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| Company type | division of ANGR Holdings, LLC |
|---|---|
| Industry | Restaurant |
| Founded | May 2, 2011 |
| Founder | Jamawn Woods |
| Defunct | June 28, 2011 |
| Fate | Purchased by Chipotle Mexican Grill |
| Headquarters | Denver, Colorado, USA |
Number of locations | 3 |
Area served | United States |
Key people | Jamawn Woods (founder) Steve Ells (investor) Curtis Stone (investor) Bobby Flay (investor) Lorena Garcia (investor) |
| Parent | ANGR Holdings |
Soul Daddy was an American fast casual restaurant founded by Jamawn Woods, with a focus on a soul food-centered menu. As a contestant on the reality television show America's Next Great Restaurant, which aired in 2011, he created the concept for Soul Daddy (originally conceived of as W3, or Woods' Wings & Waffles), and was named the winner in the show's first-season finale on May 1, 2011. The restaurant chain opened on May 2, 2011, at three locations: at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, at Hollywood and Highland in Los Angeles, and at the South Street Seaport in Manhattan at 189 Front Street.
The Manhattan and Los Angeles locations closed on June 14 and 15, 2011 in order for Woods to focus on making the Mall of America location successful, only for that location to close two weeks later on June 28.[1] The restaurant was managed by ANGR Holdings, LLC (ANGR), a limited liability company. Chipotle Mexican Grill purchased Ells' investment in the company at his cost, provided support for company operations, and invested a total of $2.3 million in cash contributions,[2] $220,000 of which was invested by Ells' in particular.[3][4]
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- ^ Hubbard, Sonya (7 April 2011). "Expanding the Chipotle empire…". Footnoted.com. Morningstar, Inc. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
- ^ "Schedule 14A Definitive Proxy Statement". 7 April 2011. p. 56. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
- ^ "Trademarks of ANGR Holdings, LLC". Trademarkia.com. Trademarkia, Inc. Retrieved 22 April 2011.