Don't look for pancakes at this house, because it doesn't serve 'em. Waffle House is the #2 family-style restaurant chain (behind Denny's) with more than 1,500 diners in about two dozen states, mostly in the South. The eateries are popular for eggs, grits, and waffles, as well as their famous "scattered, smothered, and covered" hash browns. In addition to day starters, the menu features T-bone steaks, cheeseburgers, and sandwiches for lunch and dinner. Invoking the 1950s-style diner, Waffle House units are typically free standing and open 24 hours a day. About half the locations are franchised. Joe Rogers Sr., father of CEO Joe Rogers Jr., started the family-owned business with partner Tom Forkner in 1955.

With exciting vessels ranging from cozy and custom-designed to the 3 largest dining yachts on the West Coast, Hornblower welcomes guests for classic sightseeing and dining cruises, corporate outings, weddings, special events, environmental tours and film shoots. The company sails from seven California ports and serves as the National Park Service concession of ferry service to Alcatraz Island, the Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island. Hornblower Cruises and Events provides sightseeing, dining, and wedding cruises via its fleet of 35 yachts sailing from about a half dozen California ports, including Berkeley, San Diego, Newport Beach, Marina del Rey, and San Francisco. Regularly scheduled tours include lunch, dinner, dance, and concert cruises.

Keith Johnson saw how much his family enjoyed eating soft pretzels at a local farmers’ market and thought pretzels would be a great concept to franchise in malls. He worked at creating his own recipe for pretzels and, once the recipe was perfected, in 1992 opened the first The Pretzel Twister store in Naples, Florida. Mister Twister Pretzels operates the Pretzel Twister snack food chain, with about 40 franchised locations that specialize in soft pretzels. The eateries feature such pretzel flavors as Caramel Crunch, Cinnamon, and Toasted Almond; the company also sells flavored pretzel dips and smoothies. Its outlets are located primarily in shopping malls in Florida, North Carolina, and 10 other southeastern states. Founder Keith Johnson started the Pretzel Twister chain in 1992 after seeing families eat soft pretzels at a farmer's market.

Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack has been a positive force in Wheeling, West Virginia, for more than a century. From its early racing days that predate the Civil War to its current state as one of the largest tourist attractions in West Virginia, Wheeling Island is rich in American history. Originally created as a site for thoroughbred and harness racing in 1866, Wheeling Island has grown, thanks to the introduction of a full-service hotel and banquet center, restaurants, video lottery terminals, table games and other amenities. All of these features make it a premier destination in the region.In total, Wheeling Island is fully equipped with a 151-room hotel, 2,000 slot machines, including Wheel of Fortune, a 1000-seat showroom, meeting and banquet services, casual and fine dining restaurants, a food court, gift shop and 2,800 parking spaces, including 220 covered spaces among its variety of amenities.

Carvel provides an affordable ice cream experience and family fun for everyone by offering a variety of fresh made cakes, novelties and fountain ice cream products. This all-American favorite is the nation’s first retail ice cream franchise, and has become one of the best-loved and most recognized names in its industry. Carvel has been making ice cream fresh daily for over 75 years and is home of the original all ice cream cake. Today, Carvel-lovers still seek out our creamy, crunchy treats in more than 500 Carvel stores and over 8,500 supermarkets nationwide.

The ballclub was founded in Illinois as the Tri-Cities Blackhawks of the National Basketball League in 1946. The team joined the NBA in 1949, shortened its name, and roosted in Milwaukee and St. Louis (winning its only title in 1958) before settling in Atlanta in 1968. The Hawks were playoff contenders in the 1980s and 1990s, thanks to players such as Dominique Wilkins, but never made the Finals. Investment group Atlanta Spirit, which also owns the Atlanta Thrashers hockey team and operates Atlanta's Philips Arena, has owned the Hawks franchise since 2004.

Dunn Bros story is really quite simple. We've been roasting and brewing great coffee since 1987 when Ed Dunn opened the first Dunn Bros Coffee shop in St. Paul, MN. Our coffee is roasted in small drum roasters in all of our traditional stores (the only stores that don't roast on site are our Express locations that you'll see in places like an airport, library, or college campus where coffee roasting is not an option). We do this because we know that there is nothing better than freshly roasted coffee so long as you're starting with great coffee beans and roasting them with passion. What you'll find is that we source beans from the best farmers in the world. Dunn Bros care deeply about the sustainability of our farming partners and the environmental practices under which the coffee is grown. Dunn Bros Coffee Franchising, Inc. are real reflections of the communities that they're in. Many of our shops hang local art and play local music. Free WIFI is available in all but a few locations. And, unlike others, our shops smell like coffee. If you've ever been in a Dunn Bros Coffee shop, you know what we're talking about. It's the benefit of roasting every day, right in the shop.

TOKYO DOME owns and operates the Tokyo Dome (also known as the "Big Egg"), home field to Japanese professional baseball team the Yomiuri Giants. Not just a baseball field, Tokyo Dome plays host to other sports as well as concerts, exhibitions, and additional events. Air pressure inside the dome inflates a membrane sheltering the stadium. Through a string of subsidiaries, TOKYO DOME is also active in amusement parks, bowling centers, building management, finance, fitness clubs, golf courses, hotels, real estate, restaurants, retail, and ski resorts. Other holdings include the 43-story Tokyo Dome Hotel, and the spa/shopping/amusement park complex LaQua. Japan's first domed stadium, Tokyo Dome opened in 1988.

Famous Uncle Al's Hot Dogs & Grille operates a chain of about 10 franchised quick-service restaurants in Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Nevada, and Virginia that specialize in hot dogs and sausage sandwiches. The eateries also serve a variety of Italian-style sandwiches, burgers, and fries. CEO Paul Esposito and president Dean Valentino together control more than 30% of the company.

Monical Pizza operates and franchises more than 60 pizza parlors in the Midwest under the name Monical's Pizza. The chain's menu features Monical's signature thin crust pizza, which is available with a variety of toppings. Monical's Pizza also serves pasta dishes, sandwiches, and starters. Most of the pizzerias are located in central Illinois; the chain has a handful of locations in Indiana and Wisconsin. An investment group led by chairman Harry Bond has controlled the business since 1982. Monical Pizza namesake Ralph Monical started the pizza chain in 1959.

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