Stockade Companies
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Stockade Companies, LLC is a privately held multi-concept restaurant company based in Round Rock, Texas. Founded in 1984, it operates under three brands, Sirloin Stockade, Montana Mike's, and WingMe. {{cite book | last=Reedy | first=A. | title=Breaking the Chain: How I Banned Chain Restaurants From My Diet And Went From Full To Fulfilled | publisher=Diversion Books | year=2011 | isbn=978-0-9838395-6-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rlQ4vAGHPFMC&pg=PT66 | access-date=December 9, 2017 | page=66}} Stockade Companies operates 16 restaurants throughout Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Texas.{{Cite web|url=http://www.stockadecompanies.com/OurRestaurants/MMHome/default.aspx|title = Welcome to Big Steak Country}}
History
The company was established in 1984 by a group of Sirloin Stockade franchisees.
In 2008, Tom Ford became the CEO of Stockade Companies. Ford began working for the company on its first day in 1966 as a dishwasher at the debut restaurant in Oklahoma City.{{cite web | last=Ruggless | first=Ron | title=Having Words With Tom Ford Chief Executive, Stockade Cos. LLC | website=Nation's Restaurant News | date=September 8, 2008 | url=http://nrn.com/archive/having-words-tom-ford-chief-executive-stockade-cos-llc | accessdate=July 3, 2016}} {{subscription required}} Ford worked in additional positions while attending college and later purchased a Sirloin Stockade restaurant in 1979 in the Austin, Texas area.
On June 2, 2020, the last Coyote Canyon restaurant, located in Bradley, Illinois, closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |url=https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/coyote-canyon-will-not-re-open/article_a6e2aeec-a512-11ea-b343-ffc53d69813d.html|title=Coyote Canyon will not re-open|author=Lee Provost|date=2 Jun 2020 |website=www.daily-journal.com |publisher=Daily-Journal|access-date= October 28, 2024|quote=}}
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External links
- [http://www.stockadecompanies.com/ Stockade Companies LLC]