The Grill At 1951

Name

The Grill At 1951

Legal name

The Grill At 1951

Website

https://thegrillat1951.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fine Dining Restaurant

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Caterers (722320)

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

Fine Dining Restaurants (THAFACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Supper Clubs & Dinner-Theater Restaurants (THAFACAL)

Keywords

• Fine dining restaurant
• Live jazz music
• Private event catering
• Wine tasting dinners
• Restaurant dining services

Headquarters

HQ city

Port Charlotte

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Dine-in Food and Beverage Sales: Core restaurant revenue from serving fine dining cuisine including Angus beef, fresh seafood, and pasta dishes. Full bar with extensive wine list and specialty martini menu. Lunch and dinner service six days a week.
2. Private Events and Catering: Private dining room rentals for business meetings, weddings, and special occasions. Full-service catering available at off-site locations throughout Charlotte County.
3. Special Events and Wine Dinners: Exclusive food and wine pairing events, special entertainment performances with admission fees, and themed dinner shows featuring local and national jazz artists.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Grill At 1951 operates an upscale-casual fine dining restaurant in Port Charlotte, Florida serving lunch (Monday-Friday 11:30 AM-3:00 PM) and dinner (Monday-Saturday 4:30 PM-9:00 PM), with a menu featuring Angus beef, fresh seafood, pasta dishes, house-made soups, salads, and small plate options. The core offering pairs this cuisine with nightly live jazz entertainment including special Super Star Events on Thursdays featuring national and international recording artists. Supporting offerings include a private dining room (The Backroom) for up to 32 guests, off-site catering, monthly wine tasting dinners, gift cards, and a Toast Tab-powered loyalty rewards program.

Product overview

The Grill At 1951 is a fine dining jazz restaurant offering a unified dining experience centered around quality food and live jazz music entertainment. The core offering includes upscale dinner and lunch service featuring Angus beef, fresh seafood, and pasta dishes, complemented by nightly live jazz performances. Supporting services include The Backroom private dining room (accommodating up to 32 guests), catering services, gift cards, a loyalty rewards program via Toast Tab, and monthly wine tasting events. The restaurant operates a reservation system through Toast Tab and offers delivery through Uber Eats.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fine Dining Restaurant (Lunch and Dinner Service) Upscale-casual full-service fine dining restaurant offering lunch Monday-Friday 11:30 AM-3:00 PM and dinner Monday-Saturday 4:30 PM-9:00 PM, featuring Angus beef, fresh seafood, pasta dishes, house-made soups, salads, appetizers, sandwiches, desserts, small plates, and a full bar with an extensive wine list and specialty martini menu. Served to adult diners in Port Charlotte and Charlotte County, Florida.
• Live Jazz Music Entertainment Nightly live jazz performances at the restaurant featuring local area musicians and Super Star Thursday Events with national and international recording artists including Eric Alexander and recurring acts such as the Tony Boffa Jazz Quartet, Tim Goodman Trio, and Kitt Moran Quartet. Scheduled via an iCalendar/Google/Outlook events calendar.
• The Backroom Private Dining Private dining room accommodating up to 32 seated guests with a private entrance, bar, and bathrooms, featuring projection screen and TVs. Available for corporate functions, pharmaceutical meetings, business meetings, weddings, rehearsal dinners, birthdays, anniversaries, and other special occasions.
• Catering Services Full-service off-site catering available for events throughout Charlotte County, FL, including wine dinners and food specials featuring cuisine from the restaurant menu.
• Gift Cards Plastic and digital gift cards available for purchase for redemption at the restaurant.
• Loyalty Rewards Program Toast Tab-powered loyalty rewards program with QR code signup offering 25 free points at sign-up, points earned on every visit, $5 off on the member's birthday, and special offers and discounts.
• Wine Tasting Dinner Events Monthly wine tasting dinners held on the last Monday of every month featuring curated wine and food pairings, including an extensive wine list from various wine-growing regions worldwide. Customer feedback from these events informs menu additions.

Quantifiable outcome

• First Place winner at 10th Annual Taste of Punta Gorda food show

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Uber EatsminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorThird-party delivery partnership allowing customers to order The Grill At 1951 food for pickup or delivery through the Uber Eats platform. Enables off-premise dining options for customers unable to dine in.
• Toast TabcoreTechnology or IntegrationRestaurant technology platform providing online reservation system, loyalty rewards program management, and gift card sales functionality. Powers the QR code-based loyalty program and online booking capabilities.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Cafe L'Europe: Long-established Florida fine dining restaurant in St. Petersburg offering upscale continental cuisine with extensive wine list. Comparable as a Florida independent fine dining operator with strong private event business and customer loyalty built over decades.
• Bern's Steak House: Legendary Tampa fine dining steakhouse with one of the world's largest wine cellars and private event spaces. Comparable as a Florida independent fine dining institution that has built a multi-generational customer base on quality and reputation rather than geographic expansion.
• Columbia Restaurant: Florida's oldest Spanish restaurant and Tampa Bay institution offering fine dining with live flamenco and jazz entertainment. Comparable as a regional Florida fine dining brand with strong entertainment programming and multi-generational customer loyalty.

Broad incumbents

• Season's 52: Fresh grill and wine bar concept offering upscale casual dining with rotating seasonal menu and live music programming in many locations. Comparable in Florida market presence, wine focus, and integration of entertainment into the dining experience.
• Chart House: Upscale waterfront fine dining chain known for fresh seafood, premium steaks, and scenic locations with private event capabilities. Comparable as a scaled fine dining competitor with strong event and catering business lines.
• The Capital Grille: National fine dining steakhouse chain offering upscale dining with private dining rooms for corporate events. Comparable as a scaled competitor in the fine dining segment The Grill At 1951 operates within, though without the live entertainment layer.
• Eddie V's Prime Seafood: National upscale fine dining chain specializing in prime seafood and steaks with extensive wine list and live jazz music in many locations. Direct competitive overlap in cuisine quality, wine program, and live jazz entertainment.
• Ruth's Chris Steak House: National upscale steakhouse chain offering fine dining with private dining rooms. Comparable as a competitor in the fine dining segment with private event capabilities, though operating at significantly larger scale and lacking the live entertainment layer.

Direct peers

• Blue Note Jazz Club: Premier jazz venue with full dinner service featuring national and international recording artists. Closest conceptual match to The Grill At 1951's Super Star Event programming and jazz dinner positioning, though at substantially larger scale.
• Birdland Jazz Club: Iconic New York jazz supper club offering full dinner service alongside nightly live jazz performances. Direct comparable on the jazz-plus-fine-dining format that The Grill At 1951 has built as its core differentiator.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Grill1951
• Instagraminstagram.com/thegrillat1951
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-grill-at-1951

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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