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Comfort Food
…with flair
Metro Diner Real Estate Development
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Covered Patio
Locations:
Open:
- Jacksonville (6 locations)
- St. Augustine, Palm Coast, Gainesville, Orlando &
Indianapolis
Under Construction:
- Ponte Vedra and St. Petersburg
Orlando Metro Diner
In Permitting:
- Raleigh, Philadelphia, and Indianapolis (2nd location)
Signed Leases:
- Savannah and Fayetteville
Lease Negotiation:
- Tampa, Atlanta, Richmond, Charlotte, York,
Villages,
Birmingham & Naples
Metro Diner
Leadership Team
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Chris Sullivan
§ Former Co-Founder, Co-Chairman
and CEO of Outback Steakhouse/
OSI Restaurant Partners Inc.
§ Participated in Outback’s $3.5
billion acquisition by Bain Capital
(April 2007)
§ Began career at Steak and Ale and
led the company’s rapid
expansion of Bennigan’s
§ Owned ~5.5% of Bloomin’ Brands
(BLMN) at the time of its IPO in
August 2012
§ In 1994 Sullivan along with the
other founders of Outback were
awarded the Entrepreneur of the
Year Award by Ernst & Young
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Hugh Connerty,
Jr.
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Carl Sahlsten
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Former Managing Partner of Outback
Steakhouse International and Outback
Steakhouse’s first franchisee
Founder of Longhorn Steakhouse
Founder of Hooters of America
Member of the Advisory Board of the Goizueta
School of Business at Emory University
Served on the President’s Council of the
Betty Ford Center
Senior Vice President of Real Estate and
Development for OSI Restaurant Partners,
Inc. (all brands).
President of Carrabba’s Italian Grill. Led
expansion from 6 to 70 locations.
President of Outback Steakhouse’s first
franchisee. Developed 18 locations across
North Florida and Georgia.
Chief Financial Officer of Hooters of America.
National TV Exposure
Guy Fieri and his popular TV show Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives visited Metro Diner in 2010. It created
national exposure for Metro Diner and significant traffic to the restaurants from all across the country.
The episode featuring our now famous Yo Hala on the Square, Meatloaf Plate and Pittsburgh Steak
Salad continues to run on the Food Channel stations many times each year.
Press and Accolades
Metro Diner has won numerous awards including:
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foursquare.com (#1 of America’s best diners)
Florida Time Union – 2015 Best in 7 categories
Jacksonville Magazine (Best Family Restaurant)
Void Magazine (multiple yearly awards)
Folio Weekly (“best of” - 11 years)
“BEST BREAKFAST – Metro Diner
A place that serves chocolate chip pancakes bigger than
your head is a keeper. Metro Diner has become so wildly
popular locally that it has expanded — now to four area
locations, with perhaps national domination on the way.
Each restaurant serves breakfast favorites like the
towering Yo Hala on the Square, a thick slab of challah
bread stuffed with bananas, brown sugar, cream cheese
and hazelnut syrup, then topped with a blueberry
compote, and the massive Fried Chicken and Waffle — half
a fried chicken, an entire Belgian waffle, a scoop of
strawberry butter, and a side of sweet and spicy hot
sauce.” – Folio Weekly 2014
Yo Hala on the Square
“These 15 Jacksonville Restaurants Will Blow The Taste Buds Out Of Your Mouth”
“Metro Diner Is A Jacksonville Restaurant Icon
This place gives you the ultimate classic diner
experience. Even the restaurant itself looks like a
place where two weary cops would stop for a bite at
the end of a long shift.
Breakfast: Eggs, hash browns, pancakes and breakfast
meat. Or go for chicken and waffles, shrimp and grits
or biscuits and gravy.
Lunch: Comfort food like pot roast, chicken pot pie or
meatloaf, or something lighter like a sandwich, soup
or salad.
Plus there are always drool-worthy daily specials like
a waffle BLT and challah French toast. And it doesn’t
matter where you are in Jacksonville when the diner
craving hits, because they’ve got four locations.”
http://www.movoto.com
Diner Interior
“10 Things Only People From Jacksonville Understand”
#6. “If You Had To Choose Between Mom’s Southern Home Cooking Or The Metro Diner,
You’d Choose The Metro Diner Any Day. Because, honestly, living without The Metro
Diner’s famous chicken and waffles or mouthwatering shrimp and grits is a fate too
terrible to contemplate. Sorry, Mom.”
http://www.movoto.com/jacksonville-fl/things-only-people-from-jacksonville-understand
Shrimp & Grits
Huevos Rancheros
Yelp Reviews…
“Holy taste buds! My friends and I had a girls reunion in
Jacksonville. After much research, we decided on Metro Diner
for our breakfast destination. We were NOT disappointed! I
had the San Francisco Benedict halved with a side of the
corned beef hash... Delicious! Girlfriends had the French toast
and Belgium waffle. They too thoroughly enjoyed their meals.
Kate, our adorable server, made our visit all the more
enjoyable and started our day off perfectly!”
San Francisco Eggs Benedict
“Came to Metro diner for the first time, 2 times
while visiting from NYC, I’d seen this on an episode
of triple D! And just had to check it out. My first
visit there I ordered a hunger man style breakfast
eggs, bacon, home fries, sausage.... Breakfast here
was heart filling and amazing I enjoyed it so much!
Everything was made fresh and to order! I also
tried my guests french toast which was seemingly
made of pound cake, very flavorful and amazing,
the staff is wonderful friendly and attentive and
there for whatever you need! The owners origin is
Pittsburgh! Which is why you'll see items on the
menu named after Pittsburgh! My second time
there I ordered the Pittsburgh sandwich... This
monstrous thing comes with pastrami provolone,
fries tomatoes and cole slaw and fried egg on it on
this huge homemade bread. it was def an
interesting combo but I enjoyed very much, that
and the meatloaf was featured on the show triple
D!!! You will be very happy leaving here!!!”
Vincenzo C. (New York, NY)
The Metro Diner
1534 3rd Street North, Jacksonville Beach, FL
Ranked #3 of 154 Restaurants in Jacksonville Beach
145 Reviews
Certificate of Excellence 2014
Cuisines: American
Dining options: Breakfast/Brunch, Reservations
“If I lived in Jacksonville, I might eat here 5 days a week, no wait...maybe 7! Local "joint" serving meals from breakfast to
lunch only, and boy do they do it right. Glad we took the "detour" off I-95 to seek this place out on our way through town.
Scratch-made food done right with some inventive dishes and solid staple items. Prices may be a bit on the high side, but
portions are more than adequate.
My wife and I split a shrimp po-boy sandwich (which was actually two sandwiches) and it was amazing...shrimp fried to
perfection with good bread and an excellent sauce. Eggs benedict were solid and hashbrowns were cooked just right. My
mom had a pecan-crusted fish salad and she said the fish was outstanding. Daughter's chicken pot pie was huge and
delicious.”
Evan F. (Cleveland, OH)
Open Kitchen & Counter Area
Eggs Benedict