BEAUTY SHOP RESTAURANT INC.

What BEAUTY SHOP RESTAURANT INC. does

BEAUTY SHOP RESTAURANT INC. (DBA The Beauty Shop Restaurant) is a privately held, single-location full-service restaurant operating in the Cooper-Young district of midtown Memphis, Tennessee, at 966 South Cooper. Founded in 2002 by Executive Chef and Owner Karen Carrier, the business is built around an experiential concept that occupies the former Atkins Beauty Salon — a space historically associated with Priscilla Presley — and preserves original 1950s-era elements including mint green wash basins, terrazzo flooring, glass brick booths, and Belvedere hair dryers. The restaurant serves Southern and international fusion cuisine across lunch (Monday–Friday), weekday and weekend dinner, and Saturday/Sunday brunch services, complemented by a full bar program anchored by a hand-built tiger maple wood bar.

The company's revenue model is straightforward dine-in restaurant sales at one location, with a small ancillary gift card channel starting at $25 per card. Its underlying technology footprint is minimal: a Squarespace-hosted website for menu distribution, brand storytelling, and gift card commerce, plus an OpenTable integration that powers online reservations. There are no disclosed funding rounds, external investors, parent companies, or subsidiaries; ownership is concentrated with founder Karen Carrier, and the business employs approximately 9 people.

The company serves a horizontal consumer segment of Memphis-area diners and tourists seeking a themed, experiential dining occasion rather than a defined enterprise or B2B customer base. Marketing channels are limited to organic social (Facebook, Instagram), earned media press coverage, and OpenTable as a transaction surface. Strategic posture over the past decade has been one of consolidation rather than expansion: the founder divested Automatic Slims in 2008, shuttered Dō Sushi in 2013, and closed the Back Dō / Mi Yard outdoor concept during the pandemic, leaving The Beauty Shop as the anchor concept within her Memphis portfolio.

Name

BEAUTY SHOP RESTAURANT INC.

Legal name

BEAUTY SHOP RESTAURANT INC.

Website

https://thebeautyshoprestaurant.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Beauty Shop Restaurant is a privately held, single-location themed full-service restaurant in Memphis, Tennessee, founded in 2002, serving Southern-international fusion cuisine in a historic 1950s beauty salon space to local diners and tourists.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Themed Casual Dining Restaurant

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

All-Day Dining Restaurants (THAFACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fine Dining Restaurants (THAFACAA), Special Occasion & Destination Restaurants (THAFACAK)

Keywords

• Themed restaurant dining
• Southern fusion cuisine
• Brunch and dinner service
• Cocktail bar service
• Celebrity chef restaurant

Headquarters

HQ city

Memphis

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Dine-in restaurant sales: Traditional restaurant revenue from food and beverage sales at the Memphis location, with lunch, dinner, and brunch service across multiple days.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

BEAUTY SHOP RESTAURANT INC. operates The Beauty Shop Restaurant, a single-location, full-service themed restaurant in the Cooper-Young district of midtown Memphis, Tennessee. The restaurant offers lunch (Monday–Friday), weekday dinner (Monday–Thursday), weekend dinner (Friday–Saturday), Saturday brunch, Sunday brunch, and a cocktail and bar program featuring Southern-international fusion cuisine. Gift cards starting at $25 are sold through the company website, and reservations are accepted via OpenTable.

Product overview

The Beauty Shop Restaurant is a single-location dining establishment offering a unified restaurant experience centered on its 1950s-style beauty shop theme. The core offering consists of meal services including lunch (Monday-Friday), dinner (Monday-Saturday), and weekend brunch (Saturday-Sunday). The menu features Southern and international fusion cuisine under Executive Chef & Owner Karen Carrier. Additional offerings include a full bar program and gift cards available for purchase. The restaurant is housed in the former Atkins Beauty Salon where Priscilla Presley once got her hair styled, and features original architectural elements like terrazzo flooring, glass brick booth stalls, and vintage hair dryers as seating.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lunch Menu

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• OpenTablecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOpenTable integration for online reservation booking. The website features OpenTable's reservation widget allowing customers to book tables directly. This is a critical distribution channel for restaurant reservations.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Hard Rock Cafe: Global themed restaurant chain built around rock-and-roll memorabilia and a destination-dining concept. Comparable as a broad incumbent that proves the themed-destination restaurant model at scale, but operates a chain rather than a single chef-owned concept.
• Buca di Beppo: Themed Italian restaurant chain known for nostalgic, family-style decor and a destination-dining atmosphere. Comparable as a chain operator whose concept is anchored in distinctive interior design and group-occasion positioning.
• House of Blues: Music-themed restaurant and live-entertainment venue chain with locations across the U.S. Comparable as a broader themed-restaurant operator that combines atmosphere, music, and food as the core value proposition.
• The Melting Pot: Themed fondue-dining chain where the experiential format (interactive, multi-course) is the differentiator. Comparable as a chain built around a distinctive dining experience rather than cuisine alone, illustrating the themed-restaurant model at scale.
• TGI Fridays: Pioneer of the American themed casual-dining format, with memorabilia-strewn interiors and a brand built on atmosphere as much as food. Comparable as a broad incumbent that historically demonstrated how themed interiors can drive a national restaurant brand.

Direct peers

• Beauty & Essex: Themed, concept-driven full-service restaurant in New York City operated by the Tao Group, built around a hidden speakeasy narrative and design-forward interiors. Comparable to The Beauty Shop as a destination restaurant where concept, atmosphere, and storytelling drive the value proposition.
• The Majestic Grille: Independent full-service restaurant in Memphis housed in a historic 1920s theater building, offering concept-driven dining built around a preserved themed venue. Closest direct comparable given shared Memphis market, themed-venue positioning, and single-location independent-operator model.
• Felicia Suzanne's: Chef-owned Memphis restaurant serving upscale Southern cuisine with a strong personal-chef brand. Comparable as a single-location Memphis independent where the chef-owner's identity is central to the concept and pricing power.
• Hog & Hominy: Chef-driven Memphis restaurant focused on modern American and Italian-influenced cooking. Comparable as a contemporary independent Memphis operator targeting the same dining-out consumer segment.
• Restaurant Iris: Chef-owned fine-dining restaurant in Memphis focused on contemporary Southern cuisine. Comparable as a high-end, chef-driven Memphis independent with similar customer overlap in the Cooper-Young / midtown dining market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/beautyshoprestaurant
• Instagraminstagram.com/beautyshoprestaurant
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/beauty-shop-restaurant-inc.

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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