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HQ: Dallas
Leadership: Owner/founder Nick Badovinus
Systemwide sales FY2017: Not disclosed
Concepts: Neighborhood Services (2); Neighborhood Services Bar Room & Broiler; Montlake Cut; Off-Site Kitchen; Perfect Union Pizza Co. and Town Hearth
Over-the top decor with a soupçon of restraint remains the design signature of hands-on restaurant creator Nick Badovinus, whose Dallas-based Flavorhook LLC’s portfolio of concepts ranges from laid-back burgers at his Off-Site Kitchen to the 6,000-square-foot Town Hearth with its 5,000-gallon glass fish tank that shows off a submerged vintage World War II minesweeper (painted in vibrant lemon yellow) and 60 sparkling chandeliers.
“I’ve been collecting and stashing away stuff for years,” he said. “It’s really only fun if you can share them, right?”
His designs also offer some pricing flexibility. “Going out to eat has always been about having a good time. The fun factor tends to increase as you go up the pricing ladder,” Badovinus said. “A big night out should involve getting dressed up and going out and seeing something that is a little surprising and amazing and something you can’t get at home or see every day.”
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