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Top 100 Independents

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

Top 100 Independents

Parc

 Oct. 13, 2017

Like many of this year’s Top 100 restaurants, Parc increased its use of digital marketing and social media to keep sales strong.

Top 100 Independents

Aria Cafe

 Oct. 13, 2017

A cafe, yes, but with garden areas, terraced seating and floor-to-ceiling windows. Vegas, baby.

Top 100 Independents

Prime Steakhouse

Oct. 13, 2017

A mid-2016 $1.1 million remodeling of the bar area created a stunning 70-seat, 2,723-square-foot lounge.

Top 100 Independents

Taste of Texas

Oct. 13, 2017

Proud of its state’s heritage, the restaurant has an impressive museum of Texas historical documents and artifacts.

Top 100 Independents

Quality Italian

Oct. 13, 2017

Parent Quality Branded opened a second Quality Italian location this year in Denver’s Halcyon Hotel.

Top 100 Independents

Grand Central Oyster Bar

Oct. 13, 2017

For the past 26 years, Executive Chef Sandy Ingber has risen at 2 a.m. daily to buy fresh oysters at the fish market.

Top 100 Independents

Le Diplomate

Oct. 13, 2017

Successful menu additions in 2016 included the Le Diplomate Glaces Cart with house-made ice creams and sorbets sold streetside in nice weather.

Top 100 Independents

Founding Farmers (DC)

Oct. 13, 2017

The restaurant is co-owned by more than 47,000 family farmers and is supplied by hundreds of family farms.

Top 100 Independents

Sales tactics boosting sales and traffic

By Scott Hume on Oct. 15, 2017

Operators share how they’re boosting sales and traffic.

Top 100 Independents

What's keeping indies up at night

By Scott Hume on Oct. 16, 2017

Wages and workforce quality are the two most prevalent worries among the Top 100 operators. Here’s how they’re coping.

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