HAVE YOUR SAY: Daniel DeLeo | President and CEO | Grumpy’s Restaurant
How Grumpy’s Restaurant Has Won Over Northeast Florida’s Heart The restaurant industry is infamously known for dedicating a lot of hard work and commitment. After 15 years in the industry, I’ve learned a lot about what it takes to own and operate a successful restaurant. Currently, I am the President & CEO of Grumpy’s Restaurant and Grumpy’s Restaurant Franchise, which is a traditional Americana, full-service restaurant franchise based in Jacksonville, Florida.
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Grumpy’s Restaurant was born out of passion and love for bringing family and friends together over great diner food. Our commitment and mission are to deliver the highest quality dining experience at an affordable price for families everywhere. We will never waver on our commitment to excellent home-style cooking, attentionto-detail, sweet southern hospitality and serving a hungry-person’s portion at a working-class price. All while closing at
Founded in 1999 and franchising since 2019, Grumpy’s Restaurant offers fresh, made-to-order and always-made-fromscratch menu items for breakfast, brunch and lunch. With an array of daily and weekly chalk board specials, a variety of sandwiches, homemade soups, salads, signature coffee, fresh squeezed juices, homemade hot chocolate and desserts, Grumpy’s has the perfect meal for everyone. A few popular menu items from Grumpy’s include our Cinnamon Roll Pancakes, which are topped with hot cinnamon roll center, house made icing, walnuts and powdered sugar and our Spicy Fried Chicken Benedict, which includes poached eggs served over fried chicken on a buttermilk biscuit topped with spicy hollandaise sauce and fried jalapenos. Our customers also love our specialty waffles such as the Strawberry Cheesecake Waffle that is infused with New York cheesecake pieces and topped with a whole slice of New York cheesecake, strawberries, whipped cream and house made icing. With locations currently open in Orange Park, Middleburg and St. Johns Florida Grumpy’s has proven itself to be local favorite in Northeast Florida. Due to its popularity, there will be a fourth location opening in Wildlight (Yulee, FL) later this
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