Restaurant Business’ annual Top 100 Independents feature ranks the largest indies in the nation by food and beverage sales. Las Vegas is home to many of them. Click through to see the top-grossing Sin City restaurants.
The Bottom Line: A pair of firms are reportedly making a play for Papa Johns, and Bojangles is apparently on the market again. Buyers appear eager to take on certain types of restaurant chains.
The private-equity firm made a major investment in the casual-dining chain, which filed for bankruptcy last year but dismissed it in January. Hawkers will start adding locations almost immediately.
Restaurants are projected to add 490,000 seasonal jobs this year. But economic uncertainty could scare some employers from expanding their payroll, says National Restaurant Association report.
