Dick's Last Resort, � known for its irreverent waitresses, semi-tropical setting and wacky d�cor � will open its eighth restaurant in Baltimore's Inner Harbor June 28.
About one-third of the 9,000-square-foot restaurant will be used for outdoor seating on a dock to be built on the Inner Harbor pier, says Ralph McCracken, president and chief operating officer of Nashville, Tenn.,-based DLR Restaurants LLC.
Open from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m., the Inner Harbor restaurant will serve lunch and dinner, with live, classic rock music every night.
Servers have to "audition" for the position, to make sure they are wisecracking and sassy enough to work for Dick's, McCracken says. They also have to know how to make a paper hat to give diners while they eat.
While at most restaurant,s the average table holds three to four persons, Dick's attracts parties between six and eight. Groups are the restaurant's prime market, including bachelorette parties, families on vacation, convention attendees and sports fans. The Inner Harbor location was ideal for the restaurant chain since it attracts tourists and is convenient to the convention center and baseball stadium, McCracken says.
Located next to Potbelly Sandwich Shop and Hard Rock Caf� at the Cordish Co.'s Power Plant development, the restaurant will employ 130.
The Baltimore restaurant will be outfitted with motorcycles hanging from the ceiling and a mural painted by a local artist of the namesake mascot "Dick" in a boat fishing with a keg of beer.
Dick's Last Resort's other restaurants are located in Chicago, Boston, Las Vegas, San Antonio, San Diego, Dallas and Myrtle Beach, S.C.
A 9th restaurant will open this year in Gatlinburg, Tenn.
McCracken declined to say how much the company is investing in the new restaurant.
Writer: Julekha Dash
Source: Ralph McCracken