Beverages

5 Rabbit Brewery Corporate Office

5 Rabbit Brewery, also called 5 Rabbit Cerveceria, was founded in Chicago, Illinois, in 201 by current CEO Andres Araya. The company wanted to make a brewery in America, but with a Mexican flavor. The name comes from a historical myth regarding the 400 rabbit children of the maguey plant, from which number 5 Rabbit was considered to be the leader.

The brewery produces a wide variety of beers, including one made from grasshoppers. Other beers include 5 Vulture, 5 Lizard, Huitzi (pronounced Wheat see), and Vida Y Muerte (Life and Death).

In June of 2015, the company announced that it would pull all of its products from Trump hotels and casinos and would no longer do business with his companies due to disparaging statements made by Donald Trump regarding Mexicans. The beer pulled from these locations was relabeled “Chinga Tu Pelo” (F-your hair). All Chinga Tu Pelo beers were purchased by Gino’s East.

5 Rabbit Brewery

The brewery produces a wide variety of beers, including one made from grasshoppers. Other beers include 5 Vulture, 5 Lizard, Huitzi (pronounced Wheat see), and Vida Y Muerte (Life and Death).

History

Carino’s Italian Restaurant Corporate Office

Carino’s Italian Restaurant was founded in 1997 by Norman Abdallah and Creed Ford III in Austin, Texas. The company is Fired Up, Inc, but does business under the Carino’s name.

The company operates a chain of casual Italian restaurants. The original name was Johnny Carino’s, which was changed in 2006 to Carino’s Italian Grill, then simply Carino’s Italian in 2009.

At its peak the company had 170 locations, most of them franchised, in 30 states. However, after filing for bankruptcy in 2014 and again in 2016, many of the locations closed permanently. Today, there are approximately 55 locations that are still open.

In October 2020, Famous Dave’s agreed to co-brand with Carino’s, allowing Carino’s to serve as ghost kitchens.

In late 2017, the company was acquired by Bluestone Holdings Group, LLC. Headquarters are located in Austin, Texas.

Carino's Italian Restaurant

Carino’s Italian Restaurant was founded in 1997 by Norman Abdallah and Creed Ford III in Austin, Texas. The company is Fired Up, Inc, but does business under the Carino’s name.

The company operates a chain of casual Italian restaurants. The original name was Johnny Carino’s, which was changed in 2006 to Carino’s Italian Grill, then simply Carino’s Italian in 2009.

History

In October 2020, Famous Dave’s agreed to co-brand with Carino’s, allowing Carino’s to serve as ghost kitchens.

In late 2017, the company was acquired by Bluestone Holdings Group, LLC. Headquarters are located in Austin, Texas.

Twin Peaks Restaurant Corporate Office

Twin Peaks Restaurant was founded in Lewisville, Texas, by Randy DeWitt and Scott Gordon in 2005. The company operates a chain of sports bar/restaurants that feature scantily clad female waitresses. Like Hooters, these restaurants are sometimes called “Breastrants”.

The company has experienced a growth rate of 30 to 40% and, as of October of 2015, has 73 locations in 24 states. The company has a mixed amount of franchises and corporate owned locations. Twin Peaks is a subsidiary of Front Burner Restaurants.

Twin Peaks Restaurant announced a new CEO, Starlette Johnson, in October of 2015. She was the former COO of the restaurant chain.

In May of 2015, a gunfight between gang members broke out in the franchised Twin Peaks Restaurant in Waco, Texas. Nine members of a biker gang were killed and 18 injured. This led to the removal of the franchisee, who disregarded warnings, and the permanent closure of the restaurant.

Twin Peaks Restaurant

Twin Peaks Restaurant announced a new CEO, Starlette Johnson, in October of 2015. She was the former COO of the restaurant chain.

History

Eat’n Park Corporate Office

Eat ‘N Park was founded in 1949 by Larry Hatch and Bill Peters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Impressed by what they saw at a Big Boy Drive In operation, Hatch and Peters made a 25 year contract with Big Boy to operate a chain of drive in restaurants called Eat ‘N Park. The original drive-in had 13 stalls for cars and 10 carhops.

Today, Eat ‘N Park has more than 75 locations in 3 states and has more than 8,000 full time employees. The company is also attempting to offer more upscale dining areas in some of their newer locations. A bakery was added to new locations after 1986 and the company began to advertise this using a Smiley Face cookie.

The company has been involved in several lawsuits over their right to the Smiley Face cookie, including rival King Family Restaurants, who launched a Frownie Brownie to their menu. Eat ‘N Park is one of the only fast food restaurants to offer an ATM at each location, even though they accept debit and credit cards.

Eat 'N Park

History

Dogfish Head Brewery Corporate Office

Doghead Fish Brewery was founded in Milton, Delaware, in 1995 by Sam Calagione. The company is known for its extreme beer flavors, including Verdi Verdi Good, a green beer that had a natural green color due to added spirulina.

The company has grown tremendously, by more than 400 percent between 2003 and 2006. It makes more than 175,000 barrels of beer each month. The name comes from a city in Maine, where Calagione spent his summers as a child.

Doghead Fish Brewery offers more than 45 flavors of beer, not including seasonal or temporary flavors, which can vary. The company also bottles and sells some of their product in grocery stores and liquor outlets. The company is also the main sponsor of Boston’s annual Extreme Beer Fest.

Dogfish Head Brewery