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Fuddruckers was founded as Freddie Fuddruckers in 1979 by Philip J. Romano in San Antonio, Texas, at a location converted from an old bank to a restaurant. [7] He started the chain because he thought that "the world needed a better hamburger". [ 8 ]
Romano has founded multiple restaurant chains with a national or international reach. His biggest successes to date are Fuddruckers, Romano's Macaroni Grill, and EatZi's. [1] Romano has founded more than twenty different restaurant concepts in his career. [3] [4] Romano was also one of the earliest investors in the heart stent. [1]
The company acquired Fuddruckers in 1998. On April 22, 2010, Magic Brands filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. [1] On June 18, 2010, Luby's announced it was buying Fuddruckers and Koo Koo Roo, and the deal eventually was for $61 million in cash via an auction. [2] [3] A second estimate was that the sale amount was for $63 million. [4]
On June 21, 2021, Calvin Gin, founder of Flying Food Group, agreed to buy 32 Luby's locations for $28.7 million, a week after Nicholas Perkins of North Carolina agreed to buy Luby's Fuddruckers brand for $18.5 million. [19] Prior to the announcement of Gin's acquisition, Luby's had planned to close all locations by August 2021. [20]
Romano's first restaurant was founded by restaurateur Philip J. Romano (who had also founded the hamburger chain Fuddruckers in 1979; he had sold his shares in that company when he founded Romano's [4]) in Leon Springs, Texas (now a district of San Antonio), on April 19, 1988.
Currently owns Fuddruckers and the defunct chains Koo Koo Roo and Cheeseburger in Paradise Lucille's Smokehouse Bar-B-Que: Barbecue United States 24 Maggiano's Little Italy: Italian United States 52 Maid-Rite: Casual dining United States 70 Classic themed Mandarin Restaurant: Canadian Chinese Canada 28 Marie Callender's: Family
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The first restaurant opened on August 19, 2002, in the Southport area [4] of Indianapolis, Indiana. [5] It was a theme restaurant named for the 1978 song "Cheeseburger in Paradise" by American pop music singer Jimmy Buffett.