Champps
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| Company type | Corporation |
|---|---|
| Industry | Restaurants |
| Genre | Casual dining, sports bar |
| Founded | Saint Paul, Minnesota (1984) |
| Founder | Dean Vlahos |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 6 |
Area served | Eastern, Southwestern, and Midwestern United States |
| Products | American cuisine |
| Parent | Fox & Hound Restaurant Group Inc. |
| Website | Champps.com |
Champps Americana (commonly known as Champps) is a casual dining restaurant chain and sports bar. There are 6 locations across the United States.
History
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Champps began in 1984 as a small restaurant in Saint Paul, Minnesota and was called Concourse 7. The name of the restaurant was soon changed to "Champps" and they transformed into a sports bar, selling beer, burgers and sandwiches. The business added big screen televisions to their restaurants, for patrons to watch the latest sports games, while eating their meal.[1]
Champps is owned by Champps Entertainment, Inc., an affiliate of Fox & Hound Restaurant Group.[2] Fox & Hound's parent company bought Champps Entertainment in 2007.[3]
On December 15, 2013, the restaurant chain filed for bankruptcy,[4] and again on August 10, 2016. As of the 3rd of May, 2024[update], there are 6 locations still in operation: one each in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, New York, Mississippi, and Arizona.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "About Champps". Archived from the original on May 1, 2011. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
- ^ "Champps Entertainment Inc". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on April 7, 2010. Retrieved April 29, 2011.
- ^ "Fox & Hound to buy Champps chain". The Denver Post. July 5, 2007. Archived from the original on 2010-09-23. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
- ^ "Sports Bar Operator Files for Bankruptcy". The Wall Street Journal. 2013-12-16. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
- ^ "Champps". Retrieved December 1, 2022.
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