Golden Corral Franchise Overview

About Golden Corral

Golden Corral, based in Raleigh, NC is the Nation’s #1 buffet-grill restaurant chain with nearly 500 restaurants across the U.S. We are an iconic American brand with a loyal customer base. Golden Corral is famous for its variety, including USDA steaks cooked to order, rotisserie chicken, awesome pot roast, hot yeast rolls, and desserts like homemade carrot cake and the Chocolate Wonderfall®.

Franchise History

Golden Corral’s first restaurant opened in 1973 in Fayetteville, N.C., as a family steakhouse. In the mid-’80s, guests’ requests for additional entrees and an expanded salad bar prompted the company to reinvent itself by introducing the 400-seat “Buffet and Grill.”

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