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title: "Metro Diner: A Jacksonville Success Story"
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# Metro Diner: A Jacksonville Success Story

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia American casual dining restaurant chain Hugh Connerty (Co-Chairman)<br>Stanley Goodman (President & COO)"},"products":{"wt":""},"brands":{"wt":""},"services":{"wt":""},"revenue":{"wt":""},"revenue_year":{"wt":""},"operating_income":{"wt":""},"income_year":{"wt":""},"net_income":{"wt":""},"net_income_year":{"wt":""},"assets":{"wt":""},"assets_year":{"wt":""},"equity":{"wt":""},"equity_year":{"wt":""},"owner":{"wt":""},"num_members":{"wt":""},"num_members_year":{"wt":""},"num_employees":{"wt":""},"num_employees_year":{"wt":""},"parent":{"wt":""},"divisions":{"wt":""},"subsidiaries":{"wt":""},"module":{"wt":"<!-- Used to embed other templates -->"},"website":{"wt":"{{URL|https://metrodiner.com/}}"},"footnotes":{"wt":""}},"i":0}}]}'> Metro Diner Founded 1992 Headquarters Tampa, Florida , U.S. Number of locations 66 (2025) Key people Chris Sullivan (Co-Chairman) Hugh Connerty (Co-Chairman) Stanley Goodman (President & COO) Website metrodiner .com Metro Diner is an American casual dining restaurant chain headquartered in Tampa, Florida . It has 66 locations throughout the United States and was featured in an episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives in 2010. History [ edit ] Metro Diner has roots back to 1938 when the first diner was opened in Jacksonville, Florida . It was not officially branded as Metro Diner until 1992 and was purchased by brothers Mark and John Davoli (Jr.) in 2000. [ 1 ] Their father joined them a few years later and expanded to several locations in the Jacksonville area, including Mandarin , Ortega , and Jacksonville Beach . In 2010, Metro Diner was featured in an episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives . [ 2 ] ConSul Hospitality Group, made up of Chris Sullivan and Hugh Connerty, partnered with the Davoli family in 2014 to help expand the chain. At that time, the chain had nine locations. [ 1 ] By 2018, Metro Diner opened its 50th restaurant [ 3 ] and by 2025 had 66 locations throughout the United States. [ 4 ] Menu [ edit ] Its menu is classic American diner food. It is known for items such as chicken and waffles and meatloaf and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. [ 3 ] References [ edit ] 1 2 Jones, Colleen Michele (6 November 2015). "Big plans in the works as former Outback execs take over Jacksonville's Metro Diner" . Jacksonville Business Journal. ↑ Stapleton, Susan (14 March 2017). "Dig Into Guy Fieri Favorites at Metro Diner" . Las Vegas Eater. 1 2 Klein, Danny (16 April 2018). "Metro Diner, and the Making of America's Next Great Diner Chain" . FSR . ↑ Stern, Gary M. (14 November 2018). "The Breakfast Wars Heat Up for Full-Service Restaurants" . FSR . External links [ edit ] Official website v t e Casual dining restaurant chains in the United States Applebee's Beef O'Brady's Benihana Bertucci's Big Boy BJ's Restaurants Black Angus Steakhouse Black Bear Diner Bob Evans Restaurants Bonefish Grill Buca di Beppo Buffalo Wild Wings California Pizza Kitchen Carrabba's Italian Grill Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen The Cheesecake Factory Chili's Cracker Barrel Dave & Buster's Denny's Eat'n Park First Watch Frisch's Ground Round Hard Rock Cafe Hooters Huddle House IHOP Kona Grill Logan's Roadhouse LongHorn Steakhouse Maggiano's Little Italy Max & Erma's Metro Diner O'Charley's Ojos Locos Olive Garden The Original Pancake House Outback Steakhouse P. F. Chang's Perkins Restaurant & Bakery Planet Hollywood Rainforest Cafe Red Lobster Red Robin Romano's Macaroni Grill Ruby Tuesday Saltgrass Steak House Shoney's Sizzler Texas de Brazil Texas Roadhouse TGI Fridays Tumbleweed Twin Peaks Village Inn Waffle House Yard House Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metro_Diner&oldid=1359590662 " Categories : 1992 establishments in Florida Restaurant chains in the United States Restaurants established in 1992 Companies based in Tampa, Florida Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata