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Claim Jumper

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Claim Jumper
IndustryRestaurant
FoundedSeptember 27, 1977; 49 years ago (1977-09-27) in Los Alamitos, California
HeadquartersHouston, Texas, U.S.
Number of locations
7 (July 2026)
Key peopleTilman J. Fertitta (President, CEO, and owner)
Michael Kelly (franchise partner)
ParentKelly Restaurant Group Landry's, Inc.
Websitewww.claimjumper.com
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A Claim Jumper restaurant in San Diego

Claim Jumper Restaurant and Saloon is an American restaurant chain with 7 locations[1] as of July 2026. The company is based in Houston, Texas.

History

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Restaurateur Craig Nickoloff opened the first Claim Jumper in Los Alamitos, California, on September 27, 1977.[citation needed] The original restaurant had a large menu and an atmosphere inspired by California's Gold Rush of 1849.[2]

Acquisition by Landry’s, Inc.

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In September 2010, the chain filed for bankruptcy and was slated to be auctioned off.[3][4] In October 2010, Landry's, Inc. acquired Claim Jumper, with a bid of $76.6 million.[5] Landry's President/CEO Tilman J. Fertitta relocated the company's headquarters from Irvine, California, to Landry's corporate headquarters in the Uptown area of Houston.[6]

In October 2022, Claim Jumper quietly filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy for the second time in twelve years.[7]

Franchised locations

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All locations on the Claim Jumper website are franchised to Kelly Restaurant Group (KRG). As of July 2026, KRG has 4 locations in California and Oregon.[8][9]

Due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fact that part of the business was a buffet, KRG closed some of its locations, including the ones in Long Beach, California, Valencia, California,[10] Nashville, Tennessee,[11] and Lynnwood, Washington.[1]

Non-franchised locations

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There are three locations that are still owned and operated by Landry's. They are located inside the Golden Nuggets of Laughlin, Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada, and Lake Charles, Louisiana. These are also the only Claim Jumpers to be under the Landry's Select Club rewards program.[12]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Locations - Claim Jumper Steakhouse & Bar | Caterer in NV, CA, WA, OR| Steak House". Claim Jumper. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
  2. ↑ Aamodt, M.G. (2015). Industrial/Organizational Psychology: An Applied Approach. Cengage Learning. p. 478. ISBN 978-1-305-46528-2. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  3. ↑ McCarty, Dawn (September 10, 2010). "Claim Jumper Restaurants Files for Bankruptcy With Plan to Sell Business". Bloomberg. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Claim Jumper Chapter 11 Petition" (PDF). PacerMonitor. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  5. ↑ Thorn, Bret (October 30, 2010). "Landry's to acquire Claim Jumper | Archive content from Nation's Restaurant News". Nation's Restaurant News. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Claim Jumper moves headquarters to Texas". The Orange County Register. February 25, 2011. Archived from the original on November 6, 2013. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Kelley Drye Selected as Counsel for Claim Jumper Acquisition Company Bankruptcy". Kelley Drye. October 27, 2022. Retrieved August 11, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Locations". Claim Jumper. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
  9. ↑ Buck, Fielding. "One of Southern California's last Claim Jumper steakhouses has closed". San Bernardino Sun. Retrieved July 7, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Claim Jumper permanently closes Long Beach location". Long Beach Business Journal. July 9, 2020. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Claim Jumper Restaurants - CLOSED". TripAdvisor. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Claim Jumper Restaurant & Saloon". Landry's. Retrieved July 3, 2023.
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