Ruby's Diner

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Ruby's Diner
Company type
Private
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  • 40s, 50s and 60s
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HeadquartersIrvine, California, U.S.
Number of locations
13[1]
Area served
California, Nevada, and New Jersey[1]
Key people
Doug Cavanaugh, CEO
Ralph Kosmides, Chief administrative and development officer
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ParentRuby's Hospitality Group IP, LLC
Websitewww.rubys.com

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Ruby's Diner is a California-based U.S. chain of casual dining restaurants founded in 1982. The original location was a converted bait shack at the end of the Balboa Pier in Newport Beach. The restaurants are designed with a 40s, 50s and 60s atmosphere. As of 2024, most locations are in Southern California, but there are also locations in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and in Harry Reid International Airport.[1]

History

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Interior Ruby's Diner Huntington Beach at sunset

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The first Ruby's Diner opened on December 7, 1982, in a converted bait shop at the end of the Balboa Pier in Newport Beach, California. On that day, founders Doug Cavanaugh and Ralph Kosmides worked the grill and the cashier station and earned a total of $63.[2] The restaurant was named after Cavanaugh's mother, and her likeness appears in the logo and other advertising material; a copy of her high school graduation photo is placed next to the register in every location.[3][4]

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The original Ruby's Diner on the Balboa Pier

The original Ruby's diner location still stands at the end of Balboa Pier. The restaurant formerly operated further pier locations in Huntington Beach, Malibu, Oceanside, and Seal Beach, but these locations have since been closed.[5][6][7][8][1]

In the 2010s, Ruby's experimented with converting some locations, including Costa Mesa, to a fast casual 1960s Googie theme called "Ruby's Dinette", a change that included ordering at the counter rather than at the table. The experiment was dubbed a failure, and the locations were converted back to the original format.[9]

Ruby's filed for bankruptcy in 2018, and a franchisee provided a cash infusion. Cavanaugh and Kosmides were sued in 2021 by a bankruptcy court trustee, who accused the pair of loaning themselves money from Ruby's and using Ruby's personnel while pursuing other business ventures.[10][11]


See also

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Locations". Ruby's Diner. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Hottest 25 People of Orange County: Doug Cavanaugh". Cover Story. OC Metro. October 31, 2002. Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "Ruby Cavanaugh, namesake of Ruby's Diner, dies at 93" Orange County Register, December 29, 2015
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Broughton, Suzanne (April 7, 2010). "Ruby's Diner opens carhop in Anaheim". OC Family: Alive in Wonderland. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. That's right, Ruby is a real person. She is the mother of Doug Cavanaugh, Ruby's founder and CEO. Broughton, Suzanne. Ruby's Diner Carhop Anaheim on YouTube
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Szabo, Matt (February 26, 2021). "Ruby's Diner at end of Huntington Beach Pier serves its last shake". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
  6. ^ Lindsay William-Ross, "Ruby's Shake Shack Opens on the Historic Malibu Pier" Script error: No such module "webarchive"., LAIST Food, July 5, 2009
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kragen, Pam (March 3, 2021). "Ruby's Diner on Oceanside Pier announces permanent closure". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Iconic Ruby's Diner on Seal Beach Pier to Close". KTLA. January 4, 2013. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Luna, Nancy (March 15, 2015). "Ruby's Diner scraps fast-food style experiment in Costa Mesa". Orange County Register. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lansner, Jonathan (September 6, 2018). "Ruby's Diner operator files for bankruptcy protection, seeks partnership with mall developer". Orange County Register. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Romeo, Peter (March 12, 2021). "Ruby's Diner founders are hit with a lawsuit over 2018 bankruptcy filing". restaurantbusinessonline.com. Retrieved April 25, 2023.