Claim Jumper
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| Industry | Restaurant |
|---|---|
| Founded | September 27, 1977 in Los Alamitos, California |
| Headquarters | Houston, Texas, U.S. |
Number of locations | 23[citation needed] |
Key people | Tilman J. Fertitta (President, CEO, and owner) Michael Kelly (franchise partner) |
| Parent | Kelly Restaurant Group |
| Website | www |
Claim Jumper Restaurant and Saloon is an American restaurant chain with more than 30 locations. The company is based in Houston, Texas.
History[edit]
Restaurateur Craig Nickoloff opened the first Claim Jumper in Los Alamitos, California, on September 27, 1977.[citation needed] The original restaurant had a large menu and an atmosphere inspired by California's Gold Rush of 1849.[1]
Acquisition by Landry’s, Inc.[edit]
In September 2010, the chain filed for bankruptcy and was slated to be auctioned off.[2][3] In October 2010, Landry's, Inc. acquired Claim Jumper, with a bid of $76.6 million.[4] Landry's President/CEO Tilman J. Fertitta relocated the company's headquarters from Irvine, California, to Landry's corporate headquarters in the Uptown area of Houston.[5]
Locations[edit]
As of August 2022[update], the restaurant chain has locations in Arizona, California, Illinois, Louisiana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.[6]
Due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fact that part of the business was a buffet, the chain closed some of its locations, including Long Beach, California[7] and at Opry Mills in Nashville, Tennessee.[8] and Lynnwood, Washington.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ Aamodt, M.G. (2015). Industrial/Organizational Psychology: An Applied Approach. Cengage Learning. p. 478. ISBN 978-1-305-46528-2. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ^ McCarty, Dawn (September 10, 2010). "Claim Jumper Restaurants Files for Bankruptcy With Plan to Sell Business". Bloomberg. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
- ^ "Claim Jumper Chapter 11 Petition" (PDF). PacerMonitor. PacerMonitor. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ Thorn, Bret (October 30, 2010). "Landry's to acquire Claim Jumper | Archive content from Nation's Restaurant News". Nrn.com. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
- ^ "Claim Jumper moves headquarters to Texas". The Orange County Register. February 25, 2011. Archived from the original on 2013-11-06. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
- ^ "Locations". Claim Jumper. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
- ^ "Claim Jumper permanently closes Long Beach location • Long Beach Business Journal". Long Beach Business Journal. 2020-07-09. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
- ^ "Claim Jumper Restaurants - CLOSED". TripAdvisor. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
- ^ https://www.claimjumper.com/locations/lynnwood