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Grumpy’s Restaurant was born out of passion and love for bringing family and friends together over great diner food. Our commitment and mission are to deliver the highest quality dining experience at an affordable price for families everywhere. We will never waver on our commitment to excellent home-style cooking, attention-to-detail, sweet southern hospitality and serving a hungry-person’s portion at a working-class price. All while closing at 2:00PM, providing the ultimate family, work and life balance. The Grumpy’s Restaurant Franchise System offers a great opportunity to start your own business and be your own boss without the long hours and risks associated with starting a restaurant from scratch.
Grumpy’s Restaurant is a full-service American & Southern style diner developed and perfected since 1999. Our award-winning kitchen and decorated head chef, Grumpy serve both quality interpretations of American and Southern diner dishes along with daring and universally appealing new ventures of diner foods for: breakfast, lunch and brunch daily. Grumpy’s offers an array of daily and weekly chalk board specials, a variety of sandwiches, homemade soups, salads, signature coffee, fresh squeezed juices, homemade hot chocolate and desserts. Don’t forget about Grumpy, your favorite bad mood dude! Don’t worry, No One Leaves Grumpy!
Daniel & Morgan DeLeon welcome you to learn more about our Grumpy’s Restaurant Family!
Grumpy’s Restaurant commitment to our customer’s experience, has built loyal followers and made Grumpy’s beloved neighborhood spots. Grumpy’s has never been more popular and highly awarded as it is today; as our customers have grown well outside of our Orange Park, FL home. We are very proud of our most recent accolades:
Voted Jacksonville’s Best All Around Restaurant, Best Breakfast, Best Brunch, Best Family Friendly Dining & Best Meal For The Money by: The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville.com, Bold City Best & LocaliQ 2023.
Voted Jacksonville’s Best Overall Restaurant, Best Breakfast & Best Brunch by: The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville.com & Bold City Best 2022.
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.
Voted Jacksonville’s Best Overall Restaurant, Best Breakfast, Best Crab Cakes, Best Place To Work & Best Kept Secret by: The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville.com & Bold City Best 2019.
Voted Jacksonville’s Best Overall Restaurant, Best Crab Cakes & Best Sandwich by: The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville.com & Bold City Best 2018.
Awarded FSR Magazine’s Next-Gen Restaurant Brand 2021.
Awarded Jacksonville Business Journal’s Fast 50 Company 2021 & 2023.
Awarded TripAdvisor’s Travelers’ Choice Award.
Awarded TripAdvisor’s Certificate Of Excellence.
Voted Jacksonville’s Best Bang For The Buck Restaurant by: The Florida Times Union, Jacksonville.com & Bold City Best 2020.
Voted Best Breakfast by: The Ponte Vedra Recorder – Best Of The Beaches 2023.
Voted Neighborhood Favorite, Loved By Locals by: Nextdoor 2020.
Voted Readers’ Choice Restaurant by: Edible Northeast Florida 2020.
Voted Jacksonville’s Best Breakfast by: CW17, New4Jax & Jax Best 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 & 2023.
Voted Jacksonville’s Best Brunch by: CW17, New4Jax & Jax Best 2019, 2020, 2022 & 2023.
Voted Clay County’s Best Breakfast & Best American Restaurant by: Folio Weekly Magazine and FolioWeekly.com.
Voted Jacksonville’s Best Place To Work by: Jacksonville Business Journal 2019, 2020 & 2021.
Voted Best Mom & Pop Restaurant by: Jacksonville Magazine.
Voted Clay County’s Best Breakfast & Best Brunch by: The Clay Today Newspaper, ClayTodayOnline.com & Best Of Clay 2022, 2023 & 2024.
Voted Clay County’s Best Manager, Best Server, Best Family Restaurant, Best Lunch, Best American Restaurant, Best Sandwiches, & Best Sweet Tea by: The Clay Today Newspaper, ClayTodayOnline.com & Best Of Clay 2024.
Voted Clay County’s Best New Business by: The Clay Today Newspaper, ClayTodayOnline.com & Best Of Clay 2021.
Voted Clay County’s Best Breakfast, Best Brunch, Best American Restaurant, & Best Sweet Tea by: The Clay Today Newspaper, ClayTodayOnline.com & Best Of Clay 2021.
Voted Clay County’s Best Breakfast & Best Brunch by: The Clay Today Newspaper, ClayTodayOnline.com & Best Of Clay 2020.
Voted Clay County’s Best Breakfast & Best Sweet Tea by: The Clay Today Newspaper, ClayTodayOnline.com & Best Of Clay 2019.
Recommended on Restaurant Guru 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023.
Best Service on Restaurant Guru 2021.
Verified Franchise 2024 by: Entrepreneur Magazine & Entreprenur.com
7 Surging Breakfast Chains 2022 by: FSR Magazine.com.
Top Breakfast Spots in Florida by: FloridaRentals.com.
Grumpy’s Restaurant Franchise, was listed on Entrepreneur Magazine & Entreprenur.com Top New Franchises 2023.
Grumpy’s Restaurant Franchise, was listed on Entrepreneur Magazine & Entreprenur.com Franchise 500 List 2020.
President and CEO, Daniel DeLeon, was recognized by Jacksonville Business Journal as one of its 40 Under 40 2022.
President and CEO, Daniel DeLeon, was recognized by 1851 Franchise & SEO Samba as one of its Top Franchise Influencers 2022 & 2023.
President and CEO, Daniel DeLeon, was recognized by FSR.com as one of its Rising Restaurant Stars 2021.
President and CEO, Daniel DeLeon, was recognized by Nation’s Restaurant News Power List CEO Reader Picks 2021.
President and CEO, Daniel DeLeon, was recognized by Nation’s Restaurant News Most Influential Restaurant CEOs In The Country 2020 & 2021.
The Grumpy’s Restaurant team will provide you with complete and continuous training and support to ensure the success of your franchise. We have developed our system and training to be simple and easy to execute and manage for a seasoned restaurateur or someone new to the restaurant industry. Our training program will guide and teach you every phase of successful restaurant ownership.
Grumpy’s Restaurant is one of the only franchise brands in its class offering franchisees multiple revenue streams in addition to traditional breakfast, lunch and brunch sales.
Grumpy's Restaurant is traditional Americana,
we are bringing dining back to its roots!
Grumpy’s was born out of passion and love for bringing
family and friends together over great diner food.
Home-style cooking, attention-to-detail
and sweet southern hospitality!
Grumpy’s Restaurant is composed of a close-knit group of: owners, management team members, employees, franchisees and partners that are all part of our family. Being a Grumpy’s Franchisee comes with a lot of responsibilities, but with hard work and a commitment to excellence the rewards are practically unlimited.
Easily scalable business model and strong unit-level economics with $2,933,796.21 average unit net sales volume for 2023.
*Consult Item 19 in 2024 FDD
When you franchise with us, we want you to succeed. You’re now a part of our family! We are not in the mindset of making this process difficult and expensive for you. We want this to be an exciting venture with endless rewards. We understand the importance of unit scalability and continual adaptation to your local market and community, unlike other franchises. We offer guidance and will work together with our franchise partners to develop the best possible Grumpy’s Restaurant in your neighborhood. There are no hidden fees and we are committed to your success. We recognize that honesty and trust form the bond that holds organizations and relationships together. The more successful our franchise partners are the more we can grow together as a company.
Home-style cooking, attention-to-detail, sweet southern hospitality, neighborhood connections and serving a hungry-person’s portion at a working-class price keeps Grumpy’s Restaurant growing with loyal customers and strong online ratings from hundreds of reviews annually.
At Grumpy’s, we provide complete and continuous training and support to ensure the success of your franchise. We have developed our system and training to be simple and easy to grasp. In addition, you are always free to reach out for additional assistance. We are committed to supporting our franchisees with:
Grumpy’s Restaurant has a proven business model that has been perfected over the past 25 years, offering a Great Return on Investment and Low Startup Cost within the full-service breakfast, lunch & brunch industry. To learn more about our operational details found within our Franchise Disclosure Document, please fill out the contact form found below and our Director of Franchise Development will contact you.
Our commitment and mission are to deliver the highest quality dining experience at an affordable price for families everywhere. All while closing at 2:00PM, providing the ultimate family, work and life balance. In fact, we make breakfast and lunch so satisfying, you won’t even be thinking about dinner.
“Franchisees are the most important part of our family.
If they are happy, successful and most of all making money,
then our customers will be happy.”
- DANIEL DELEON PRESIDENT & CEO
$150,000Minimum Liquidity Requirement
$700,000Minimum Net Worth Requirement
$654,000 - $1,597,000Estimated Cost to Open* (includes $40,000 Franchise Fee)
<1 Year From SigningEstimated Time to Open
5% of Net SalesRoyalty
1%Minimum Marketing Spend*CONSULT OUR CURRENT FRANCHISE DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT FOR MORE DETAILS.
