type private industry restaurant genre casual dining founded 1999 1999 headquarters aventura florida area served united states number of employees 3 700 2015 1 parent barbeque integrated an affiliate of sun capital partners website smokeybones.com footnotes references 2 smokey bones bar & fire grill or simply smokey bones is an american casual dining restaurant chain . owned by barbeque integrated inc. and under the umbrella of sun capital partners smokey bones is headquartered in aventura florida . the first smokey bones restaurant opened in orlando in 1999 under its then owners darden restaurants inc. . as of august 2015 smokey bones has 66 restaurants in 16 eastern states . 1 contents 1 history 2 remodel 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit on may 5 2007 it was announced that darden restaurants was selling smokey bones . 3 the chain was sold to barbeque integrated inc. in december 2007 for approximately 80 million . on august 4 2015 ryan esko was named ceo of smokey bones . 1 remodel edit after purchasing smokey bones sun capital partners had been working on re branding and redesigning the restaurant in an attempt to capture a new customer base . citation needed in one noticeable change the name was revised from smokey bones barbeque and grill to smokey bones bar & fire grill . 4 in august 2008 smokey bones completed its first restaurant makeover at its waterford lakes location in orlando florida . the log cabin decor has been replaced with a more contemporary restaurant setting . the highlights include an extended bar area high definition televisions throughout the restaurant bar and updated employee uniforms . a new menu has also been implemented emphasizing less on barbeque and more on grilled and smoked flavors . 4 see also edit list of barbecue restaurants references edit a b c smokey bones names ryan esko as ceo press release . pr newswire . august 4 2015 . retrieved august 5 2015 . sun capital partners inc. smokey bones bar & fire grill . sun capital partners . retrieved august 5 2015 . darden restaurants offers barbecue chain for sale better positioning casual dining leader for future growth press release . darden restaurants inc. may 5 2007 . retrieved april 13 2012 . a b mark chediak september 1 2008 . smokey bones shows off new look feel . orlando sentinel . retrieved april 13 2012 . external links edit official website v t e darden restaurants inc. holdings olive garden longhorn steakhouse the capital grille yard house bahama breeze seasons 52 eddie v s prime seafood divested smokey bones york steak house red lobster defunct china coast v t e sun capital partners portfolio as of august 10 2013 retail catalog and direct marketing hickory farms department stores shopko grocery & convenience marsh supermarkets specialty and apparel bonmarch dreams gordmans jacques vert the limited sharps bedrooms restaurants boston market friendly s johnny rockets smokey bones souplantation consumer products apparel american rec kelty 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