Chili's

Chili's Grill & Bar is an American casual dining restaurant chain. The company was founded by Larry Lavine in Texas in 1975 and is currently owned and operated by Brinker International.
== History ==
Chili's first location, a converted postal station on Greenville Avenue in the Vickery Meadows area of Dallas, Texas, opened in 1975. The original Chili's on Greenville Avenue moved to a new building on the same site in 1981 before relocating again in 2007.
Lavine's concept was to create an informal, full-service dining restaurant with a menu featuring different types of hamburgers offered at an affordable price. The brand proved successful, and by the early 1980s, there were 28 Chili's locations in the region, all featuring similar Southwest decor.
In 1983, Lavine sold the company to restaurant executive Norman E. Brinker, formerly of the Pillsbury restaurant group that owned Bennigan's.
== Menu ==
Chili's serves American food, Tex-Mex cuisine and dishes influenced by Mexican cuisine, such as spicy shrimp tacos, quesadillas, and fajitas.
In addition to their regular menu, the company offers a nutritional menu, allergen menu, and vegetarian menu. In 2016, the "Sunrise Burger" (which includes an egg) and the "Ultimate Bacon Burger" were added to the menu.
In 1990, a breakfast menu consisting of pancakes, waffles, French toast, toast, cereal, eggs and bacon, scrambled eggs, and omelettes was added to Chili's.
On September 8, 2018, the breakfast menu was removed for unspecified reasons.
== Locations ==
== See also ==
*Applebee's - competitor
*Bennigan's - Irish pub competitor
*Hurricane Grill & Wings - chicken restaurant competitor
Category:Restaurants
Category:Tex-Mex Restaurants
Category:Bar and grill restaurants
Category:North America
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Category:Franchises
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