Black Bear Diner
 Black Bear Diner in Vallejo, California | |
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1994 |
| Headquarters | |
Number of locations | 78 |
| Website | blackbeardiner |
Black Bear Diner is a restaurant chain in the western United States which serves homestyle and "old-fashioned" comfort foods. The first restaurant was opened in Mount Shasta, California[1] in 1994, founded by Bob and Laurie Manley with help from Bruce Dean.[2][3] The company is based in Redding, California. It now claims 70 locations in eight states.[4]
Black Bear decor has a rustic motif with "over-the-top bear paraphernalia".[5] Every restaurant is decorated with a 12-foot-tall (3.7 m) black bear carving by artist Ray Schulz. Additional murals and artwork are created for each restaurant by Steve and Gary Fitzgerald and Colleen Mitchell-Veyna.[3] The menu format mimics an old newspaper titled: The Black Bear Gazette with articles on the front page.[1] It offers family meals such as breakfast, burgers, salads, and shakes.[6] Food offerings include pie, bread and cobbler prepared on site.[2] Some locations don't serve alcohol,[7] although others do.[8]
References
- ^ a b Barbara Wolf & Margaret Anderson (16 December 2015). 2015 World Healing II. AuthorHouse. pp. 36–37. ISBN 978-1-5049-6814-0.
- ^ a b Hagemeier, Heidi (June 5, 2003). "Black Bear Diner dishes out big meals". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. Retrieved January 3, 2015.
- ^ a b [1] Black Bear Diner official site.
- ^ "Find a Black Bear Diner". Black Bear Diner website. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
- ^ Poole, Matthew (2012). Frommer's San Francisco 2013. John Wiley & Sons. p. 379. ISBN 9781118333877.
- ^ "Black Bear Diners, Inc". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
- ^ "Black Bear Diner". Seattle Times. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
- ^ Tittl, Pete (June 29, 2013). "Could this be Black Bear country?". The Bakersfield Californian. Retrieved May 3, 2014.