Levy Restaurants

Levy
Subsidiary
Industry Hospitality
Founded 1978
Founder Larry Levy
Headquarters Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Area served
 North America
Key people
 Andy Lansing
(President and CEO)
Tom Funk
(Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer)
Rob Ellis
(Executive Vice President and CFO)
Products Food and Beverage, Retail
Revenue IncreaseUS$ 1.5 B (2017)[1]
Number of employees
 40,000
Website

Levy is a restaurant company based in Chicago specializing in providing premium-quality vending and food services to major entertainment and sports venues. It is a unit of Compass Group, and was founded in 1978.

It operates over 100 foodservice locations in 41 markets throughout the US and Canada. In 2004, company revenue exceeded $470 million, and by 2017 had exceeded $1.5 billion in revenue.[2] The company owns several restaurants and fine dining locations in addition to its entertainment venue holdings.

History

The company was founded in Chicago, IL in 1978 by Larry Levy of St. Louis. The first property was D.B. Kaplan's Delicatessen in Chicago's Water Tower Place.[3] In 1982, the company pioneered the 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 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. Levy was also a partner in the former Wildhorse Saloon location at Walt Disney World. The Portobello Yacht Club's has consistently been voted best Italian restaurant in Orlando. Fulton's Crab House has achieved 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 also created and implemented the WOCAAT (Winning One Customer At A Time) training philosophy.

Locations

Their sports and entertainment division manages convention facilities, concert and performance venues and arenas for all major sports leagues. They currently manage food service operations inside the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY; Scottrade Center in St. Louis, MO; Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN; T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV; Oracle Arena in Oakland, CA; STAPLES Center and Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles; American Airlines Arena in Miami, FL; American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX; Ford Field in Detroit, MI; Wrigley Field, Guaranteed Rate Field, and the United Center in Chicago, IL; Impact Field in Rosemont, IL; The USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing, NY; Chase Field in Phoenix, AZ; Moda Center in Portland, OR; Providence Park in Portland, OR; Charlotte Motor Speedway and Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, NC; Toyota Center in Houston, TX, among many others nationwide. They also manage all food service operations inside McCormick Place in Chicago, the nation's largest convention center, the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, IL and multiple establishments inside Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL. Levy manages all food service operations for Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY, the home of the Kentucky Derby. Levy also operates at TD Place in Ottawa, Canada, home of the Ottawa 67's and Ottawa Redblacks.

Restaurants

In addition to its role as the food & beverage provider at sports and entertainment venues, Levy operates several standalone restaurants.

References

  1. ↑ "Chicago Business Journal". bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2018-05-28.
  2. ↑ . "Levy Restaurants".
  3. ↑ Levy Restaurants History and Heritage 2005 Archived 2006-06-30 at the Wayback Machine.. "Levy Restaurants."
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