Red Robin (NASDAQ: RRGB) is a chain of casual dining restaurants founded in 1969 in Seattle, Washington, and now headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The chain is best known for its gourmet burgers and bottomless steak fries as well as its freckled lemonade.
The original Red Robin stands at the corner of Furhman and Eastlake Avenues E. in Seattle, at the southern end of the University Bridge. This building dates from 1940 and was first c...
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Red Robin (NASDAQ: RRGB) is a chain of casual dining restaurants founded in 1969 in Seattle, Washington, and now headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The chain is best known for its gourmet burgers and bottomless steak fries as well as its freckled lemonade.
The original Red Robin stands at the corner of Furhman and Eastlake Avenues E. in Seattle, at the southern end of the University Bridge. This building dates from 1940 and was first called Sam's Tavern. The owner, Sam, sang in a barber shop quartet and could frequently be heard singing, "When the red, red robin goes bob, bob, bobbin' along." He liked the song so much that he eventually changed the name to Sam's Red Robin.
The business eventually dropped the "Sam" and simply became Red Robin. The first restaurant was 1,200 sq ft (110 m). In 1973, the restaurant expanded their business to include their most well-known hamburgers including the Red Robin Bacon Cheeseburger and the Royal Red Robin Burger which has a fried egg...
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