Cameron Mitchell Restaurants facts for kids
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Industry | Hospitality |
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Founded | 1993 |
Founder | Cameron Mitchell |
Headquarters | , |
Number of locations
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70 (49, 21 Rusty Bucket) |
Area served
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Central Ohio Beverly Hills, California Boston Chicago Dallas Denver Detroit Tampa, Florida Indianapolis Kansas City New York City Philadelphia Phoenix, Arizona Orlando, Florida Washington D.C. Naples, Florida Las Vegas |
Key people
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Cameron Mitchell (Founder & CEO) David Miller (President & COO) |
Divisions | Ocean Prime+ 21 concepts |
Subsidiaries | Rusty Bucket Restaurant & Tavern Buckeye Hospitality Construction |
Cameron Mitchell Restaurants is a large company that owns many different restaurants. Its main office is in Columbus, Ohio. This company runs restaurants with various names, and many of them are located in Central Ohio.
The company has grown a lot over the years. It now has about 50 restaurant locations across the United States. These restaurants are part of 20 different restaurant ideas, or "concepts." You can find them in 15 states and also in Washington, D.C. One of their most famous restaurants is Ocean Prime, which serves steak and seafood. Cameron Mitchell Restaurants also has a separate company called Cameron Mitchell Premier Events, which plans special events and catering.
The `Ocean Prime` restaurant idea first opened in Troy, Michigan, in June 2008. There is also a location in Columbus called Mitchell's Ocean Club. You can find `Ocean Prime` restaurants in many other cities across the United States. The company also helps manage another restaurant group called Rusty Bucket Restaurant & Tavern.
Cameron Mitchell Restaurants used to own the Mitchell's Steakhouse and Mitchell's Fish Market brands. However, they sold these restaurants, along with one Cameron's Steakhouse, to another company called Ruth's Chris in February 2008.
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Exploring Cameron Mitchell Restaurants
Cameron Mitchell Restaurants has many different types of places to eat. They offer everything from fancy steakhouses to casual diners. Here are some of the restaurant types you might find:
- The Avenue Steak Tavern
- The Barn at Rocky Fork Creek
- Butcher & Rose
- Budd Dairy Food Hall
- Cameron's American Bistro
- Cameron Mitchell Premier Events
- Cap City Fine Diner & Bar
- Bridge Park, Dublin, Ohio
- Gahanna, Ohio
- Grandview Heights, Ohio
- Cento
- Del Mar Naples
- Del Mar Columbus
- Easton Town Center, Columbus, Ohio
- SoCal Kitchen
- Short North, Columbus, Ohio
- The Guild House
- Short North, Columbus, Ohio
- Hudson 29 Kitchen + Drink
- Lincoln Social Rooftop
- Marcella's Ristorante
- Polaris Fashion Place, Columbus, Ohio
- Short North, Columbus, Ohio
- Martini Modern Italian
- Arena District, Columbus, Ohio
- Mitchell's Ocean Club
- Easton Town Center, Columbus, Ohio
- Molly Woo's Asian Bistro
- Ocean Prime
- Beverly Hills, California
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Chicago, Illinois
- Dallas, Texas
- Denver, Colorado - Larimer Square
- Denver, Colorado - Tech Center
- Detroit, Michigan
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Kansas City, Missouri
- Las Vegas, Nevada
- Naples, Florida
- New York City, New York
- Orlando, Florida
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Phoenix, Arizona
- Tampa, Florida
- Washington, D.C.
- The Pearl Restaurant, Tavern & Oyster Room
- Short North, Columbus, Ohio
- Dublin, Ohio
- Tampa, Florida
- Prime Social Rooftop
- Valentina's
- Bridge Park, Dublin, Ohio
New Restaurant Openings
Cameron Mitchell Restaurants continues to open new places. Here are some of their newest locations:
- Big Rock Italian Chophouse opened in 2025 in Birmingham, Michigan.
- Cap City Fine Diner & Bar opened in Fall 2024 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Ocean Prime has opened new locations:
- Sarasota, Florida (opened in 2024)
- Nashville, Tennessee (opened in 2025)
- Ft. Lauderdale] (opened in 2025)
- A new Rooftop Concept (the name was announced later) opened in 2024 in Naples, Florida.
About Cameron Mitchell, the Founder
Cameron Mitchell is the person who started Cameron Mitchell Restaurants. He is also the company's president. He became well-known in the restaurant world in 2008. This was when he sold two of his company's restaurant ideas, Mitchell's/Columbus Fish Market and Mitchell's/Cameron's Steakhouse, to another company for a lot of money. There were 22 restaurants in total that were sold.
Cameron Mitchell graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in 1986. This is a very famous school for chefs. He was the first former student to become the Chairman Emeritus of the school's Board of Trustees. He has also given the most money to the school out of all its past students.
In 1993, Cameron Mitchell started his company by opening his very first restaurant, Cameron's American Bistro. As he created more new restaurant ideas and made his popular ones bigger, Cameron Mitchell Restaurants grew a lot. Before he sold his two biggest restaurant ideas in 2008, the company was making over $120 million in sales each year.
External Links
- Cameron Mitchell Restaurants Official Website: https://cameronmitchell.com/