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Burger Lounge is an American fast casual restaurant chain that specializes in hamburgers made from American grass-fed beef, salads, shakes, French fries and onion rings.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Spotting the next Chipotle: 10 restaurants to watch )〕 Burger Lounge is headquartered in San Diego, California.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=10 Great Little Restaurant Chains You Haven't Heard Of -- Yet )〕 In 2007, J. Dean Loring and Michael Gilligan founded the company in La Jolla, California.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Burger Lounge Opening 11th California Location )〕 J. Dean Loring is the President and CEO of Burger Lounge.〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2012 Fast Casual Top 100 Movers and Shakers )〕 == History == J. Dean Loring, the son of butcher, opened three restaurants prior to founding Burger Lounge.〔 Loring established Stars Hamburgers, in Northern California's Humboldt County in 1989. In 2007, he partnered with Michael Gillian, a bank CFO, to found the first Burger Lounge in La Jolla, California.〔 Burger Lounge partnered with Karp Reilly, a private equity firm based in Connecticut, in 2011. In 2012, ''Forbes'' travel guide included Burger Lounge in its list of "America's 10 Best Burgers".〔 Fastcasual.com ranked the restaurant 21st on its list of "Top 100 Movers and Shakers" in 2012.〔 In April 2013, Burger Lounge opened its first location in North County, San Diego. That year, the restaurant had seven location in San Diego, California and four in the Los Angeles, California area.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Del Mar Opening to Be Burger Lounge’s 10th Location )〕〔 ''LA Weekly'' named the restaurant "Best New Restaurant" in 2013. The restaurant was also voted "Best Burger" by ''San Diego Magazine'' in 2014 year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gourmet Grassfed Burgers: Burger Lounge Del Mar )〕 The restaurant previously received the title in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2012. In 2014, the restaurant group had 13 locations.〔 == Products == Burger Lounge serves hamburgers consisting of grass-fed beef.〔〔〔 The meat is sourced from two ranches.〔 The menu also includes organic quinoa veggie burgers, free-range turkey burgers, chicken tenders, Albacore tuna sandwiches, salads, French fries, onion rings and shakes.〔〔〔〔 The restaurant uses locally sourced, organic, farm-raised, regional and seasonal ingredients. == Corporate responsibility == The restaurants' food waste is composted, post-industrial packaging is biodegradable and used cooking oil is used to power delivery vehicles.〔 Burger Lounge utilizes used cooking oil converted to biofuel by NewLeaf to power its delivery vehicles.〔 In July 2012, the restaurant donated proceeds from sales to local student-run community supported agriculture (CSA) and school gardening programs. Burger Lounge uses recyclable products and is green certified. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Burger Lounge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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