contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . march 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message hurricane grill & wings hurricane grill & wings southfield michigan industry restaurant founded fort pierce florida 1995 headquarters west palm beach fl u.s.a key people john c. metz chairman and ceo martin o dowd president kevin kruse cdo mark snyder coo derek kirk cmo products wings signature sauces burgers sandwiches website hurricanewings.com hurricane grill & wings is a restaurant based in florida with 71 locations open in 15 u.s. states . it serves more than 30 signature sauces and rubs and is also known for its jumbo fresh wings and laid back tropical vibe . it was named by usa today as one of 10 great places to wing it citation needed selected as one of the future 50 by restaurant business magazine and as one of franchise times top 40 fast and serious . citation needed the original hurricane grill & wings opened in fort pierce florida in 1995 and has expanded to locations in alabama arizona colorado georgia iowa maryland michigan minnesota new york north carolina and texas with additional restaurants planned across the united states . history edit hurricane grill & wings was first opened by chris russo in april 1995 in ft. pierce florida . 1 by january 2008 there were 30 locations in florida georgia and nevada . 2 it was purchased by fred meltzer president and ceo of the parent company of hoffman s chocolate shoppes in 2008 . 3 on december 17 2008 the franchisor was purchased by hurricane amt llc which is controlled by investor partners gail meyer asarch and john c. metz chairman and ceo . 4 in july 2009 hurricane grill & wings was named to restaurant business magazine s future 50 a listing of the fastest growing chains with annual sales between 25 and 50 million . 5 martin o dowd was appointed president of hurricane amt on september 2 2009 . previously o dowd was ceo of three public restaurant companies over the past 20 years . most recently he served as president and ceo of famous dave s of america in minneapolis where he developed the organization from 18 units in the midwest into an 84 unit national concept . 6 on june 13 2016 hurricane amt opened its first fast casual restaurant called hurricane btw or hurricane burgers tacos wings in ft lauderdale . amt plans to open another 24 btw units in 2017 . references edit they sell wings not women . . st. petersburg times . july 31 2006 . retrieved 2009 09 18 . hurricane grill & wings teams up with miller brewing company for big game promotion . january 7 2008 . retrieved 2009 09 18 . chocolate shops exec buys hurricane grill & wings chain . tcpalm . scripps interactive newspapers group . september 23 2008 . retrieved 2009 09 18 . hurricane grill & wings growing its brand . reuters . march 29 2009 . retrieved 2009 03 29 . hurricane grill & wings names martin o dowd president . march 29 2009 . retrieved 2009 09 03 . restaurant industry veteran martin o dowd named president of hurricane grill & wings . september 2 2009 . retrieved 2009 09 02 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title hurricane grill % 26 wings & oldid 740437481 categories restaurant chains in the united stateshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from march 2015all articles with a promotional toneall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from september 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 september 2016 at 02 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view