Yard House

Yard House is an American restaurant chain, with 80+ locations across the United States.^[2] Yard House was purchased by Darden Restaurants in 2012 for $585 million and now operates out of Orlando, Florida.^[3][4]

Yard House

Company type	Division
Industry	Restaurant
Genre	Casual dining
Founded	1996; 29 years ago (1996), in Long Beach, California, U.S.
Founder	Steele Platt,[1] Steve Reynolds, Tom Yelenick, Bill Wollrab
Headquarters	Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Number of locations	88 (January 2024)
Products	American cuisine (pasta • salads • chicken • seafood), gluten sensitive menu
Parent	Darden Restaurants, Inc.
Website	www.yardhouse.com

History

Yard House was founded in 1996 in Long Beach, California by Steele Platt, Tom Yelenick, William Wollrab and Steve Reynolds.^[5] The Yard House began its East Coast expansion in 2010, with a restaurant in the Legacy Place lifestyle center in the Boston suburb of Dedham.^[6] In mainland China, Yard House USA, Inc. and Darden do not own the Yard House brand; unaffiliated restaurants are operated by a domestic restaurant group.^[7][8]

Menu

The restaurant offers a variety of food and focuses on fusion dishes. The menu includes several Gardein based items. It also has a major focus on craft beer. Locations have over 100 beers on tap and offer tasting platters of different types of beers.^[9]