Top 100 Independents

Restaurant Business magazine ranks the top-grossing independent restaurants in America

Top 100 Independents

Prime 112

Hungry? Prime 112 last year added a 50-ounce prime dry-aged tomahawk rib-eye steak to the menu.

Top 100 Independents

Tao Uptown

Singapore Mei Fun and Organic Beef Steak were the most popular 2016 menu additions from its 1,500-square-foot kitchen.

What restaurant slow-down? The Smith’s bustling Midtown location posted a 14.7% gain.

Happy hour runs from 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., extending a full four hours for guests.

Located across from the Rosemont Convention Center in suburban Rosemont, Ill., with the same famouse prime steaks.

What’s your name? Hamilton. Clyde’s Restaurant Group’s food and music venue had a strong year.

The name says prime steak, but Joe’s created a special Sriracha Bacon Burger for National Burger Month.

A popular 2016 menu addition was Tartufo Pizza: mozzarella, fontina, truffle pecorino, creme fraiche, black truffle mushroom pate and soft cooked egg.

Celebrity chef Lee Ann Whippen of “BBQ Pitmasters” helms new Southern Cut Barbecue sibling restaurant, opened in 2017.

In 2016, Vincent Pouessel joined as executive chef at this Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises-owned concept’s Las Vegas site.

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