  dave & buster's (d&b) is an american restaurant and entertainment business headquartered in dallas, texas."contact us." dave & buster's. retrieved on november 4, 2009. each dave and busters has a full-service restaurant and a video arcade. as of november 2014, the company has 73 locations across the united states and one restaurant in canada. the company does not license the d&b concept internationally or domestically. ==history== the first dave & buster's was opened in dallas in 1982 by david corriveau and james "buster" corley. in 1989. edison brothers stores purchased a majority ownership in the restaurant to finance further expansion into other cities. dave & buster's was spun off from edison brothers, and went public with andy newman as chairman in 1995. d&b acquired nine jillian's locations after jillian's filed for chapter 11 bankruptcydallas business journal: sept 24, 2004-dave & busters and gemini investors to purchase jillian's assetshouston business journal: oct 8, 2004-dave & buster's to turn out the lights on katy mills jillian's in 2004. seven of these jillian's locations have been re-branded with the dave & buster's name, while two of them were closed following the acquisition. the company announced on december 8, 2005, that it would be acquired by private equity firm wellspring capital management.business wire: dec 9, 2005-dave & buster's, inc. agrees to be acquired by wellspring capital for $18.05 cash per share on july 16, 2008, dave & buster's holdin
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