Rock Bottom Restaurants, Inc. owns or operates more than 100 dining and entertainment establishments under several brands; its namesake brewpub chain, with 29 company-owned locations, is one of the largest in the United States. Other brands are Old Chicago (54 units), The ChopHouse (4), The Walnut Brewery (1), as well as three Sing Sing piano bars and the Axiom nightclub. There are also eight Old Chicago restaurants owned by franchisees. The company’s Old Chicago restaurants feature deep-dish pizza and a trademark 110-brand beer list. The Rock Bottom Brewery units feature an eclectic menu and microbeers brewed on the premises. The company’s upscale dining and beverage concept is its ChopHouse & Brewery. The first publicly traded restaurant-brewery company in the United States, RBR was taken private in a 1999 management buyout. The company was looking to franchises to deliver growth in 2004 and beyond
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