelve, Miami Beach	12.000	138	$80.00	200,000
50	The Slanted Door, San Francisco	12.000	224	$45.00	300,000
51	Maloney & Porcelli, New York City	11.900	410	$86.00	150,000
52	George’s at the Cove, La Jolla, Calif.	11.700	375	$54.00	255,000
53	The Angus Barn, Raleigh, N.C.	11.610	700	$51.50	225,300
54	Emeril’s Restaurant Orlando, Orlando	11.600	275	$58.00	285,000
55	Montgomery Inn at the Boathouse, Cincinnati	11.591	720	$27.50	510,000
56	Portland City Grill, Portland, Ore.	11.531	495	$35.50	346,000
57	Harris Ranch, Coalinga, Calif.	11.472	680	$19.36	592,624
58	Aureole, Las Vegas	11.400	450	$100.00	110,000
59	Gotham Bar & Grill, New York City	11.400	175	$90.00	152,000
60	Eiffel Tower, Las Vegas	11.300	230	$80.00	190,000
61	Harry Caray’s Restaurant, Chicago	11.280	583	$39.00	490,000
62	Daniel, New York City	11.200	260	$110.00	150,000
63	Spago, Las Vegas	11.200	300	$50.00	360,000
64	Anthony’s Pier 4, Boston	11.100	400	$45.00	415,000
65	Bryant Park Grill, New York City	11.100	1,000	$45.00	251,000
66	Harley-Davidson Cafe, Las Vegas	11.000	450	$32.00	430,000
67	Montgomery Inn, Cincinnati	10.989	825	$26.50	500,000
68	The Clubhouse…Where You Belong, Oak Brook, Ill.	10.905	703	$40.00	300,000
69	Bern’s Steak House, Tampa	10.900	350	$52.00	183,000
70	Sequoia, Washington, D.C.	10.900	1,000	$41.00	600,000
71	Kowloon, Saugus, Mass.	10.890	1,200	$15.00	650,000
72	Daniel’s Broiler Prime Steaks & Chops, Bellevue, Wash.	10.811	367	$77.46	115,533
73	Taste of Texas, Houston	10.800	350	$33.00	340,000
74	Zeffirino Ristorante, Las Vegas	10.794	510	$67.50	197,325
75	Mike’s American, Springfield, Va.	10.756	432	$20.97	451,356
76	Bone’s, Atlanta	10.700	250	$78.00	155,000
77	Boulevard, San Francisco	10.700	200	$75.00	180,000
78	Tower Oaks Lodge, Rockville, Md.	10.698	525	$21.00	509,000
79	Chops Lobster Bar, Atlanta	10.600	170	$67.00	160,000
80	Lutèce, Las Vegas	10.600	180	$94.00	130,000
81	N9NE Steak House, Las Vegas	10.600	200	$86.00	150,000
82	The Caucus Room, Washington, D.C.	10.500	250	$82.00	146,000
83	Farallon, San Francisco	10.500	360	$69.00	163,000
84	Shaw’s Crab House, Schaumburg, IL	10.500	680	$42.00	355,000
85	Salty’s on Alki Beach, Seattle	10.454	600	$46.00	195,000
86	Shelly’s New York, New York City	10.448	695	$59.64	192,520
87	Lobster House, The, Cape May, N.J.	10.362	624	$28.00	338,559
88	Ray’s Boathouse & Cafe, Seattle	10.308	390	$48.20	247,705
89	III Forks, Dallas	10.300	1,013	$78.00	178,000
90	Craftsteak, Las Vegas	10.300	260	$76.00	130,000
91	Anthony’s Fish Grotto, San Diego	10.193	441	$21.00	483,876
92	Ben Benson’s Steakhouse, New York City	10.108	270	$75.00	158,000
93	America, Las Vegas	10.100	450	$25.00	480,000
94	Per Se, New York City	10.100	144	$250.00	45,000
95	Market Street Grill & Oyster Bar, Salt Lake City	10.015	573	$27.25	346,666
96	Atlanta Fish Market, Atlanta	10.000	450	$38.00	278,000
97	California Grill, Lake Buena Vista, Fla.	10.000	377	$50.32	242,076
98	Sweetwater Tavern, Falls Church, Va.	9.947	432	$17.67	437,000
99	Mike Ditka’s Restaurant, Chicago	9.929	441	$66.69	184,614
100	Riva, Chicago	9.900	300	$46.00	300,000