Operations

Famous Dave's, Rainforest Cafe founders launching pizzeria concept

March 14, 2022

Dave Anderson and Steven Schussler, founders of Famous Dave's and Rainforest Café respectively, are partnering to open a pizzeria in Minneapolis, Dave and Steve's Big Dreams Pizza, according to a report in the Star Tribune.

The restaurant will offer ""Chicago tavern-style pizza with a butter-kissed crust. It has a very crispy, crunchy, golden crust," Anderson told the news outlet. "It's the perfect foundation for sauce and cheese and toppings."

The pair plan to open in a now defunct drive-in in hopes of eventually franchising. Neither are active in the concepts they founded.

And the name? It all goes back to their roots of starting dreams.

"Both of us never gave up," Anderson told the news outlet. "We always had big dreams."