Levy Restaurants is a restaurant franchise company specializing in providing premium-quality vending and food services to major entertainment and sports venues. Founded by Larry Levy, the company is Chicago-based and prides itself on the "thousand little details" surrounding food and food presentation. They call themselves "a family of passionate restauranteurs," and since their founding in 1978 by Mark and Larry Levy have grown to over 95 foodservice locations in 41 markets throughout the US and Canada. In 2004, company revenue exceeded $470 million, and is projected to exceed $600 million in 2005^[1] (when actual figures are to be released is currently unknown.) The company has received numerous awards and owns a number of award-winning restaurants and fine dining locations in addition to its entertainment venue holdings. Toms Restaurant, a restaurant in New York made familiar by Suzanne Vega and the television sitcom Seinfeld For other uses, see Restaurant (disambiguation). ... Meanings of franchise: Full rights of citizenship given by a country or a town, especially suffrage (political franchise) In a wider sense: any right or privilege granted by constitution or statute. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... The foodservice (or food service) industry generally encompasses those places, institutions, and companies responsible for any meal eaten away from home. ...

History

The company was founded as a business group for the purchase of their first property, D.B. Kaplan's Delicatessen in Chicago's famous Water Tower Place.^[2] In 1982, they pioneered the very concept of fine dining in stadiums and arenas with award winning restaurants and foodservice locations at Chicago's Comiskey Park (home of the Chicago White Sox) and again in 1985 in Chicago's Wrigley Field (home of the Chicago Cubs.) In 1989, the company was selected by the The Walt Disney Company to own and operate two locations inside their world famous Walt Disney World Resort, Portobello Yacht Club and Fulton's Crab House. Both restaurants inside the resort have gone on to achieve numerous honors, including the Portobello Yacht Club's distinction of being consistently voted best Italian restaurant in Orlando and having Fulton's Crab House achieve one of the top ten sales volumes of any restaurant in the United States. In 1994 they added their first location outside Chicago. The company was also innovative in their creation and implementation of the WOCAAT training philosophy. 900 North Michigan, Park Tower, the John Hancock Center, and Water Tower Place (L-R) as seen from the Sears Tower in Chicago Water Tower Place is the name given to an adjoining shopping mall and skyscraper in Chicago. ... Comiskey Park (35th Street & Shields Avenue, Chicago, Illinois) was the ballpark in which the Chicago White Sox played from 1910 to 1990. ... The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. ... It has been suggested that Eamus catuli be merged into this article or section. ... Major league affiliations National League (1876-present) Central Division (1994-present) Current uniform Ballpark Wrigley Field (1916-present) Major league titles World Series titles (2) 1908 â€¢ 1907 NL Pennants (10) 1945 â€¢ 1938 â€¢ 1935 â€¢ 1932 1929 â€¢ 1918 â€¢ 1910 â€¢ 1908 1907 â€¢ 1906 Central Division titles (1) 2003 East Division titles (2) 1984... The Walt Disney Company (most commonly known as Disney) (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... Cinderella Castle, at the center of the Magic Kingdom, is freshly decorated for the 18-month Happiest Celebration on Earth The Spaceship Earth sphere is the symbol of Epcot. ... Fultons Crab House is a riverboat restaurant at Walt Disney Worlds Marketplace shopping complex. ... Fultons Crab House is a riverboat restaurant at Walt Disney Worlds Marketplace shopping complex. ...

Locations

Their sports and entertainment division manages convention facilities, concert and performance venues and arenas for all major sports leagues. They currently manage foodservice operations inside STAPLES Center and Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, Wrigley Field in Chicago, and Lambeau Field in Green Bay. They also manage all foodservice operations inside the prestigious Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, Illinois. Staples Center is a multipurpose sports arena in downtown Los Angeles, California at the Los Angeles Sports and Entertainment District. ... Dodger Stadium, in Los Angeles, California, has been the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers Major League Baseball team since 1962. ... The AmericanAirlines Arena is an arena located in downtown Miami, Florida along Biscayne Bay and is used for basketball games and concerts. ... It has been suggested that Eamus catuli be merged into this article or section. ... Lambeau Field is the home stadium of the Green Bay Packers professional football team of the NFL. Originally opened in 1957 as City Stadium, it replaced Green Bays original City Stadium as the Packers home field. ... The Ravinia Festival is the summer music program offered at Ravinia Park in Highland Park, Illinois. ... Highland Park is a city located in Lake County, Illinois. ...

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