Turn local flavor into lasting value.
Authentic Restaurant Brands (ARB) is the partnership platform behind beloved regional restaurants across America—we call them “hometown heroes.”
Scale without sacrifice.
We’re here to take what’s already working and make it even stronger—using tried-and-true methods, sharpened by our own experience. As restaurateurs with deep respect, we simply want to amplify and protect what earned each unique brand its greatest successes.
How we turbocharge our brands.
A Proven Playbook
Highly tailored, step-by-step systems for operations, menu architecture, staffing, pricing, throughput, marketing, and much more—refined across brands.
Technology Enablement
Modern tech stack for POS, labor management, loyalty strategy, and digital ordering, delivered through top-tier partners and scaled efficiently across brands.
Real-Time Data
Deep research, tools and reporting that deliver actionable insights and enable smarter decisions across operations, finance and marketing.
Hands-on Partnership
Ongoing, side-by-side guidance for everything from training rollout to loyalty strategy, to day-to-day business challenges.
We know where value lives.
As seasoned restaurant operators, we know exactly how to find and extract the most value, focusing on restaurants with strong margins, committed fans, and decades of hard-earned success.
What We Look For
Regional Reputations
We back hometown heroes—brands that people continually defend, celebrate, and even tattoo on their arms.
Proven Histories
We seek brands with at least two decades in the game that continue to show strong, stable financial performance.
Growth Potential
We strive to build on exceptional success by offering the capital and core operational support for scaling meaningfully, yet thoughtfully.
Authentic Stories
We partner with brands built on culture, conviction, and strong connection with diverse customers.
We’ve worked the shifts to build winning playbooks.
Taking what we’ve learned across our brands and our past restaurant experiences, we apply pressure-tested systems, data-driven infrastructures, and disciplined reinvestment to help brands move faster and play smarter for the long run.
The people behind the brands.
We bring empathy and strategy alongside capital—because we’ve lived the life our brands lead. As seasoned restaurant operators of everything from QSR giants to beloved local gems, we understand the grind, the guest experiences, and the gut instincts that drive performance.
