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Congrats to the restaurant winners in the 2016 'Inc. 5000'

Inc. Magazine has named America's top 5,000 fastest-growing businesses, and the list includes a healthy representation of restaurants.

August 19, 2016 by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

Our warmest congratulations to the restaurants who made Inc. Magazine's 2016 list of the 5,000 fastest-growing businesses in America. Top honors went to Chicken Salad Chick, the top restaurant on the list at No. 37. Inc. reported that the chain has experienced an amazing 6,043 percent three-year growth rate.

The next restaurant on the list checked in at No. 123; Melba’s Old School Po’ Boys in New Orleans was born out of Hurricane Katrina.

Others on this year’s list are:

No. 206 — Chicken & Rice Guys    
No. 334 — Nekter Juice Bar    
No. 373 — Mod Pizza    
No. 629 — Saxbys Coffee    
No. 678 — Pizza Schmizza   
No. 1,092 — Shake Smart    
No. 1,247 — Hawkers Asian Street Fare    
No. 1,299 — Pressed Juicery   
No. 1,330 — Ampal Group    
No. 1,371 — Schlotzsky's and Dairy Queen    

About S.A. Whitehead

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Pizza Marketplace and QSRweb editor Shelly Whitehead is a former newspaper and TV reporter with an affinity for telling stories about the people and innovative thinking behind great brands.