Top 100 Independents

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

Top 100 Independents

Gladstones

In pure L.A. fashion, it’s located where Sunset Blvd. meets the Pacific Coast Highway...

Top 100 Independents

Quartino Ristorante

Italian eatery from the owners of Gibsons Steakhouse and Hugo’s Frog Bar...

“Pie It Forward” program at each Joe’s collects $1 from every pie slice sold for local charities...

Tao Group’s restaurant, lounge and pawn shop will open a third location in Los Angeles...

Brought social-media control in-house, leading to a 55% increase in reach and engagement...

The top-performing independent restaurants specializing in Italian cuisine of 2017.

Responded to a soft market in 2016 with reservation turn times, increased marketing and by adding home delivery.

The second Rustic Inn location, in Jupiter, Fla., was sold in November 2016 and closed in May 2017.

Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises’ seafood flagship has both a white-tablecloth dining room and more casual oyster bar.

California is home to 11 of the Top 100 Independents; most of those in the Golden State are split fairly evenly between San Francisco and the Southland.

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