Yard House
Restaurant
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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]
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| Yard House | |
| Company type | Division |
| Industry | Restaurant |
| Genre | Casual dining |
| Founded | 1996, in Long Beach, California, U.S. |
| Founder | Steele Platt,[1] Steve Reynolds, Tom Yelenick, Bill Wollrab |
| Headquarters | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
Number of locations | 88 (January 2024) |
| Products | American cuisine (pasta • salads • chicken • seafood), gluten sensitive menu |
| Parent | Darden Restaurants, Inc. |
| Website | www |
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]