private industry foodservice founded 1978 hermiston oregon headquarters beaverton oregon united states key people bruce macdiramid ceo president revenue 97.6 million 2006 owner circle peak capital number of employees 4 500 2007 website sharis.com footnotes references company data . 1 shari s restaurants is a chain of family dining restaurants in the western united states . shari s is open 24 hours a day 365 days a year . shari s currently has 98 locations in california idaho nebraska oregon washington and wyoming . shari s features a distinctive hexagonal building design for most of its restaurant locations . the original restaurant was opened in hermiston oregon in 1978 . its corporate offices are located in the progress area of beaverton oregon . since approximately the middle of 2011 2012 the chain has updated its logo and bills itself on signs and in media as shari s cafe & pies . contents 1 restaurant design 2 history 3 references 4 external links restaurant design edit shari s restaurants are notable for their patented 2 hexagonal design . the bergquists originally sought to sell their patented idea to another company but when they were unable to find a restaurant company willing to buy they started their own chain in hermiston . most shari s restaurants are built to this design ; it places the kitchen in the center of the restaurant provides easy access for waiters and waitresses to serve customers and increases the number of tables next to a window . historically upon entering a shari s restaurant the dining area was divided by half with one half on either side of the entrance . one side would allow smoking and the other would be non smoking . today the restaurants are non smoking ; however some shari s restaurants have opened up video lottery rooms some of which allow smoking which occupy a portion of the former dining room and are walled off . history edit shari s restaurants logo through 2012 shari s began in hermiston oregon in 1978 with ron and sharon bergquist as proprietors . 3 the two ran the company for seven years . by 1999 shari s was the ninth largest family restaurant chain in the united states based on total sales and sixth in growth . 4 in march 1999 the chain was acquired by fairmont capital inc. for 60 million . 5 at that time shari s operated 96 locations in seven states with 4 000 employees and 128 million in annual revenue . 5 they were still the ninth largest family chain in 2003 . 6 shari s lost a gender discrimination lawsuit in april 2005 and was ordered to pay 122 225 in damages . 7 8 then in december 2005 the company was purchased by new york private investment firm circle peak capital . 3 president larry curtis retired in july 2008 after 24 years with shari s. bruce macdiarmid joined shari s with extensive experience in the restaurant industry . in addition to black angus steakhouse he has held positions at chevys fresh mex restaurants as well as with the paragon restaurant group whose concepts included carlos murphy s rusty pelican and hungry hunter . in 2009 shari s restaurants took ownership of and converted a number of northern california baker s square restaurants to operate under the shari s name . references edit hoovers shari s management corporation us 4259816 bergquist ron b. restaurant facility published april 7 1981 a b shari s our history family chains fight back with acquisitions reduced unit size . nation s restaurant news july 26 1999 . a b fairmont execs buy shari s chain for 60m . nation s restaurant news march 15 1999 . most second tier family brands seek recovery from sales slippage ; special report second 100 . nation s restaurant news july 28 2003 . gresham man wins gender bias suit . the oregonian april 20 2005 . gay man wins lawsuit against shari s . eugene register guard via google news . april 22 2005 . retrieved january 2 2015 . external links edit location in garden home oregon battistella edwin . shari s caf & pies . the oregon encyclopedia . hoovers shari s management corporation v t e oregon based companies nyse listed greenbrier companies lithia motors nike nw natural portland general electric nasdaq listed columbia sportswear electro scientific industries erickson inc. fei flir lattice mentor graphics radisys rentrak schnitzer steel umpqua holdings private companies a dec banfield consumer cellular esco franz bakery hoffman construction infocus kindercare education laika leupold & stevens les schwab the old spaghetti factory parr lumber plaid pantry reser s fine foods roseburg forest products shari s vigor industrial other bi mart tillamook creamery western family foods list of companies based in oregon retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title shari % 27s restaurants & oldid 743184732 categories restaurants in oregoncompanies based in beaverton oregonprivately held companies based in oregonregional restaurant chains in the united statesrestaurants established in 19781978 establishments in oregon 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 edit links this page was last modified on 8 october 2016 at 10 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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