The Grove Restaurant and Tavern

What The Grove Restaurant and Tavern does

The Grove Restaurant and Tavern is a small, independent hospitality operator headquartered in Toms River, New Jersey, United States, operating under the web domain thegroverestaurantnj.com. With a reported headcount of 7 employees, the business is structured as a single-location restaurant and tavern, consistent with a local full-service dining and bar concept serving the Toms River community and surrounding Ocean County area. The functional scope of the company — food and beverage service in a dine-in tavern setting — is inferred from its trade name; no menu, concept positioning, cuisine type, hours of operation, or service format is documented in the available source material.

The business's core operations are entirely physical and local. The corporate website is presently inaccessible, returning only a verification/loading page ("One moment, please..."), and as a result no digital surface area — e-commerce, online ordering, reservation platform, loyalty program, mobile app, or content marketing — can be characterized from the input data. There is no disclosed proprietary technology, no third-party integrations on record, no AI/ML capability, no patents or trademarks, no certifications, and no management team identified. The company has no documented parent, subsidiaries, funding history, public listing, or M&A activity.

Commercially, the company is a single-unit independent restaurant; its revenue model is necessarily transaction-based food and beverage sales to walk-in guests, but no pricing model, average check, segment mix, or customer demographics are disclosed. There are no named customers, no enterprise contracts, and no distribution channels beyond the physical premises. Operating geographies are limited to the immediate Toms River, NJ locale, with no stated expansion or franchise footprint. The investment-relevant picture is therefore that of a micro-cap, single-location independent hospitality business with a near-total absence of verifiable primary disclosure.

Name

The Grove Restaurant and Tavern

Website

https://thegroverestaurantnj.com

Company type

Private

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Grove Restaurant and Tavern is a single-location, independent restaurant and tavern in Toms River, New Jersey, with 7 employees, serving local dine-in food and beverage customers in the Toms River and surrounding Ocean County market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Casual Dining and Tavern Services

NAICS

Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (72241), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (722410), Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages) (7224)

SIC

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

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYCRANACAA

Neighborhood Bars & Taverns

Consumer Products & Retail/Tobacco, Alcohol & Cannabis Retail/On-Premise Alcohol Retail (Bars, Pubs & Taprooms)

SECONDARYTHAFACAC

Family-Style Restaurants

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Full-Service Restaurants (Casual & Fine Dining)

SECONDARYTHAFACAK

Special Occasion & Destination Restaurants

Travel & Hospitality/Foodservice & Beverage (Restaurants, Cafes, Bars)/Full-Service Restaurants (Casual & Fine Dining)

Keywords

• Casual dining restaurant
• Tavern and bar service
• Food and beverage service
• On-premises dining
• Local restaurant hospitality

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Core offering

The Grove Restaurant and Tavern is a small local restaurant and tavern that serves prepared food and beverages to walk-in customers from its location in Toms River, New Jersey. Its offering combines traditional dine-in food service with tavern/bar service, targeting local patrons in the immediate area.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Restaurant Dining Service On-premises sit-down dining service offering prepared food meals to walk-in customers at the Toms River, New Jersey location.
• Tavern and Bar Service On-premises service of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in a tavern/bar setting, complementing the restaurant food service for walk-in patrons.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Broad incumbents

• Applebee's: National casual-dining chain combining full-service restaurant food with bar/tavern beverage service. Comparable to The Grove as a neighborhood, food-plus-alcohol casual concept, though operating at significantly larger scale.
• Ruby Tuesday: Casual-dining chain offering full table service alongside bar offerings. Comparable to The Grove as a food-and-drink neighborhood venue, though with broader national reach.
• Chili's Grill & Bar: Casual-dining chain with a prominent bar component offering full meals and alcoholic beverages. Mirrors The Grove's dual restaurant-and-bar model at national scale.
• Twin Peaks Restaurant: Lodge-themed sports tavern chain focused on bar sales paired with a full menu. Directly comparable to The Grove as a neighborhood tavern-and-eatery, though with a stronger brand and larger footprint.
• Outback Steakhouse: Casual-dining chain with full bar service attached to sit-down meal service. Comparable to The Grove as a restaurant-and-bar hybrid venue, though with stronger brand recognition and scale.
• Buffalo Wild Wings: Sports-bar tavern chain pairing casual food with a bar-centric experience. Comparable to The Grove as a neighborhood alcohol-led hospitality venue with food attached, though significantly larger and more digitally developed.
• Hooters: National tavern-style chain combining bar service with a casual food menu. Comparable to The Grove as a neighborhood tavern with food service, though differentiated by its themed concept.
• TGI Fridays: Established casual-dining and bar brand offering full table-service meals alongside a tavern-style bar program. Directly comparable in concept (restaurant + bar under one roof) though with national scale.
• BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse: Casual-dining and brewhouse chain offering full-service meals alongside an in-house bar program. Comparable to The Grove as a restaurant-and-tavern hybrid concept.
• Miller's Ale House: Regional casual-dining and sports tavern chain with a heavy bar focus paired with full menus. Closely comparable to The Grove's neighborhood tavern-plus-restaurant model in markets with similar demographic profiles.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-grove-restaurant-and-tavern

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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