What is the history of Jillian's?
Jillian's. Jillian's was a restaurant and entertainment chain with locations in the United States, headquartered in Reno, Nevada. Jillian's locations as of March 2016 are San Francisco, California and the original location in Boston. History. Jillian's was founded in 1985 as a billiards club located near Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.
What happened to Jillian's?
In 2004, Jillian's Entertainment Holdings, Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and arranged to sell its assets. Nine of the Jillian's locations and the Jillian's tradename were sold to Dave & Buster's.
Is Jillian's billiards still open?
Jillian's was a restaurant and entertainment chain with locations in the United States, headquartered in Reno, Nevada. As of December 2018, all former locations have been closed. Jillian's was founded in 1985 as a billiards club located near Fenway Park in Boston by Stephen Foster.
Where is the original Jillian's in Boston?
Jillian's in Boston. Jillian's was a restaurant and entertainment chain with locations in the United States, headquartered in Reno, Nevada. Jillian's locations as of March 2016 are San Francisco, California and the original location in Boston. Jillian's was founded in 1985 as a billiards club located near Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts.
Where is Jillian's located?
In early 1999 Jillian's opened its first New York location, in Albany, and additional clubs were soon under construction in the towns of Rochester and Farmingdale. The company was now operating more than 25 sites around the country. It also had taken over two "America Live" operations in Phoenix and Minneapolis, the latter located at the Mall of America. This 50,000-square-foot entertainment complex was the company's largest to date.
What is Jillian's Entertainment?
Company History: Jillian's Entertainment Holdings, Inc. operates a chain of 40 restaurant and entertainment complexes in the United States and Canada. The company's sites typically combine several drinking and dining options with billiards, bowling, high-tech video games, and a dance club.
Who founded Jillian's Billiards Club?
1988: Stephen Foster founds the first Jillian's Billiards Club in Boston.
Is Jillian's a cutting edge company?
Jillian's Management believes that it is on the cutting edge of the "Eat! Drink! Play!" industry. With its tightly managed and fully conceived program, consistently profitable unit economics, the visionary leadership of its founder, and the recent partnership with the J.W. Childs Group of Boston, Jillian's is uniquely positioned to dominate its target markets. Its aggressive expansion strategy, powered both by new builds and by acquisitions, should enable Jillian's to secure its position as market leader and to establish its brand further in the national consciousness.
