wholly owned subsidiary private industry restaurants genre casual dining founded 1991 founder doron jensen headquarters bloomington mn us number of locations 2 area served minnesota key people bruce taher ceo products american cuisine parent taher inc website timberlodgesteakhouse.com timber lodge steakhouse is a privately owned american steakhouse chain with two locations in minnesota . formerly a public company it had eighty five locations at its peak . early history and growth edit timber lodge steakhouse inc. was originally founded under the name minnesota steakhouse in september 1991 in burnsville minnesota . the founder of minnesota steakhouse doron jensen changed the name to timber lodge in 1995 to make it more marketable in other areas of the country . 1 after the founder split off due to conflicts with his business partner the company grew from 16 minnesota locations to 85 . restaurants ranged from new york to arizona under mainly the name timber lodge steakhouse with a couple exceptions paul bunyans steakhouse in new york . 2 bankruptcy and closings edit bad locations have plagued the company and it has dwindled back down to a few minnesota restaurants . all locations outside the state of minnesota have closed . the chain operated 18 locations when it filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2006 . 3 in august 2008 taher inc. acquired timber lodge steakhouse inc. minnetonka based taher inc. led by founder and ceo bruce taher provides foodservice management for schools senior housing facilities and corporate cafeterias in 10 states . they have really good food bruce taher said about timber lodge . they cook from scratch which fits our culture of chef driven restaurants and i think they provide a good value to customers . bob campbell who was part of the previous ownership group that consisted of 10 local investors said it s a good deal . i think it s a very positive change for timber lodge our employees and our customers and in the long run for our vendors and everyone else involved he said . timber lodge was down to ten locations by the time of its sale to taher . 4 in november 2009 restaurants closed in st. cloud mn and rochester mn . as a result of the closings a judge levied a 3.57 million judgment against timber lodge for not fulfilling its leases . the fargo nd location closed its doors on july 24 2010 . the sioux falls sd location also closed late july 2010 . 5 6 the duluth location closed permanently on january 1 2016 . owner bruce taher cited lack of customer parking high rent and the restaurant s large footprint as reasons for the closing . the duluth restaurant had been located in the waterfront plaza building in canal park for 20 years . timber lodge now has only two remaining locations bloomington and owatonna . 7 references edit q steaks inc. announces management changes free online library http findarticles.com p articles mi m3190 is n19 v29 ai 16910313 http www.bizjournals.com twincities stories 2006 06 26 daily6.html http www.bizjournals.com twincities print edition 2010 12 17 35 judgment for timber lodge.html http www.kdlt.com index.php option com content & task view & id 4066 & itemid 57 http www.bizjournals.com twincities print edition 2010 12 17 35 judgment for timber lodge.html http www.duluthnewstribune.com business 4010861 duluths timber lodge steakhouse closed good retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title timber lodge steakhouse & oldid 742575088 categories restaurant chains in the united statessteakhouses in the united statesrestaurants in minnesotaburnsville minnesotarestaurants established in 1991jensen family1991 establishments in minnesotahidden categories minnesota articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinates 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 4 october 2016 at 14 24 . 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