Yard House

Yard House
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRestaurant
GenreCasual dining
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996), in Long Beach, California, U.S.
FounderSteele Platt,[1] Steve Reynolds, Tom Yelenick, Bill Wollrab
HeadquartersOrlando, Florida, U.S.
Number of locations
88 (January 2024)
ProductsAmerican cuisine
(pasta • salads • chicken • seafood), gluten sensitive menu
ParentDarden Restaurants, Inc.
Websitewww.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]

  1. ^ "Steele Platt, founder and CEO of Yard House restaurants, no longer accepts being described as a risk taker". Palm Springs Life. September 30, 2011.
  2. ^ "Site Map - Yard House Restaurant". Official Website. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  3. ^ "Darden Restaurants – Acquisition Of Yard House Creates Long Term Potential". Seeking Alpha. 2012-07-13. Retrieved 2015-09-17.
  4. ^ Rick Munarriz (2015-09-16). "Olive Garden Is Repeating a Gluttonous Mistake". Fox Business. Retrieved 2015-09-17.