When Shawn Foster opened the first Foster's Grille in 1999, he brought with him a wealth of experience as a chef in high-end restaurants. "We'd been doing it for a lot of other companies. We decided to do it ourselves," he says. The "we" included him and his wife, Nancy, who also had a lifetime of experience in the restaurant industry. "We wanted it to be fast-casual, a little neighborhood bar and grill. I never thought it would become more than one unit." Today he has 23 locations, 16 of which are franchised.

Take a tour of Foster's Grille, hosted by Shawn Foster, by playing the video clip above.

Read more about Foster's Grille in QSR magazine.

Foster's Grille's franchising information is available online here.