April 15, 2008
Top Grossing U.S., SF Restaurants
Over at Eater, we noticed that Restaurants & Institutions has released this year's list of the 100 highest-grossing independent restaurants in the U.S. The top of the list? That honor goes to someplace called Tao Las Vegas Restaurant & Nightclub--which sounds like trashy, coked-up fun--followed by that restaurant that was in Tootsie, New York City's Tavern on the Green.
But the highest-grossing restaurants in SF? The top spot goes to Fisherman’s Wharf's Scoma’s (23) with $16,288,000 , followed by Boulevard (59) with $16,288,000, the Slanted Door (70) with $12,590,716, and finally the Cliff House with $11,800,000 (79). Congratulations to all. You stuff the fat faces of the world like no one else in San Francisco can.
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The Cliff house is foul.
@ periqueblend
that's why they call it a top-grossing restaurant!
/crickets chirping
ha!
What is the profit margin on this $11-16 million, I wonder? Anyone in the restaurant biz who would hazard a guess?
I like Blvd and Slanted Door, but these rankings are easily explained as overpriced tourist traps and expense account fodder.
"The top spot goes to Fisherman’s Wharf's Scoma’s (23) with $16,288,000 , followed by Boulevard (59) with $16,288,000"
Wait a second? How can #23 and #59 pull in the same revenue?
*SO* not surprised by Tao. I've been there once. Sure, it's excellent, brilliant really. But paying that much for sushi is just silly.
Apparently there were many of us sillies last year.
I'd also like to add that the Slanted Door is the most overrated restaurant in the City.