Front Porch

Casual Dining Restaurantsfrontporchrossbridge.com

Front Porch is a privately held, single-location family-friendly restaurant in Hoover, Alabama, serving upscale southern cuisine, pizzas, and craft drinks to the Ross Bridge community, supplemented by catering and live acoustic music.

Company typePrivate
Founded2016
HeadquartersHoover, United States
Headcount11–50
GTM typeB2C
OfferingServices

What Front Porch does

Front Porch is a privately held, single-location family-friendly restaurant operating since March 2016 at 2301 Grand Ave Suite 109 in Hoover, Alabama, at the entrance of the Ross Bridge resort community. Co-founded by longtime Ross Bridge residents Jeremy Hackney and John Giffin, the restaurant was opened to fill a gap in family-oriented dining options in the neighborhood and serves local residents and visitors with upscale southern cuisine, fresh baked pizzas, craft cocktails, and a full-service bar featuring local brews on tap. The restaurant operates six days a week (closed Sundays) from 11:00am to 9:00pm and is supplemented by live acoustic music performances.

The business extends beyond dine-in through three additional revenue channels: online ordering for pickup via the Toasttab platform, off-site catering for corporate events and private gatherings (contact 205.613.6763), and a live music venue program for acoustic acts with 1-3 members. Its underlying technology is conventional and asset-light — a WordPress-based marketing website built by HighLevelMarketing, the Toasttab third-party ordering and payment platform (which charges a 2.75% convenience fee on card transactions), and a Google Business Profile for local SEO. There is no proprietary software, no app, no API, and no disclosed technology integrations beyond Toasttab.

Front Porch operates on a straightforward direct-to-consumer transactional revenue model. Pricing is unit-based per menu item, with individual dishes ranging from approximately $10 to $50, supplemented by half-pan/full-pan catering options. Customer segments are concentrated in the local Ross Bridge community for dine-in and in Hoover-area businesses and event organizers for catering. The business has no funding rounds, no institutional ownership, and no parent company; it is structured as a simple partnership between its two co-founders, with headcount reported in the 11-50 range.

Front Porch firmographics

Firmographics

Name: Front Porch
Legal name: Front Porch
Website: https://frontporchrossbridge.com
Company type: Private
Founded year: 2016
Operating status: Operating
Headcount range: 11–50 employees
Short description: Front Porch is a privately held, single-location family-friendly restaurant in Hoover, Alabama, serving upscale southern cuisine, pizzas, and craft drinks to the Ross Bridge community, supplemented by catering and live acoustic music.
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Front Porch industry classification

Industry

Product category: Casual Dining Restaurants
NAICS: Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (722410), Caterers (722320)
SIC: Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)
akta.pro primary industry: Family-Style Restaurants (THAFACAC)
akta.pro secondary industries: All-Day Dining Restaurants (THAFACAJ), Neighborhood Bars & Taverns (CRANACAA)

Keywords

Casual dining restaurants
Southern cuisine restaurants
Pizza restaurants
Event catering services
Live music venues

Where Front Porch is headquartered

Location

Headquarters

HQ city: Hoover
HQ country: United States
HQ region: North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

Front Porch business model

Business model

GTM type: B2C
Offering type: Services
Cost components: Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

Dine-in Food and Beverage Sales: Revenue from serving food and beverages to customers dining at the restaurant, including upscale southern cuisine, fresh baked pizzas, craft cocktails, and local brews on tap.
Online Ordering: Digital ordering through Toasttab platform where customers order for pickup or delivery, generating transaction-based revenue.
Catering Services: Off-site catering for events providing food service for groups, featuring boxed lunches, buffet-style options, and full catering experiences. Contact available at 205.613.6763.

Pricing tiers

Model	Billing	Price
Unit Pricing	Pay-as-you-go	Catering Menu pricing
Unit Pricing	Pay-as-you-go	Pizza pricing (10 inch)
Unit Pricing	Pay-as-you-go	Appetizers and Sides
Unit Pricing	Pay-as-you-go	Salads

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Front Porch product offering

Product offering

Core offering

Front Porch operates a single-location family-friendly restaurant in Hoover, Alabama serving upscale southern cuisine, fresh baked pizzas, salads, appetizers, and a full-service bar with craft cocktails and local brews on tap. The business also offers off-site catering services for events of various sizes and hosts live acoustic music performances featuring 1-3 member acts.

Product overview

Front Porch is a single-location family-friendly restaurant providing upscale southern cuisine and fresh baked pizzas with a full-service bar featuring local brews. The core offering is dine-in service at their Ross Bridge location, supplemented by online ordering via ToastTab, catering services for events, and live music performances featuring acoustic acts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

Front Porch Restaurant (Dine-In)
Catering Services

Companies that use Front Porch

Customer profile

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Front Porch technology and API

Technology

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API: No
API docs
API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Front Porch partnerships and signals

Strategic signal

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

ToasttabcoreTechnology or IntegrationToasttab provides the online ordering and payment processing platform for Front Porch. Customers can place pickup and delivery orders through toasttab.com/frontporch. All credit/debit transactions include a 2.75% convenience fee.

Scale indicators1 record

Front Porch competitors and assessment

Company assessment

Direct peers

Hero Doughnuts: Birmingham-based casual neighborhood food concept with counter service, scratch menu, and community-oriented branding. Comparable in scale and local community-anchor positioning to Front Porch.
Roots & Revelry: Upscale southern-inspired restaurant in downtown Birmingham with craft cocktails. Comparable to Front Porch's positioning of upscale southern cuisine paired with a full-service bar featuring local brews/cocktails.
Surin West: Thai restaurant in the Hoover/Birmingham area serving Asian-fusion cuisine with full bar. Comparable casual sit-down restaurant model with diverse menu and bar service targeting Hoover-area diners.
El Barrio: Birmingham upscale-casual Latin American restaurant with craft cocktails and shareable plates. Comparable in upscale-casual positioning, full bar service, and neighborhood-destination dining experience.
The J. Clyde: Birmingham neighborhood pub specializing in craft beer with a food-forward menu. Directly comparable to Front Porch's full-service bar with local brews on tap plus full kitchen dining model.
Post Office Pies: Birmingham pizzeria focused on fresh, made-to-order pizzas in a casual neighborhood setting. Overlaps with Front Porch's fresh-baked pizza offering and casual dine-in atmosphere.
Saw's Soul Kitchen: Birmingham-based casual full-service restaurant known for BBQ and southern comfort food with a neighborhood/family vibe. Highly comparable to Front Porch's upscale southern cuisine and family-friendly positioning in the broader Birmingham-Hoover market.

Broad incumbents

Big Bad Breakfast: Multi-location southern breakfast/brunch concept founded by James Beard-winning chef John Currence. Comparable southern comfort cuisine positioning with broader geographic reach and stronger culinary brand recognition.
Another Broken Egg Cafe: National breakfast/brunch chain with locations in the Birmingham-Hoover market. Comparable family-friendly full-service restaurant concept targeting similar suburban daytime diner occasion.

Emerging players

Atomic Lounge: Birmingham craft cocktail bar with food menu and a focus on curated beverage program. Comparable to Front Porch's bar-and-food combination, though more cocktail-focused and located in urban Birmingham.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Front Porch financial estimates

Financial estimate

Revenue estimate

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Front Porch leadership team

Management profile

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Front Porch funding detail

Funding detail

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Front Porch M&A and investment

M&A and investment

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Front Porch

What does Front Porch do?

Is Front Porch a public or private company?

Front Porch is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.

When was Front Porch founded?

Front Porch was founded in 2016. It employs 11 to 50 people.

Where is Front Porch based?

Front Porch is headquartered in Hoover, United States, in the North America region.

How does Front Porch make money?

Three revenue lines are on record. Dine-in Food and Beverage Sales are the primary driver. The others are online Ordering and catering Services.

Who are Front Porch's main competitors?

Direct peers on record are Hero Doughnuts, Roots & Revelry, Surin West, El Barrio, The J. Clyde, Post Office Pies and Saw's Soul Kitchen. Broad incumbents are Big Bad Breakfast and Another Broken Egg Cafe. Atomic Lounge is listed as an emerging player.

Does Front Porch have an API?

No public API is recorded for Front Porch.

What industry is Front Porch in?

Front Porch's product category is Casual Dining Restaurants. Its primary akta.pro industry code is THAFACAC, Family-Style Restaurants, with a secondary code of THAFACAJ, All-Day Dining Restaurants. Its NAICS code is 722511 and its SIC code is 5810.