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The country's biggest sports bar chains

Here's a look at the sports-centric concepts that generated the most sales last year, according to the Technomic Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report.
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Sports bars have been slow to come back from the pandemic, but they are recovering. Here are the largest sports-centric chains in the U.S. based on 2021 domestic system sales, according to the Technomic Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report. 

2022 RankChain Name2021 US Sales ($000,000)2021 US Units
23Buffalo Wild Wings$3,7181,212
59Hooters$835303
93Miller's Ale House$457*97
96Dave & Buster's$437142
106Twin Peaks$39987
148Walk-On's Sports Bistreaux$25359
213Beef 'O' Brady's$153*133
230Duffy's Sports Grill$134*33
249Glory Days Grill$12839
Source: Technomic's Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report; *Technomic estimate

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