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Qualified Attendance Delivered at the
FLORIDA RESTAURANT & LODGING SHOW
2013 Verified Attendance Sample List – By Establishment Type
The following decision makers from restaurant and foodservice operations are just a small sampling
of those at the 2013 event.
President, All American Restaurant d/b/a A&W
Director of Purchasing, Atlantis, Paradise Island
Regional Director, Brinker/Chili’s Grill & Bar
Regional Vice President, Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
Food & Beverage Director, Buena Vista Palace Hotel &
Spa
Senior Corporate Chef, Carrabba’s Italian Grill
Purchasing Food & Beverage, Club Med
Senior District Chef, Compass Group/Eurest
CEO, Crispers
Senior Director, Darden
Director Food & Beverage, Disney Cruise Line
Director of Company Operations, Firehouse Subs
Regional Vice President, First Watch Restaurants
Director of Purchasing, Front Burner Brands
Dir. Of Restaurants, Gaylord Palms Resort
Dir. Of Purchasing Worldwide, Hard Rock International
District Chef, Holiday Retirement
President, Hungry Howies Pizza
Director, Kobe Japanese Steakhouse
Area Director of Purchasing, Levy Restaurants
Dir. Culinary & Bev. Operations, Longhorn Steakhouse
Executive Chef, Maggiano’s Little Italy
Director of Purchasing, Margaritaville Hospitality Group
Sr. Director F&B, Marriott Vacation Club
Owner, Moe’s Southwest Grill
President, Nature’s Table Franchise Co.
Director of Purchasing, One Bal Harbour Resort
Corporate Purchasing Director, Orange Lake Resorts
Director of Resort Dining, Orlando World Center Marriott
V.P. Culinary Operations, Planet Hollywood International
Corporate Chef, Publix Super Markets
F& Director, Radisson Celebration
Purchasing Manager, Rainforest Café
Executive Chef, Roy’s Restaurants
Vice President Purchasing SCM, Ruths’ Hospitality Group
President, Seasons 52 – Darden Restaurants
Area Manager, Seaworld Parks & Entertainment
Owner, Sizzler Steakhouse
Corporate Purchasing Manager, Smokey Bones
President, The Melting Pot
CEO, Tijuana Flats
Executive Chef, Universal Orlando
Executive Vice President, UNO Chicago Grill
Sr. Manager Sourcing & Procurement, Walt Disney
Director, F&B Concept Development, Walt Disney Parks
Mgr, F&B Technology, Walt Disney World Parks &
Resorts
See the following pages for a sample attendee list by establishment type, showing the
full spectrum of restaurant and foodservice buyers in attendance.
Restaurant/QSR/Franchise
Beef O’Brady’s
Bento Group
Blooming Brands
Boardwalk Fresh Burgers and Fries
Bud’s Chicken & Seafood
Char Hut
Chic-Fil-A
Churros & Antojitos Corp.
Cici’s Pizza
Cripers
Dave’s Clam Stand
Dave and Busters
Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins
Front Burner Brands
Great American Hot Dog
Hot Dog Heaven
Hot Krust Panini Kitchen
Hummus House
Hungry Howies
Jerry J’s Hog n Bones
Lake Nona Restaurant Group
Louis Pappas Restaurant Group
Meltz
Metro Corral Partners
Moe’s Southwest Grill
Nature’s Table Franchise Co.
Pizza Times
Ponderosa Steakhouse
Red Lobster
Sandwich Zone Café & Bakery
Santa Fe Cattle Co.
Simply Good BBQ
Sizzlin Grill
Sno Hut, Inc.
Sobik’s Sandwich Shops
Squid Lips
Subway
Tex-Mex Express
Tijuana Flats
Toppers Creamery
Tuckaway Bagel and Wafel Café
Voodoo BBQ and Grill
Walt Disney Company
Your Dog House
Zaza New Cuban Diner
Restaurant/Table Service/Full Service
Acquolina
Anthonys Restaurant Concepts
Aqua Prime
Auberge de Zoo Chez Pierre
Bar Harbor Seafood
Bahama Breeze
Beachhouse Restaurant
Beni Hana Cuisine Japanese
Berry Fresh Café
Billy’s Stone Crab
Blackstone’s Reef & Grill
Blue Rooster
Bonefish Grill
Boston Lobster Feast
Broken Egg Restaurants
Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
Bubbalous BBQ
Buckhead Brewery
Café Tu Tu Tango
Carmine’s
Cave Inn BBQ
Chapters
Chili’s/Brinker Restaurant Group
Ciccio Group
Circostas Italian Ristorante
City Fire American Oven & Bar
Claytons Siesta Grille
Cobalt Restaurants
Costa Med & Kazumi
Crabby Bill’s
Cracker Barrel
Cuba Libre Restaurant & Rum Bar
Dardn
Deep Blu Seafood Grille
Dragon Star
Duke’s Family Restaurant
Eaon’s Beach Sandbar and Grill
El Patron Mexican Restaurant
Ellie’s 50’s Diner
Finnegan’s Bar and Grill
Fish on Fire
Flashback Diner
Frenchy’s Restaruants
Gator’s Café and Saloon
Gators Dockside
Grind House Bar and Grill
Haile Village Bistro
Hammerhead Fred’s
Havana Restaruant
Hog Heaven Bar-B-Q
Hooters
House of Blues
Jerrod’s Black Angus
Joe’s Stone Crab
Juno Beach Fish House
Keke’s Breakfast Café
Key Largo Conch House
Kobe Japanese Steakhouse
Landry’s Yak & Yeti
Leone
Little Bar and Grill
Longhorn Steakhouse
Maggiano’s Little Italy
Mancuso’s Restaurant
Margaritaville
Marker 8 Restaurant
Metro Corral Partners
Millhouse
Mitsukoshi
Mullet Bay Restaurant
Naples Flatbread & Wine Bar
Nelore Churrascaria
New England Fish Market & Restaurant
Nino’s Italian Restaurant
Nordstrom
Oceanaire Seafood Room
Oink 2 Tail BBQ
Orleans Grille
Palma Maria
Park Plaza Restaurant
Paul’s Shrimp House
Peg Leg Pete’s
Perkins Restaurant & Bakery
PJs Seashack
Polonia Polish Restaurant
Potter’s House Bistro
Prime Bar & Grill
Raglan Road
Rainforest Café
Real Florida Cracker BBQ
Red Mesa/Red Mesa Cantina
Red Rooster Café
Rice & Beans Cocina
River Street Riverboat Co.
Rocco’s Tacos
Royal Palace Thai Restaurant
Roy’s Restaurant & Lighthouse Restaurant
Rusty’s Seafood & Oyster Bar
Ruths’ Hospitality Group
Sabore Restaurant
Salamanders Sports Grill
Salt Life Food Shack
Saltwater Restaurants
San Jose’s Original Mexican
Sarasota Jungle Gardens
Scampi’s Restaurant
Shades Restaurant
Shady Cove Bar & Grill
Sharky’s on the Pier
Shrimp Boat Grill
Shula’s
Sizzler Steakhouse
Skewers
Smokey Bones
Swamp House Grill
Talk of the Town Restaurants
Tartini’s Pizzeria and Spaghetteria
Taverna Opa
Teak Neighborhood Grill
Texas de Brazil
TGI Friday’s
The Basil Leaf
The Broken Egg
The Dunedin Smokehouse
The Good Food Company
The Hot Spot Diner
The Oar House
The Palm Café
The Toasted Monkey
Tilted Kilt
Tony Roma’s
Turtles Restaurant
Uno Chicago Grill
Urban Flats
Vellos Historic Brickstreet Grill
Village Fish Market and Restaurant
Vines Grill
Waterfront Restaurants
Whistle Stop Grill & Bar
White Lion Café
Woody’s Bar B Q
Yellow Dog Café
Yoder’s Restaurant
Zaza New Cuban Diner
ZGrill
Zim Zari
Bar/Lounge/Night Club
Ashmore’s
Avenue Gatrobar
Boot Hill Saloon
Citrus Park House of Beer
Dubliner Irish Pub
Finnhenry’s/Ollie’s
Fly Bar
Hard Rock Orlando
Horsepower Bar and Grill
Icebar Orlando
Improv Comedy Club
Ka Tiki
McCracken’s Pub
Mixers Bar and Grill
Orlando Brewing
Rentao’s
Siggy’s American Bar
The Draft House
The Flying Pig Tap House
Tracy’s Lounge
Traders
Vegas Cabaret
Coffee Bar/Ice Cream/Yogurt
Aroma Espresso Bar
Baci Gelati
Cone Heads Ice Cream
Cool Mo’s Coffee
Dolce Bakery and Café
Espresso Events
Flakes
Froyolicious
Gioinata’s Gelateria & Caffe
Gulejo Coffee
Hottiee Coffee
Joji Yogurt
Just A Sip Café
Karibu Coffee
Koboskos Kreamery
Monchiland Self-Serve Frozen Yogurt
Nuberri Frozen Yogurt
Planet Smoothie
Redberry Gourmet Frozen Yogurt
Richard’s Fine Coffee
Shirley’s Ice Cream
Smoothie Shack
Swurlz
The Grind Coffee Bar and Café
The Witch’s Brew
Tutti Frutti
Twist ‘n More
Twistee Treat
Vittoria’s Coffee & Pastries
World of Coffee
Corporate Dining Service/Office/Plant
Aramark
Beltram’s Food Service
Chartwells
Compass Group
Eurest
Lockheed Martin
Oasis Refreshment Services
Ovations Food Services
Sodexo
Southern Foodservice Management
T&G Hospitality
Country/Membership Club
Addison Reserve Country Club
Audubon Country Club
Bathand Tennis Club
Celebration Golf Club
Emerald Dunes Club
Glen Eagle Country Club
Grand Harbor Club
Gulf Stream Bath and Tennis Club
Hawks Nest Golf Club
Hideaway Beach Club
Ibis Golf & Country Club
Interlachen Country Club
Isleworth Country Club
Jacksonville Golf & Country Club
Key Largo Anglers Club
Lake Nona Golf & Country Club
Links at Spruce Creek
Long Boat Key Club & Resort
Mar-A-Lago
Medalist Golf Club
Palm Aire Country Club
Palm Beach Yacht Club
Palma Ceia Golf & Country Club
Pelican Marsh Golf Club
Players Club and Spa
Rockledge Club
Rolling Green Golf Club
Savannah Yacht Club
Spring Run Golf Club
St. Charles Yacht Club
Stoneybrook Country Club
The Bears Club
The Club at Mediterra
The Delray Beach Club
The Founders Golf Club
The Glenridge
Victoria Hills Golf Club
Winter Park Racquet Club
Deli/Bakery
Annie’s Euro American Bakery
Bagel Love
Bake Me A Cake
Cake Addition Inc.
Cake Shots
Crumb & Get It Cookie Company
Custom Cake Studio
Deland Bakery and Deli
Douce France Bakery
Enchanted Cakes of Brevard
Fortuna Bakery
Frida’s Café & Bakery
Gourmet Circle
Grand Deli and Subs
Hattie’s Café and Beanery
Highland Oaks Café
Hoppy’s Corned Beef Corner
Itty Bitty Sweets
Joe Tomato’s Deli
Kappy’s Subs
Love Bugs Bakery
Manzano’s Beachside Deli
Milk and Honey Bakery
My French Café
Pammies Sammies
Ricopan Bakery Café
Roadside Grill
Sid’s Coffee and Deli
Swanky Sweets
Sweet Miniature Desserts
Tampa Street Café
The Bohemian Baker
The Lunch Box
The Purple Onion Deli
Toojay’s Gourmet Deli
University Village
Upper Crust Desserts
Vitambi Springs
Wright’s Gourmet House
Hospital/Healthcare/Correctional Institutions/Military
Baybreeze Nursing and Assisted Living
Blake Medical Center
Center for Drug Free Living
Community Hospice of NE Florida
Fish Memorial Hospital
Florida Hospital
Good Shepherd Hospice
Halifax Health
Magnolia Gardens Assisted Living
Manors at Hobe Sound
Martin Health System
Mayflower Retirement Community
Orlando Health & Rehab
Sand Hill Cove
Shriners Hospital
SMA Behavioral Healthcare
Sodexo Healthcare
Spring Hills – Hunters Creek
St. Augustine Center for Living
Sun City Center Hospice House
The Fountains of Melbourne
The Village/Westcare
Victoria Nursing
Village on the Green
Vince Carter Sanctuary
Winnie Palmer Hospital
Wuesthoff Hospital
Hotel/Motel/Resort/Casino/Cruise Ship
Atlantis, Paradise Island
Bentley’s Boutique Hotel
Breakers Hotel
Buena Vista Palace Hotel & Spa
Caribe Royale
CFI Westgate Resorts
Clarion Hotel & Conference Center
Club Med
Coco Key Hotel & Water Resort
Crowne Plaza Miami
Disney Cruise Line
Driftwood Hospitality Management
Edgewater Beach Hotel/Waldorf Astoria
Embassy Suites
Gaylord Palms
Hard Rock Hotel/Loews Hotels
Hilton Hotels
Hyatt Grand Cypress
Innisbrook Resort
Intercontinental Hotel
Kessler Collection
Lake Eve Resort
Loews Hotels
Marco Beach Ocean Resort
Marriott
Nickelodeon Suites Resort
Ocean Reef and Yacht Club
Omni Hotels
Palms Hotel and Villas
Raddison Resorts
Ramada Maingate West
Renaissance Hotels
Reunion Resort & Club
Rosen Hotels & Resorts
Royal Pacific Resort
Salvatore’s Grand Hotel
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel
Shades of Green
Shaw House Bed and Breakfast
Sheraton Hotels
Sirata Beach Resort
Summer Bay Resort
The Breakers Hotel
The Colony Hotel Palm Beach
The Villas of Grand Cypress
Three Oaks Bed & Breakfast
Waldorf Astoria and Hilton Bonnet Creek
Walt Disney Resorts
WDW Swan & Dolphin
Westgate Resorts
Windsor Palms
Wingate by Wyndham
Non-Hotel Banquet Facility/Catering Establishment
A Chef’s Touch Catering Service
Near Naked BBQ
Big City Catering
Catering Concepts & Concession
Chef Inspired Creations
Christopher’s Field Kitchen
Cooked Up Concepts
Corporate Caterers
Dinner’s at Ate
Executive Caterers
Fare to Remember
Florida BBQ Company
Hamptons Haute
Island Catering
Le Gourmet Experience
Mancini Diners, Inc.
My Dinner Factory
Palm Beach Catering
Parkland Chef Catering
Personal Touch Catering
Puff N Stuff
Richie’s Mobil Kitchen
Salt and Peppers
Signature by the Lake
Simply Catered, Inc.
Soiree Event & Conference Center
Southern Accents
Southern Smokehouse Catering
Sundance Catering & Events
The Event Factory
Tuscany on the Meadows
Wild Orchid
Pizzeria
Angelo’s Pizzeria
Beach Pizza Plus
Bellagio Pizzeria
Bella’s Tomato Pie
Best New York Pizza
Brooklyn Pizza
Chick-n-Pizza Works
Cici’s Pizza
East Coast Pizza
Eddy’s Famous Pizza and Wings
Fratellos Pizza
Gianni’s Pizza
Gondolier Pizza
Hungry Howie’s Pizza
La Pizza Misa
New York Pizza Development Group
Original Big Tomato
Panino’s Pizza and Grill
Park Square Pizza
Pizza and Brew
Pizza Shack
Shadrach’s Fiery Furnace Traveling Pizza
Snappy Tomato Pizza
Snead Island Bakery
Sorrentos Pizza
Village Pizza
Retail Store/Supermarket
Amici’s Gourmet Market
Bonnell’s Boutique & Winery
Brown Family Farm
C’est Si Bon Gourmet Grocer
Costco
Green Turtle Market
Mexland d/b/a/ Rubios Food Stores
Morton’s Gourmet Market
Publix
Winn Dixie
School District/School/University/Camp
Aramark/Gator Dining
Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale
Bay County School Board
Bethune-Cookman University
Brevard Public Schools
Campus Grille
Columbia High School
Daytona State College
Eastern Florida State College
Florida International University
Florida State College of Jacksonville
Forest Lake Education Center
Georgia Southern University
Hillsborough Community College
Johnson & Wales University
Keiser University – Sarasota
Lake County Schools
Le Cordon Bleu
Mid Florida Tech
Orange County Public Schools
Pinellas County School board
Primrose School of Lake Nona
Rasmussen College
Rosen College
Saint Leo University
SCCC Bistro & Catering
Schoolcraft College
Seminole County Public Schools
Sodexo
South Broward High School
St Joseph Catholic School
Tampa Bay Tech
The International Culinary School
Treasure Coast High School
University of South Florida
University of Central Florida
University of Florida
University of Tampa
Valencia College
Sports Arena/Amusement Park/Concession/Convention Center
Americrown
Amikids Space Coast Marine
Brevard Zoo
Broward Center for Performing Arts
Buena Vista Concessions
Busch Entertainment Corporation
Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Garden
Coco Key Water Resort
Delaware North Tamps Sportster
Disney Destinations
Epic Theaters
Funspot
Jacksonville Arcade
Kid City USA
Legoland of Florida
Livingston’s
Orlando Live Events
Osceola County Softball Complex
Painted Horizons Hot Air Balloons
Seaworld Parks & Entertainment
The Lakeland Center
Universal Orlando
Walt Disney World Parks & Resorts
Wet ‘n Wild