Yard House

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Yard House
Company type Subsidiary
Industry Restaurant
Genre Casual dining
Founded1996;28 years ago (1996), in Long Beach, California, U.S.
FounderSteele 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.yardhouse.com

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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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]

The restaurant offers a variety of food and focuses on fusion dishes. It also has a major focus on craft beer. Locations have over 100 beers on tap and offer tasting platters of different types of beers. [9]

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