Famous Dave’s was one of the fasted growing restaurants in history.  The company was founded by Dave Anderson who grew up in Chicago with a passion for barbecue.  He started the restaurant in 1994 and it literally took off right from the beginning.  They won many different awards including the Best BBQ Sauce in America and the Best BBQ Joint award as well.  They continued to win awards until they had one over 200 awards for the ribs and over 50 awards for their salads.  They have locations in 37 states and the flagship restaurant is in Calhoun Square in Minneapolis.

The Famous Dave’s menu centers all around BBQ and they are well known for their ribs and more.  They also feature burgers, sandwiches, combos, feasts, and so much more.  They use special smoking recipes and their BBQ sauce is not only award winning, but award winning every single year.  They also serve award winning salads and ribs as well.  They are considered to be a casual dining smoke house for barbecue meats, sandwiches, and amazing salads.

Famous Dave’s offers restaurant franchise opportunities in many areas and they prefer owners that have management experience in a full service restaurant and live near the desired location.  They really look for franchisees with multi-unit experience, but single units are also considered depending on the area.  They do look for franchisees that are willing to commit to a minimum of 3 units for development.  You must has at least a net worth of one half million dollars per unit if it is going to be 4,000 square feet or smaller.  If it is going to be larger they require a million dollars in net worth per unit.  They estimate the minimum development costs to be $630,250 and the maximum to be $4,156,750.