

Presented by Nation’s Restaurant News, the 60th Annual MUFSO Conference brings together the restaurant industry’s top leaders to share business insights that are laser focused on moving the restaurant industry forward. Simplot Company, New Mexico Department of Agriculture, OpenTable, PACO Collective, Tundra Restaurant Supply, Upshow, Royal Cup Coffee, V&V Supremo and Ventura Foods Sponsor Partners: 505 Southwestern, Appetize Technologies Inc., CardFree, Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, Compaction Technologies, Daiya, Exponential Interactive, Greenberg Traurig, J.R. Presenting Sponsors: Shift4 Payables, Shift Pixy, QU and Valyant AI 20 in Mobile, Ala.Ĭlick on our gallery to get a closer look at this growing brand. The company’s 32 nd restaurant opens Aug. That formula has led to growth in six states. “I wanted approachable food, but in a way never had it before,” Moore said. The menu features fried chicken biscuit sandwiches made with unconventional premium ingredients such as shiitake mushroom gravy, fried goat cheese, pecan wood smoked bacon and collard greens. They decided on a biscuit-centric concept that would be open only six days a week. Their goal was to build a business that was sustainable in both profits and lifestyle. Moore, a former Winn-Dixie executive, and partner Gus Evans opened the first Maple Street Biscuit Company in Jacksonville in late 2012 after they both lost their jobs.
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Other winners include &pizza, The Crack Shack, Garden Bar and Mulberry & Vine. The brand will be honored as a 2019 Hot Concept winner at NRN’s annual MUFSO conference in October. That philosophy, combined with a profitable track record that has led to growth beyond its core Florida market, is why Maple Street is one of five emerging brands honored by Nation’s Restaurant News this year.

“We hire good people, teach them what right looks like and get out their way,” Moore said. These men and women are “community leaders” who are passionate about serving guests savory fried chicken biscuit sandwiches and fresh roasted coffee in a “Cheers-like” setting. And, don’t call them general managers, says co-founder Scott Moore. They, instead, make it a priority to find and nurture the right person to run each restaurant. company grows, leaders don’t look for the right real estate first. Related: NRN names 2019 Hot Concept award winnersĪs the 31-unit Jacksonville, Fla. Scott Moore and Gus Evans founded the breakfast and lunch restaurant.
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The fast-casual breakfast/brunch concept was created by entrepreneurs with no restaurant experience, is not open on Sundays, sells dishes at a flat dollar price (no cents involved) and does not call out orders by name or number. Maple Street Biscuit Company, one of Jacksonvilles most popular restaurants, has been sold for 36 million to Cracker Barrel. Everything about Maple Street Biscuit Company’s business model goes against standard restaurant practices.
