Claim Jumper
IndustryRestaurant
FoundedSeptember 27, 1977 (September 27, 1977) in Los Alamitos, California
HeadquartersHouston, Texas, U.S.
Number of locations
15 (12 franchised)
Key people
Tilman J. Fertitta (President, CEO, and owner)
Michael Kelly (franchise partner)
ParentKelly Restaurant Group Landry's, Inc.
Websitewww.claimjumper.com
A Claim Jumper restaurant in San Diego

Claim Jumper Restaurant and Saloon is an American restaurant chain with 11 locations[1] as of October 28th, 2023. The company is based in Houston, Texas.

History

Restaurateur Craig Nickoloff opened the first Claim Jumper in Los Alamitos, California, on September 27, 1977. The original restaurant had a large menu and an atmosphere inspired by California's Gold Rush of 1849.[2]

Acquisition by Landry’s, Inc.

In September 2010, the chain filed for bankruptcy and was slated to be auctioned off.[3][4] In October 2010, Landry's, Inc. acquired Claim Jumper, with a bid of $76.6 million.[5] Landry's President/CEO Tilman J. Fertitta relocated the company's headquarters from Irvine, California, to Landry's corporate headquarters in the Uptown area of Houston.[6]

Franchised locations

All locations on the claimjumper.com website are franchised to Kelly Restaurant Group (KRG). As of August 2023, KRG has locations in California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.[7]

Due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fact that part of the business was a buffet, KRG closed some of its locations, including the ones in Long Beach, California, Valencia, California[8],Nashville, Tennessee,[9] and Lynnwood, Washington.[10]

Non-franchised locations

There are three locations that are still owned and operated by Landry's. They are located inside the Golden Nuggets of Laughlin, Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Lake Charles, Louisiana. These are also the only Claim Jumpers to be under the Landry's Select Club rewards program.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Locations - Claim Jumper Steakhouse & Bar".
  2. ↑ Aamodt, M.G. (2015). Industrial/Organizational Psychology: An Applied Approach. Cengage Learning. p. 478. ISBN 978-1-305-46528-2. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  3. ↑ McCarty, Dawn (September 10, 2010). "Claim Jumper Restaurants Files for Bankruptcy With Plan to Sell Business". Bloomberg. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Claim Jumper Chapter 11 Petition" (PDF). PacerMonitor. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  5. ↑ Thorn, Bret (October 30, 2010). "Landry's to acquire Claim Jumper | Archive content from Nation's Restaurant News". Nrn.com. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Claim Jumper moves headquarters to Texas". The Orange County Register. February 25, 2011. Archived from the original on 2013-11-06. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Locations". Claim Jumper. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
  8. ↑ "Claim Jumper permanently closes Long Beach location • Long Beach Business Journal". Long Beach Business Journal. 2020-07-09. Retrieved 2022-07-10.
  9. ↑ "Claim Jumper Restaurants - CLOSED". TripAdvisor. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  10. ↑ https://www.claimjumper.com/locations/lynnwood
  11. ↑ "Claim Jumper Restaurant & Saloon". www.landrysinc.com. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
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