Piccadilly Restaurants
American restaurant chain
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Piccadilly Restaurants is an American chain of cafeteria-style, casual dining restaurants in seven, mainly southeastern United States, with the majority located in the Gulf Coast region. Piccadilly Holdings LLC owns them.
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| Piccadilly Cafeteria | |
| Type | Private |
| Industry | Restaurants |
| Founded | 1944 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Founder | Thomas J. Costas |
| Headquarters | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |
Number of locations | 27 (January 2025)[1] |
| Key people | Azam Malik, CEO |
| Products | Comfort food, cafeterias, institutional food service management, catering |
| Owner | Piccadilly Holdings LLC. |
| Website | www.piccadilly.com |
In addition to its traditional restaurants, Piccadilly operates Piccadilly Emergency Services, which provides meals in emergency and disaster settings, and Piccadilly Food Service, which offers meals for schools, hospitals, and government organizations.
The company also offers family dining, meals-to-go and catering services.[2]
History
Thomas J. Costas opened the first Piccadilly Cafeteria in 1932 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Tandy Hannibal Hamilton acquired the business from Costas in 1944.[3]
Piccadilly expanded in 1998 when it purchased Morrison's Cafeteria, a major competitor.[4] The move doubled the number of locations to 270; poor performance led the company to file for bankruptcy in 2003.[5] Yucaipa Companies and Diversified Investment Management Group then purchased the company.
Piccadilly filed again for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2012, as it was down to 41 locations.[6][5] The company was purchased by Falcon Holdings, led by its former CEO Azam Malik, in 2014.[5] In 2018, the company resumed its expansion, opening its first Piccadilly To-Go location in Cordova, Tennessee. In 2019 a "prototype" restaurant designed to lead future growth was opened at Juban Crossing in Denham Springs, LA, near the company's original location in Baton Rouge.[7]
As of October 2025, the company operates 28 locations in Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Virginia. One store in Mobile, Alabama retains the Morrison's Cafeteria name, an homage to that chain's former hometown, but otherwise has the same menu selections as the rest of the Piccadilly chain.
On August 16, 2022, K&W Cafeterias president Dax Allred announced the sale of K&W and its 11 locations to Piccadilly.[8]