Yard House
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| Yard House | |
| Type | Division |
| Industry | Restaurant |
| Genre | Casual dining |
| Founded | 1996, in Long Beach, California, U.S. |
| Founder | Steele Platt,[1] Steve Reynolds, Tom Yelenick, Bill Wollrab |
| Headquarters | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
Number of locations | 88 (January 2024) |
| Products | American cuisine (pasta • salads • chicken • seafood), gluten sensitive menu |
| Parent | Darden Restaurants, Inc. |
| Website | www |
Darden Concepts, Inc. doing business as Yard House, is an American restaurant chain, with 80+ locations across the United States.[2] Yard House was purchased by Darden Restaurants in 2012 for $585 million and now operates out of Orlando, Florida.[3][4]
History
[edit source]Yard House was founded in 1996 in Long Beach, California, by Steele Platt, Tom Yelenick, William Wollrab and Steve Reynolds.[5] The Yard House began its East Coast expansion in 2010, with a restaurant in the Legacy Place lifestyle center in the Boston suburb of Dedham.[6] In mainland China, Yard House USA, Inc. and Darden do not own the Yard House brand; unaffiliated restaurants are operated by a domestic restaurant group.[7][8]
Menu
[edit source]The restaurant offers a variety of food and focuses on fusion dishes. The menu includes several Gardein based items. It also has a major focus on craft beer. Locations have over 100 beers on tap and offer tasting platters of different types of beers.[9]
References
[edit source]- ↑ "Steele Platt, founder and CEO of Yard House restaurants, no longer accepts being described as a risk taker". Palm Springs Life. September 30, 2011.
- ↑ "Site Map - Yard House Restaurant". Official Website. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
- ↑ "Darden Restaurants – Acquisition Of Yard House Creates Long Term Potential". Seeking Alpha. 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
- ↑ Rick Munarriz (2015-09-16). "Olive Garden Is Repeating a Gluttonous Mistake". Fox Business. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
- ↑ Susan Bryant (2 September 2015). "Football is on at Yard House with new Weekend Lineup menu". southflorida.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-15. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
- ↑ "Yard House Opening at Legacy Place in Dedham". Boston Restaurant Talk. 2010-02-24. Retrieved 2016-08-27.
- ↑ "How Darden Let Yard House Slip Through The Cracks In China". Seeking Alpha. 2017-06-13. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
- ↑ "Yard House Asia". Archived from the original on 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
- ↑ "Yard House marks opening of its first location 20 years ago in Long Beach". 4 December 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
