Yard House is an American sports bar chain, with 80+ locations across the United States, mostly located west of the 
Mississippi River. Founded in 1996 in 
Long Beach, California by Steele Platt and co-founders Tom Yelenick, William Wollrab and Steve Reynolds, it now operates out of 
Orlando, Florida.
[2] Yard House was purchased by 
Darden Restaurants in 2012 for $585 million.
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