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Company type | Corporation |
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Industry | Restaurants |
Genre | Casual dining, sports bar |
Founded | Saint Paul, Minnesota (1984) |
Founder | Dean Vlahos |
Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 5 |
Area served | Eastern, Southwestern, and Midwestern United States |
Products | American cuisine |
Parent | Fox & Hound Restaurant Group Inc. |
Website | Champps.com |
Champps Americana (commonly known as Champps) is a casual dining restaurant chain and sports bar. There are 5 locations across the United States.
Champps began in 1984 as a small restaurant in Saint Paul, Minnesota and was called Concourse 7. The name of the restaurant was soon changed to "Champps" and they transformed into a sports bar, selling beer, burgers and sandwiches. The business added big screen televisions to their restaurants, for patrons to watch the latest sports games, while eating their meal. [1]
Champps is owned by Champps Entertainment, Inc., an affiliate of Fox & Hound Restaurant Group. [2] Fox & Hound's parent company bought Champps Entertainment in 2007. [3]
On December 15, 2013, the restaurant chain filed for bankruptcy, [4] and again on August 10, 2016. As of June, 2025 [update] , there are 5 locations still in operation: one each in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, New York, and Mississippi. [5]