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Bravo Restaurants at a glance

Company

Bravo Restaurants, Inc.

Founded

1966, Chicago, Illinois

Ownership

Family-owned (the Himmel family); roots in Chicago to the late 1800s

Leadership

Jordan Himmel, Chief Operating Officer; Jeff Himmel, President; Sam Kettlewell, Director of Food & Beverage; Andrea Saenz, Director of Marketing; Dan Murphy, Director of Finance; Jonathan Sanchez, Director of Operations; Mary Ellen Fasolo, Human Resources; Jackie Ayala, Payroll; Sandra Shaughnessy, Accounts Payable; Max Fyfe, Computer Tech Support; Happy Fyfe, Customer Success Manager

Headquarters

201 E Ohio St, Suite 300, Chicago, IL 60654

Corporate line

312-463-1210 · Fax 312-595-0531

Brands

6 restaurant concepts: Gino’s East, Eduardo’s Enoteca, Gotham Bagels, Ed Debevic’s, Edwardo’s Natural Pizza, Emmi’s Lake Geneva

Brand highlights & recognition

• Gino’s East

  The original Chicago deep dish since 1966 — an internationally recognized icon of the city’s cuisine, famous for its graffiti-covered Magnificent Mile flagship.

• Eduardo’s Enoteca

  Named an OpenTable Diners’ Choice pick for its Gold Coast Italian wine-bar experience.

• Ed Debevic’s

  A beloved Chicago landmark since 1984, known nationally for its wisecracking servers and 1950s diner showmanship.

• Edwardo’s Natural Pizza

  Recognized by critics and readers’ polls across Chicago, Milwaukee and Minneapolis for “favorite pizza.”

• Gotham Bagels

  Brought authentic, hand-rolled New York–style bagels to the Midwest — “the best in the Midwest, period.”

• Emmi’s Lake Geneva

  The newest brand in the family (opened 2026): a lakefront Wisconsin diner and supper club on Geneva Lake, celebrating cheese curds, the Wisconsin Old Fashioned and supper-club tradition.