Damon's Grill

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Damon's Grill was founded in 1979 by Irv Rossman, Jerry Rossman, Sam Massara, Joe Mazzola, and Joe Nader and is currently headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Restaurants are usually sanctioned into two separate parts: The dining room, and the clubhouse with bar. There are currently 103 franchised locations in the United States, including restaurants in Arizona, Colorado, Texas, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, as well as four in the United Kingdom.

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[edit] Menu

A menu at a Damon's Restaurant typically features barbecue ribs, a main focus, steaks, wings, sandwiches, as well as a variety of appetizers and desserts.

[edit] Dining atmosphere

Damon's franchises are often split into two different areas each with their own atmosphere and ambiance. The first of the two, is the clubhouse. The clubhouse area of the restaurant is themed like a sports bar with walls covered in sports memorabilia. The memorabilia usually correlates to sports teams in the area. (For example, if one was dining at a Philadelphia location it would be common to find Philadelphia Eagles memorabilia.) The clubhouses' main feature is their large, projection screen televisions. Each restaurant usually has one to four televisions, and most franchises usually designate a television to the Buzztime network. This allows patrons to go head-to-head in a trivia competition while eating their meals. Mainly, the televisions are used to broadcast sporting events. Damon's Restaurants are often crowded during College Football or National Football League games. Clubhouses also include a bar area with several smaller televisions.

The second of the two areas is the dining room. Dining rooms are quieter areas for patrons to enjoy their meals. These areas often include small televisions so that guests may watch sports in a quieter setting.

[edit] Recent

Damon's has recently been closing many restaurants. The company needed to pay down some of its debt, and it was successful.[1] All company owned restaurants were sold to franchisees as well. A new concept has been proposed which does away with the dark clubhouse setup. The concept is due to be rolled out in Columbus sometime in summer of 2007. In the new design concept, projection screen TVs will be eliminated. The new bar area and various other points within the restaurant will be equipped with LCD or Plasma screen TVs.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Eaton, Dan. "Damon's prototype steps into the light", Business First of Columbus, 2007-06-01. Retrieved on 2007-06-05. (English) 

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