Nine Chicago restaurants landed on a list of the top grossing independent restaurants in America with less than five locations.
Gibsons Bar and Steakhouse ranked the highest at number 10 with earnings of $22.5 million, according to Restaurant Business Online's annual list. The average check size was $73.
Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab was just behind Gibsons at number 11, with $21.8 million in sales and an average check size of $69.
Seven other Chicago restaurants also made the list:
19. David Burke Primehouse
- Sales: $18,480,000
- Avg. Check: $92
31. Chicago Cut Steakhouse at 31
- Sales: $16,875,000
- Avg. Check: $73
37. Shaw's Crab House
- Sales: $16,500,000
- Avg. Check: $60
52. Hugo’s Frog Bar & Fish House
- Sales: $15,317,781
- Avg. Check: $64
65. Harry Caray’s Italian Steakhouse
- Sales: 14,300,000
- Avg. Check: $46
81. Quartino Ristorante
- Sales: $13,199,196
- Avg. Check: $28
89. Tavern on Rush
- Sales: $12,687,644
- Avg. Check: $71
Tao Asian Bistro in Las Vegas topped the list with sales at $47 million and an average check size of $70.
Local
Another Chicago-area restaurant that made the list was Bob Chinn's Crab House in Wheeling, Illinois, that grossed $17,553,828 and had an average check of $39.
Check out the full list here.
