Mimi's Cafe

{{Short description|American restaurant chain}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Mimi's Bistro + Bakery

| image = A Mimi's Café restaurant in Knoxville, Tennessee.jpg

| image_caption = Mimi's Café in Knoxville, Tennessee

| former_name = Mimi's Café

| industry = restaurant

| hq_location = Dallas, Texas (current HQ)
Tustin, California (former HQ)

| key_people = Arthur J. Simms
Thomas Simms
Brian Taylor
Paul Kurz

| products = French and American food

| subsid = LeDuff America

| website = {{url|https://www.mimiscafe.com/}}

}}

Mimi's Bistro + Bakery (formerly Mimi's Café) is an American restaurant chain. As of April 2024, the company operates 44 locations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ocregister.com/mimis-cafe-rebrands-to-mimis-bistro-bakery-and-has-some-new-french-wines|title=Mimi's Cafe rebrands to Mimi's Bistro & Bakery and has some new French wines|date=2019-07-24|website=Orange County Register|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-13}} Originally headquartered in Tustin, California, its headquarters moved to Dallas, Texas in 2014 after 36 years in California.{{Cite news |last=Luna |first=Nancy |date=14 December 2013 |title=Mimi's Cafe relocating HQ to Texas |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2013/12/14/mimis-cafe-relocating-hq-to-texas/ |url-access=subscription |work=The Orange County Register}}{{cite news|last1=Luna|first1=Nancy|title=Mimi's Café eliminates 10 jobs as corporate move to Texas begins|url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/mimi-600980-menu-dallas.html|accessdate=2016-08-30|work=The Orange County Register|date=2014-02-08}} It serves French and American food, with French rustic decor and themes.

File:The_interior_of_a_Mimi's_Café_restaurant_in_Knoxville,_Tennessee_02.jpg

Arthur J. Simms (who headed the commissary at MGM Studios in the 1950s), his son Thomas Simms, Brian Taylor, and Paul Kurz opened the first Mimi's Cafe in December 1978 in Anaheim, California. Bob Evans Farms, Inc. purchased the Mimi's Cafe restaurant chain (operating under SWH Corporation) in July 2004 for USD$182 million.{{Cite web |title=SWH Corporation History |url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/SWH-Corporation-Company-History.html |access-date=2008-11-02 |website=Funding Universe |at=originally published in the International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 70. St. James Press, 2005.}} Mimi's Cafe was sold to the U.S. branch of Groupe Le Duff, which also owns the La Madeleine restaurants, in February 2013.{{cite news|last1=Ruggless|first1=Ron|title=Phil Costner named president of Mimi's Café|url=http://nrn.com/people/phil-costner-named-president-mimis-caf|accessdate=2016-08-29|work=Nation's Restaurant News|date=2013-03-05}}{{cite news|last1=Schroeder|first1=Eric|title=Le Duff acquires Mimi's Cafe|url=http://www.bakingbusiness.com/articles/news_home/Business/2013/03/Le_Duff_acquires_Mimis_Cafe.aspx?ID=%7B2EAA1B3F-2764-4B45-BA71-DC89545F88A5%7D&cck=1|accessdate=2016-08-29|work=Baking Business|date=2013-03-06}}