In 1974, Randy Norton and Jim Farley opened a 16 table pizza place in Fairfax City, VA. Mike Ranney joined them a year later, and with the opening of Fantastic Fritzbe’s Flying Food Factory (now Silverado) in 1976, Great American Restaurants was born. Over the past 34 years, their partnership has thrived as a result of their entrepreneurial spirit, enthusiasm for hospitality, and a ton of hard work by thousands of the best team players in the industry. “GAR is fun because our people take pride in being part of something special and love what we do. Our restaurants are filled with guests and staff that want to have a good time. GAR helps everyone feel great. GAR cares about our people on a whole different level than anyone else… and is also obsessive about the details. A unique combination.”

Cafe Rio serves the most delicious, award winning food that will leave you craving more!!We’re up with the sun, squeezing limes and scooping out avocados, baking our fresh desserts and making our signature sauces and salad dressings by hand. We’re not complaining, though. It’s just what we do – kind of like hand rolling every tortilla from scratch, and buying only USDA Choice meats. With no freezers or Microwaves in our restaurants, we are proud to offer the highest quality, freshest food you will find anywhere.

My Gym Enterprises wants to be your gym or, at least, your kid's gym. The company owns and franchises more than 200 My Gym Children's Fitness Centers in the US and 24 other countries. The company's facilities offer physical fitness and educational activities to children from three months of age to nine years old. Programs include age appropriate infant to three-year old classes where parent's play too and a series of increasingly complex gymnastics and general sport skills classes for older children. My Gym emphasizes positive reinforcement and a non-competitive environment. The company was founded in 1983 by William Caplan and husband and wife Yakov and Susi Sherman.

Tix Corporation, an integrated entertainment company, focuses on ticketing services, event merchandising, and the production and promotion of live entertainment in the United States. The company operates in three segments: Ticket Services, Event and Branded Merchandising, and Live Entertainment. The Ticket Services segment provides ticketing services, including sale discount and premium tickets; offers group sale services; and sells premium tickets for sporting events, concerts, tours, and theatres. The Exhibit and Event Merchandising segment provides exhibit and event merchandising, such as the provision of retail specialty stores with branded merchandise for touring museum exhibitions and theatrical productions, and the ownership and operation of retail stores with custom-branded products for sale. The Live Entertainment segment operates as a live entertainment presenter, and produces and presents live theater and concerts.

With such names as R.J. Grunts, Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba, and Mity Nice Grill, it's clear that these restaurants serve up a helping of humor along with the food. Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises (LEYE) operates more than 70 upscale and casual-dining restaurants mostly in the Chicago area, encompassing more than 25 concepts. At the high end, LEYE operates the sophisticated Everest (located in the Chicago Stock Exchange building), one of the top-rated dining rooms in Chicago. At the lower end, the company offers quick bites from foodlife and Wow Bao. In addition to the Windy City, LEYE has operations in Atlanta, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, and Washington, DC. Richard Melman started the company in 1971.

Hoosier Park opened its doors as the first pari-mutuel horse racing facility in the state of Indiana Sept. 1, 1994. The route to legalizing pari-mutuel racing stems back to Nov. 5, 1968 when a statewide advisory referendum on pari-mutuel wagering was conducted. The referendum failed at the state level, but the Madison County voters supported the measure by a slim margin. Madison County continued its support of pari-mutuel wagering through the next two decades, and pari-mutuel gambling was made legal in the General Assembly March 16, 1989. Anderson became the first city in the state to submit an application for a pari-mutuel racetrack Oct. 31, 1990.

MGM brings a touch of Monaco to the Las Vegas Strip. A property of the world's second largest gaming company, MGM Resorts International, the Monte Carlo Resort & Casino in Las Vegas has more than 3,000 hotel rooms and suites, a 100,000 sq. ft. casino with 1,500 slots and 60 table games, about eight restaurants, convention facilities, nightclubs, and wedding chapels. Monte Carlo is aimed at attracting middle- to upper-middle-income wagerers, while its is an exclusive boutique HOTEL32 is located on the top (32nd) floor. Monte Carlo Resort & Casino opened in 1996.

Stockade Companies started as a single Sirloin Stockade in Oklahoma City in 1966. Since then, we have grown into a multi-concept chain adding Montana Mike’s Steakhouse in 1998 and Coyote Canyon in 1999. We currently operate over 80 restaurants in 9 states and Mexico. Today, Stockade Companies is owned by a management group. The management group led by Tom Ford, a lifelong franchisee, includes Terry Harstad - COO, Steve Schmidt - CFO, and Doug Frieling, Franchisee. Mr. Ford's vision, energy and experience will continue to influence our commitment to providing guests great value and variety.

If it has anything to do with flavor, it has everything to do with Bahama Buck’s. From irresistibly delicious Sno creations to extremely satisfying Island Smoothies - nobody serves up the ultimate tropical indulgence like Bahama Buck’s. We consider flavor to be an art form and infuse it into every aspect of our business. Bahama Buck’s island indulgences are just one component of the total Bahama Buck’s experience. Bahama Buck’s adds a new dimension to frozen desserts by offering a unique tropical sensory experience; our shops are island inspired, comfortable and uplifting destinations where people can create their perfect all-day dessert, relax and connect with friends. Bahama Buck’s offers the perfect island escape for today’s active consumers who want a “taste of paradise” without the long weekend.

The Houston Astros Baseball Club joined Major League Baseball in 1962 as the Colt .45s of the National League (it was renamed in 1965) but have yet to win a World Series championship. The team has been a perennial playoff contender, however, and earned its first pennant in 2005. (Houston lost the World Series that year to the Chicago White Sox, however.) The Astros play host at Minute Maid Park. The team is owned by local businessman Drayton McLane, who's family built a fortune through wholesale food supplier McLane Company.

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