Block House (restaurant)

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Block House
Company type Aktiengesellschaft
Industry Restaurant chain
FoundedSeptember 26, 1968;55 years ago (1968-09-26)
FounderEugen Block
Headquarters Hamburg, Germany
Area served
Germany, Portugal, Spain, Austria
Key people
Number of employees
2,600
Parent Eugen Block Holding GmbH
Website www.block-house.de
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A Block House steak in Portugal

Block House AG is a restaurant chain based in Hamburg, Germany. Block House restaurants specialize in steaks.

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The chain was founded in 1968 [1] by Eugen Block and his sister Marlies Head. It currently owns 53 restaurants in Europe; 42 of which are in Germany, and the others are in Portugal, Spain and Austria. [2] The chain is part of the Block Gruppe (Eugen Block Holding GmbH), which has a total number of 2,600 employees. [3]

History

The first restaurant opened on September 28, 1968, on Dorotheenstraße in Hamburg-Winterhude. In 1973 Block founded his own butcher's shop. In 1985 Block established the 5 star hotel Elysée in Hamburg-Rotherbaum, which was renovated and enlarged in 2006 and operates today under the name Grand Elysée.

The first restaurant outside Germany was opened in Malaga in 1996.

Jim Block

In 1973 the brand Jim Block was created to utilize the meat offcuts from Block's steak production. The main product of Jim Block's is hamburgers. Block owns 12 Jim Block restaurants in Hamburg, Berlin and Hannover.

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References

  1. "Facts and figures". BlockGruppe. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  2. "BLOCK HOUSE Restaurants worldwide". www.block-house.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2019-09-12. Retrieved 2020-08-13.
  3. "Zahlen & Fakten". www.block-gruppe.de. Retrieved 2020-08-13.[ permanent dead link ]

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