Restaurants & Institutions Top 100 Independent Restaurants

1. R&I's Top 100 Independent Restaurants 2010: The Rankings
The highest-grossing independent restaurants in the United States had combined
food-and-beverage sales of $1.37 billion last year, significantly off from the previous
year's aggregate of $1.52 billion.
By Kelly Killian -- Restaurants & Institutions, March 29, 2010
Avg Dinner Meals Seats; Square
Rank Restaurant Name, Location '09 Sales
Check Served Footage
400 dining; 100
Tao Las Vegas Restaurant &
1 $59,292,345 $70.00 590,990 bar
Nightclub, Las Vegas
62,000 sq feet
1,500 dining
2 Tavern on the Green, New York City $27,000,000** $65.00** 425,000**
27,000 sq feet
420 dining; 30
3 Joe's Stone Crab, Miami $26,272,000 $68.00 321,777 bar
N/A
420 total seats
4 Smith & Wollensky, New York City $25,053,000 $84.50 345,000
20,000 sq feet
430 dining; 75
5 Old Ebbitt Grill, Washington, D.C. $24,455,866 $24.00 1,000,000* bar
18,000 sq feet
Carmine's (44th Street), New York
6 $24,000,000 $30.00 N/A N/A
City
Lavo Italian Restaurant & 285 dining; 15
7 Nightclub, $22,007,235 $60.00 460,419 bar
Las Vegas 22,000 sq feet
300 dining; 35
8 Tao Asian Bistro, New York, City $20,700,469 $68.00 327,657 bar
10,500 sq feet
257 dining; 14
9 Buddakan, New York City $20,074,102 $49.19 220,211 bar
16,290 sq feet
170 dining; 60
Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse,
10 $19,977,039 $62.33 328,185 bar
Chicago
15,950 sq feet
Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & 355 total seats
11 $19,700,000** $65.00** 410,000**
Stone Crab, Chicago N/A
450 dining; 60
Fulton's Crab House,
12 $19,400,000** $43.00 406,000 bar
Lake Buena Vista, Fla
28,844 sq feet

2. Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak &
384 total seats;
13 Stone $19,000,000** $65.00** 400,000
N/A
Crab, Las Vegas
120 dining; 15
Prime One Twelve, Miami Beach,
14 $18,889,430 $115.00 160,000** bar
Fla.
4,500 sq feet
762 dining; 174
Bob Chinn's Crab House, Wheeling,
15 $18,178,452 $32.90 614,506 bar
Ill.
19,960 sq feet
284 dining
16 SW Steakhouse, Las Vegas $18,100,000** $93.00** 160,000**
N/A
250 dining
17 Mix, Las Vegas $18,000,000** $84.00 175,000
N/A
700 dining
18 Sparks Steak House, New York City $17,300,000** $80.00** 245,000**
N/A
320 dining
19 Craftsteak, New York City $17,000,000** $85.00** 175,000**
N/A
210 total seats
20 Prime Steakhouse, Las Vegas $16,435,667 $131.35 125,126
7,500 sq feet
150 dining; 24
21 The Slanted Door, San Francisco $15,800,000** $44.00** 350,000**
bar
420 dining; 30
Grand Central Oyster Bar &
22 $15,589,693 $38.00 362,000 bar
Restaurant, New York City
23,000 sq feet
450 total seats
23 Mon Ami Gabi, Las Vegas $15,500,000** $58.00** 345,000**
N/A
435 dining; 45
Wolfgang Puck Grand Cafe,
24 $15,200,000** $22.00** 597,000** bar
Lake Buena Vista, Calif.
18,355 sq feet
476 total seatsr
25 Top of the World, Las Vegas $15,166,000 $87.00** $184,000**
7,200 sq feet
125 dining; 12
26 Del Posto, New York City $15,000,000 $155.00 94,129 bar
24,000 sq feet
180 dining; 25
27 Balthazar, New York City $15,000,000** $60.00** 250,000** bar
N/A
160 dining; 22
28 Abe & Louie's, Boston $14,976,228 $77.98 200,251
bar

3. 10,300 sq feet
550 dining; 24
29 The Lobster House, Cape May, N.J. $14,738,324 $35.00 339,159 bar
49,445 sq feet
320 dining; 40
30 Scoma's Restaurant, San Francisco $14,530,686 $37.00 400,000 bar
12,420 sq feet
400 dining; 20
31 Junior's (Brooklyn), New York City $14,400,000** $22.00** 760,000** bar
N/A
300 dining; 41
32 Chops Lobster Bar, Atlanta $14,125,000 $76.00 174,000 bar
11,500 sq feet
SkyCity at the Space Needle, 256 dining
33 $14,075,345 $60.00 257,285
Seattle N/A
480 dining
34 Carmine's, Atlantic City $14,000,000** $30.00** 200,000**
N/A
1,200 dining
35 The Manor, West Orange, N.J. $14,000,000** $70.00** 200,000**
N/A
512 dining; 149
36 The Angus Barn, Raleigh, N.C. $13,973,186 $56.87 245,704 bar
42,600 sq feet
155 dining; 35
37 '21' Club, New York City $13,945,144 $128.35 127,649 bar
20,000 sq feet
380 dining
38 Delmonico Steakhouse, Las Vegas $13,900,000** $77.00** 175,000
N/A
1,025 dining; 75
Zehnder's of Frankenmuth,
39 $13,824,875 $14.06 983,120 bar
Frankenmuth, Mich.
80,000 sq feet
400 total seats
40 Blue Fin, New York City $13,800,000 $60.00 304,000
14,000 sq feet
N/A
41 Gladstone's Malibu, Los Angeles $13,700,000** $25.00** 570,000**
N/A
220 dining; 50
42 The Four Seasons, New York City $13,600,000 $127.57 94,812 bar
17,000 sq feet
N/A
43 Spice Market, New York City $13,500,000** $60.00** 200,000**
N/A

4. 999 dining; 40
44 The Milleridge Inn, Jericho, N.Y. $13,125,424 $33.08 396,841 bar
42,000 sq feet
N/A
45 St. Elmo Steak House, Indianapolis $13,100,000** $71.00** 178,000
N/A
The Bazaar by José Andrés, 417 total seats
46 $13,000,000 $96.44 130,000
Beverly Hills, Calif. 12,500 sq feet
380 total seats
47 Shaw's Crab House, Chicago $13,000,000** $45.00** 368,000**
N/A
Virgil's Real Barbecue, New York N/A
48 $13,000,000** $28,00** 400,000**
City N/A
426 total seats
49 Blue Water Grill, New York City $12,900,000 $60.00 260,000
9,500 sq feet
205 dining; 65
Hugo's Frog Bar & Fish House,
50 $12,746,553 $53.84 208,959 bar
Chicago
14,050 sq feet
Frankenmuth Bavarian Inn, 1,200 total seats
51 $12,567,912 $15.29 822,203
Frankenmuth, Mich. 90,000 sq feet
920 dining
52 Phillips Harborplace, Baltimore $12,562,805 $30.58 410,866
18,000 sq feet
220 dining; 32
53 Rock Center Cafe, New York City $12,274,163 $47.00 314,000** bar
7,294 sq feet
200 dining; 18
Junior's (Times Square), New York
54 $12,200,000** $15.00** 750,000** bar
City
N/A
137 dining; 17
55 Cafe Fiorello, New York City $12,067,721 $37.38 322,839 bar
6,200 sq feet
180 dining; 76
56 N9ne Steakhouse, Las Vegas $12,026,676 $93.13 131,680 bar
12,000 sq feet
140 dining; 24
57 Boulevard, San Francisco $12,000,000 $95.00 123,500 bar
N/A
Carmine's (91st Street), New York N/A
58 $12,000,000** $30.00** 300,000**
City N/A
Michael Jordan's Steakhouse, 240 dining
59 $12,000,000** $70.00** 198,000**
Uncasville, Conn. N/A

5. 200 dining; 60
Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse,
60 $11,923,935 $59.02 204,091 bar
Rosemont, Ill.
10,500 sq feet
225 dining; 45
61 Coffee Shop, New York City $11,836,621 $44.09 292,000 bar
6,500 sq feet
405 total seats
62 George's at the Cove, La Jolla, Calif. $11,700,000 $75.00 265,000
10,000 sq feet
280 dining; 80
63 Mike's American, Springfield, Va. $11,650,618 $26.50 439,500 bar
44,049 sq feet
186 dining; 58
64 Cliff House, San Francisco $11,500,000** $50.00** 325,000** bar
25,000 sq feet
228 total seats
65 Mesa Grill, Las Vegas $11,400,000** $63.00** 215,000**
8,800 sq feet
360 dining; 25
66 Parc, Philadelphia $11,392,238 $30.29 313,061 bar
8,000 sq feet
155 dining; 16
67 Fix Restaurant & Bar, Las Vegas $11,350,000** $74.00** 205,000** bar
4,200 sq feet
N/A
68 Daniel, New York City $11,300,000** $113.00** 100,000**
N/A
212 dining; 165
69 Portland City Grill, Portland, Ore. $11,300,000** $60.00** 330,000** bar
18,300 sq feet
160 dining; 70
70 Stripsteak, Las Vegas $11,200,000** $102.00** 139,000** bar
N/A
280 dining; 28
71 Trattoria Dell'Arte, New York City $11,166,325 $48.88 228,444 bar
5,500 sq feet
200 dining; 133
Harry Caray's Italian Steakhouse,
72 $11,145,800 $45.00 442,000 bar
Chicago
20,000 sq feet
Bartolotta Ristorante di Mare, 226 dining
73 $11,100,000** $75.00** 190,000**
Las Vegas N/A
350 dining; 130
74 Harris Ranch, Coalinga, Calif. $11,029,518 $22.22 496,283
bar

6. 39,700 sq feet
275 total seats
75 Emeril's, Orlando $11,000,000** $56.00** 271,000
N/A
450 dining; 50
Lawry's The Prime Rib,
76 $11,000,000 $53.00 210,000 bar
Beverly Hills, Calif.
20,000 sq feet
405 dining; 120
77 Tower Oaks Lodge, Rockville, Md. $10,899,402 $20.50 540,000 bar
21,000 sq feet
260 dining; 125
Jackson's Mighty Fine Food &
78 $10,797,788 $26.00 415,000 bar
Lucky Lounge, Reston, Va.
10,777 sq feet
California Grill, Lake Buena Vista, 335 total seats
79 $10,600,000** $50.00** 211,000**
Fla. 16,000 sq feet
335 total seats
80 RM Seafood, Las Vegas $10,600,000** $70.00** 165,000**
16,000 sq feet
185 total seats
81 Quality Meats, New York City $10,513,000 $90.00 116,500
12,000 sq feet
280 dining; 50
82 Zeffirino, Las Vegas $10,500,000** $65.00** 162,000** bar
10,900 sq feet
250 dining; 25
83 Redeye Grill, New York City $10,463,922 $38.36 272,782 bar
6,800 sq feet
208 total seats
84 Greek Islands Restaurant, Chicago $10,437,912 $28.00 370,000
11,545 sq feet
Dos Caminos Third Avenue, 448 total seats
85 $10,400,000 $46.00 253,000
New York City 11,276 sq feet
450 total
86 Aureole, Las Vegas $10,400,000** $90.00** 150,000**
N/A
230 total seats
87 Eiffel Tower, Las Vegas $10,400,000** $75.00** 182,000**
N/A
207 dining
88 Okada, Las Vegas $10,400,000** $72.00** 140,000**
N/A
172 dining; 22
89 Buddakan, Philadelphia $10,399,677 $45.25 126,352 bar
7,504 sq feet
90 Asia de Cuba, New York City $10,300,000** $64.00** 170,000** 170 total seats

7. N/A
175 total seats
91 Gotham Bar & Grill, New York City $10,300,000** $95.00** 135,000**
N/A
400 dining
92 Harley Davidson Cafe, Las Vegas $10,300,000** $30.00** 405,000**
N/A
250 dining; 100
93 Coastal Flats, Fairfax, Va. $10,251,811 $25.70 399,000 bar
9,700 sq feet
201 dining; 150
94 Salty's on Alki Beach, Seattle $10,120,926 $48.00 197,451 bar
18,405 sq feet
Megu (Thomas Street), New York 205 total seats
95 $10,100,000** $94.00** 83,000**
City N/A
170 dining; 65
96 Quartino, Chicago $10,050,527 $25.41 316,538
bar
180 dining
97 Bryant Park Grill, New York City $10,000,000** $48.00** 220,000**
25,000 seats
DeVito South Beach, South Beach, 200 total seats
98 $10,000,000* $90.00* 111,000*
Fla. 10,000 sq feet
186 dining; 30
99 Continental Mid-town, Philadelphia $9,806,813 $23.15 264,500 bar
15,932 sq feet
164 dining; 18 bar
100 Morimoto, New York City $9,630,494 $71.00 105,671
11,000 sq feet
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