Extraordinary Results
Restaurant and Retail
DF&R Restaurants
At the time of CIC Partners' investment in 1990, DF&R Restaurants owned and operated 11 Harrigan's (American cuisine) and six Don Pablo's (Mexican cuisine) restaurants.
CIC Partners saw an opportunity to partner with a great management team in a business with good unit economics and potential to expand the Mexican food concept to middle America. The company added more than 30 Don Pablo's to reach $200 million in revenue by 1996, at which time the company was sold to Apple South (now known as Avado Brands).