Shoney's

Shoney’s North America, LLC

Trade name	Shoney's
Company type	Private
Industry	Restaurant
Genre	Family dining
Founded	1947; 77 years ago (1947) in Charleston, West Virginia, United States (Parkette); 1959; 65 years ago (1959) in Madison, Tennessee, United States (Danner Foods)
Founders	Alex Schoenbaum Raymond L. Danner, Sr.
Headquarters	Nashville, Tennessee
Key people	David Davoudpour, CEO
Products	Breakfast foods, Appetizers, Burgers, Sandwiches, Chicken, Seafood, Pulled Pork, and Desserts[1]
Revenue	US$388.16 million (2019[2])
Owner	David Davoudpour
Number of employees	2,500 (2019[2])
Website	www.shoneys.com

Shoney's is an American restaurant chain headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. As of April 2024, the company operates 58 locations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Founder Alex Schoenbaum opened the first Parkette Drive-In in 1947, and became a licensee of Big Boy Restaurants in 1952. Two years later the name was changed to Shoney's, and aggressive subfranchising followed. Thirty years later, having outgrown its Big Boy territory, Shoney's dropped the Big Boy affiliation.