“Grumpy’s Restaurant’s Wins Multiple Bold City Best 2021 and Jacksonville Business Journal Awards” Featured On Franchising.com

Restaurant earns distinction for best breakfast, brunch, Pancakes and more.

September 24, 2021 // Franchising.com // JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jacksonville’s No. 1 restaurant, Grumpy’s Restaurant earns multiple Bold City Best 2021 awards for best “Restaurant Overall,” “Breakfast,” “Brunch,” “Family Restaurant,” “Pancakes,” “Bang for the Buck Restaurant,” and Jacksonville Business Journal’s “Best Place to Work” award. This will be its third year in a row receiving the Jacksonville Business Journal’s award and third time receiving Bold City Best, Best Restaurant Overall award.

Grumpy’s President and CEO Daniel DeLeon has earned recognition as a mover and shaker in the industry, voted by Nation’s Restaurant News as one of the Most Influential Restaurant CEOs In The Country, recognized by FSR.com as one of its Rising Restaurant Stars 2021, and recognized by Nation’s Restaurant News’ Power List Reader Picks 2021. In addition, Grumpy’s has been awarded FSR Magazine’s Next-Gen Restaurant Brand 2021, TripAdvisor’s Travelers’ Choice Award, and Jacksonville Business Journal’s Fast 50 Company 2021.

Daniel has owned and operated multiple franchise concepts in the restaurant industry and has grown six local and diverse businesses from the ground up. After a successful career as a multi-unit franchisee for various restaurant concepts and large franchisor representative, DeLeon has developed and launched Grumpy’s as a franchise opportunity. DeLeon has taken the lessons he’s learned from the very beginning of his career and used it to amplify his strategies in creating a better franchise brand.

“It’s such an honor to not only bring in awards for the restaurant, but to also be recognized as a business owner,” said DeLeon. “I am really proud of how far Grumpy’s has come and I am thankful for the opportunity to help it grow. Grumpy’s Restaurant was born out of passion and love for brining family and friends together over great diner food and we take that very serious.”

DeLeon was able to become the “Restaurant Rescuer” of Grumpy’s, a nickname dubbed by his FSR Magazine award. In 2017, he purchased and completely revitalized the brand, making it a successful award-winning restaurant and launched their franchise program in 2019.

DeLeon is hoping to connect with new franchise partners who can carry out Grumpy’s’ mission to support others and create a welcoming, family-focused community staple restaurant. He is looking to expand the diner to areas all over the Southeast.

Grumpy’s Restaurant is a traditional Americana, full-service restaurant offering breakfast, lunch and brunch. Grumpy’s offers fresh, made-to-order and always-made-from-scratch menu items at an affordable, family-friendly price. Grumpy’s offers an array of daily and weekly chalk board specials for breakfast and lunch, specialty waffles, sandwiches, homemade soups, salads, signature coffees, fresh squeezed juices, homemade hot chocolate, desserts and merchandise.

For more information, visit: www.GrumpysRestaurantCo.com/Grumpys-Blog

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Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!

We Won! 6 Bold City Best Awards 2021!

Voted Jacksonville’s Best Overall Restaurant, Best Breakfast, Best Brunch, Best Family Restaurant, Best Pancakes & Best Bang For The Buck Restaurant

By: The Florida Times Union, Jacksonville.com & Bold City Best 2021

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It's Hard To Tell By Looking At Grumpy, But He Loves His Grumpy's Restaurant Family! He Thanks All Of You For Your Commitment To Excellent Home-Style Cooking, Attention-To-Detail And Sweet Southern Hospitality! Thank You For Voting Grumpy's Restaurant Bold City Best!

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National Waffle Week Was A Grumpy Success!

Grumpy’s Restaurant Celebrated National Waffle Week With An Amazing Signature Waffle Lineup:

Sunday - Cinnamon Roll Waffle

Monday - Smores Waffle

Tuesday - Caramel Brownie Waffle

Wednesday - Strawberry Cheesecake Waffle

Thursday - Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Waffle

Friday - Carrot Cake Waffle

Saturday - Red Velvet Muffin Waffle

Do not worry if you missed it, Grumpy’s will gladly serve you anyone of their signature waffles!

Did you know, National Waffle Week is celebrated on the first full week of September and the treats prove that design can make mealtime that much sweeter. The word waffle actually comes from the Dutch “wafel,” and that comes from Middle Dutch “wafele” which stretches as far back as the thirteenth century. Before that, the French called it “walfre” in 1185 from the Frankish wafla which meant ‘honeycomb” or ‘cake’. No matter what you call it, no one can deny its deliciousness.

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We Won!

Best Place To Work 2021!

Back-2-Back-2-Back Best Place To Work Winner 2019, 2020 & 2021!

BY: JACKSONVILLE BUSINESS JOURNAL #BPTW

It's Hard To Tell By Looking At Grumpy, But He Loves His Grumpy's Restaurant Family! He Thanks All Of You For Your Commitment To Excellent Home-Style Cooking, Attention-To-Detail And Sweet Southern Hospitality! Thank You For Voting Grumpy's Restaurant As One Of The Best Places To Work For In Jacksonville, Florida.

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Grumpy’s Restaurant St. John’s, Florida Is Officially Open! #3

155 Fountains Way, Suite 1
St. John’s, 32259
(904) 326-1433

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“Grumpy’s Restaurant to open in St. Johns” Featured On JaxDailyRecord.com

It’s the third location for the breakfast, lunch and brunch chain.

Updated: 3:46 PM EDT August 5, 2021

by: Monty Zickuhr Managing Editor

Grumpy’s Restaurant announced Aug. 6 it will open in St. Johns County on Aug. 16.

The Grumpy’s is at 155 Fountains Way in The Fountains at St. Johns shopping center. Hours are 5:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily.

Grumpy’s serves breakfast, lunch and brunch including sandwiches, soups, salads, coffee, fresh-squeezed juices, hot chocolate and desserts.

It’s the third location for the chain, which has restaurants in Orange Park and Middleburg.

The St. Johns franchisees are Leah and Justin Milliken.

“Living in Northeast Florida, we have gotten to know Grumpy’s very well. It’s our family’s favorite restaurant,” Leah Milliken said in a news release. “We love the atmosphere, food, and culture. This is a great opportunity for us to build a local staple in St. Johns County where families and friends can come together over great diner food.”

Leah Milliken said the restaurant will create more than 40 jobs.

Grumpys said it is seeking additional franchise owners for locations in Mandarin, Fruit Cove, Ortega, Southside, Beaches, Amelia Island and St. Augustine.

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“Grumpy's opening first St. Johns County location with charitable soft opening” Featured On FirstCoastNews.com

Grumpy's Restaurant is setting up shop at The Fountains at St. Johns, with a grand opening date set for Monday, Aug. 16.

Updated: 3:46 PM EDT August 5, 2021

ST JOHNS, Fla. — (Note: The video above was originally published in 2019.)

A First Coast restaurant known for its decadent, dessert-style waffles and traditional, hearty diner fare is opening a new location this month in St. Johns County.

Grumpy's Restaurant is setting up shop at The Fountains at St. Johns, with a grand opening date set for Monday, Aug. 16, from 5:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The expansion comes after the restaurant saw success at its original Orange Park location and its first franchised location in Middleburg.

The restaurant will also host two charitable soft opening events on Friday, Aug. 13 and and Saturday, Aug. 14. The invite- and RSVP-only events will allow guests to donate $12 per adult and $6 per child to enjoy their favorite meal and drink, with 100% of the proceeds going to Nease High School and the First Coast YMCA.

The restaurant made headlines during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, when many restaurants were struggling to keep their doors open and staff members paid during to-go only mandates. Founder and CEO Daniel DeLeon donated his own salary in order to keep his workers paid.

The restaurant also donated hundreds of meals to hospital workers, firefighters, police officers and grocery store employees to thank them for their work during COVID-19.

That dedication to serving the community is part of what drew local owners Justin and Leah Milliken to franchise the new St. Johns County location.

“Living in Northeast Florida, we have gotten to know Grumpy’s very well. It’s our family’s favorite restaurant,” Leah Milliken said in a news release. “We love the atmosphere, food, and culture. This is a great opportunity for us to build a local staple in St. Johns County where families and friends can come together over great diner food." The new location will also provide more than 40 jobs to people in the local community, Milliken said.

The Americana diner serves high quality comfort food, Southern hospitality infused breakfast, lunch and brunch with dishes ranging from sandwiches, homemade soups and salads to signature coffee, fresh-squeeze juices, homemade hot chocolate and desserts. Grumpy's has won several awards over the years, including Jacksonville's "Best Overall Restaurant" by our news partners, the Florida Times-Union.

Grumpy's is also looking to expand into new locations in Mandarin, Fruit Cove, Ortega, Southside, Beaches, Amelia Island and St. Augustine, the release says.

The new restaurant is located at 155 Fountains Way, St. Johns, Florida 32259. For more information, email TheFountains@GrumpysRestaurantCo.com.

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