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 Famous Dave's Legendary Pit Bar-B-Que
THE DISCOVERY OF BARBEQUE AS A YOUNG A BOY IN CHICAGO
Dave Anderson, founder of Famous Dave's, lives for barbeque. Growing up in Chicago, home of the Blues, Dave's passion for ribs began as a young boy when his dad would bring ribs home from work in his lunch bucket. His dad would get the best tasting slow-smoked spare ribs from street corner vendors who used 55 gallon smokers filled with charcoal and smoldering green hickory wood. They were the legendary ribs just like the champion pitmasters used to smoke way down in the deep south.
THE PASSION FOR BARBEQUE GROWS AND THE RESTAURANT DREAM BEGINS
Realizing that his dream was to one day open his own barbeque restaurant, Dave spent more than 25 years of his adult life searching all over the country for the best barbeque and feasting on a variety of smoked meats available from every barbeque joint he could find. His passion was almost religious in nature - his understanding of the holy trinity is "Smoke, Meat and Sauce". His trips to these most famous bastions of barbeque were like "pilgrimages" to the most "hallowed shrines" of barbeque! The heavenly aromas wafting from ribs fresh from the smoker, were like answered prayers. Once the ribs were slathered with barbeque sauce--they were "baptized!" During his travels, Dave visited every barbeque restaurant he could find--literally thousands over 25 years. From the neighborhood storefront BBQ shacks in Memphis, Kansas City, and Chicago, to the backwoods smoke-houses found in the Southern foothills of Missouri, Georgia, Tennessee the Carolinas, and finally, to the huge mesquite pits of Texas.
A LIFE LONG DREAM IS REALIZED WHEN DAVE OPENS HIS FIRST RESTAURANT IN HAYWARD
In 1994, while continuing to call Minneapolis home, Dave purchased a small resort on Big Round Lake in Hayward. The resort, with eight cabins, had a restaurant and bar that Dave envisioned as the possible fulfillment of his life's dream--a barbeque restaurant. Planning a modest remodeling, the restaurant, named "Famous Dave's BBQ Shack," was a tremendous success--serving as many as 1,000 in a night. Dave regularly heard those from the Twin Cities asking when a Shack might come to Minneapolis. With the success of this northwoods lodge, Dave knew that his dreams of a roadhouse barbeque shack and blues club would soon be a reality.
EXPANSION OF THE DREAM COMES TO MINNEAPOLIS AND BEYOND
Knowing he had the kind of barbeque people craved and would drive several hours to get, Dave was eager to bring a BBQ Shack to Minneapolis. In looking for a location, Dave came across what he thought would be a perfect spot in the quaint, old-time Linden Hills neighborhood. So, in the winter of 1995, work began on a true southern roadhouse shack, filled with antiques and fun murals, reminiscent of the BBQ shacks that filled the South 50 years ago. With little advertising and a location in a hidden little treasure of a neighborhood, customers and food writers alike soon discovered Famous Dave's with its little 50-seat dining room and 25-seat screened-in porch. People drove from all parts of the Twin cities and beyond to eat the barbeque that was really growing "famous". Like Hayward, once again, one guest after another began asking Dave when a Shack might come to their neighborhood. These requests, over weeks and months, came to fuel a dream of a Famous Dave's expansion across America!
QUALIFICATIONS FOR FRANCHISEE: - Ownership/management experience required in multi-unit, full service, casual dining restaurants, in or near the desired territories.
- Resources to develop a minimum of five restaurants.
- Minimum per unit development cost range from $1,177,000 to $3,889,500.
- Minimum Liquid Net Worth of $750,000.
- Proven commitment to customer service and quality food.
Segment: full-service
Location: New England, Middle Atlantic, East No. Central, West No. Central, South Atlantic, East So. Central, Mountain, Pacific
Total capital investment: $1,177,000 to $3,889,500
Liquid capital requirements: $750,000
Net worth requirements: $1,500,000
Financing assistance:
Yes, via a third party
Training and support: Yes
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