Darden Concepts, Inc. doing business as Yard House, is an American restaurant chain, with 80+ locations across the United States.[2] Yard House was purchased by Darden Restaurants in 2012 for $585 million and now operates out of Orlando, Florida.[3][4]
History
Yard House was founded in 1996 in Long Beach, California, by Steele Platt, Tom Yelenick, William Wollrab and Steve Reynolds.[5] The Yard House began its East Coast expansion in 2010, with a restaurant in the Legacy Place lifestyle center in the Boston suburb of Dedham.[6] In mainland China, Yard House USA, Inc. and Darden do not own the Yard House brand; unaffiliated restaurants are operated by a domestic restaurant group.[7][8]
Menu
The restaurant offers a variety of food and focuses on fusion dishes. The menu includes several Gardein based items. It also has a major focus on craft beer. Locations have over 100 beers on tap and offer tasting platters of different types of beers.[9]
External links
References
- Steele Platt, founder and CEO of Yard House restaurants, no longer accepts being described as a risk taker. Palm Springs Life, September 30, 2011^
- Site Map - Yard House Restaurant Official Website, retrieved 2022-04-10^
- Darden Restaurants – Acquisition Of Yard House Creates Long Term Potential Seeking Alpha, 2012-07-13, retrieved 2015-09-17^
- Rick Munarriz. Olive Garden Is Repeating a Gluttonous Mistake Fox Business, 2015-09-16, retrieved 2015-09-17^
- Susan Bryant. Football is on at Yard House with new Weekend Lineup menu southflorida.com, 2 September 2015, retrieved 2015-09-17^
- Yard House Opening at Legacy Place in Dedham Boston Restaurant Talk, 2010-02-24, retrieved 2016-08-27^
- How Darden Let Yard House Slip Through The Cracks In China Seeking Alpha, 2017-06-13, retrieved 2017-06-14^
- Yard House Asia retrieved 2018-08-27^
- Yard House marks opening of its first location 20 years ago in Long Beach 4 December 2016, retrieved 22 October 2018^