l & l franchise inc. type private industry restaurants founded honolulu hawaii 1976 headquarters honolulu hawaii area served western us new york hawaii key people johnson kam eddie flores jr. products hawaiian plate lunch website hawaiianbarbecue.com l & l hawaiian barbecue or simply l & l and known as l & l drive inn in hawaii 1 is a theme franchise restaurant chain based in honolulu hawaii centered on the hawaiian plate lunch hawaiian p mea ai . 2 l & l hawaiian barbecue in san diego california l & lhawaiian barbecue beef curry meal beef curry meal johnson kam and eddie flores jr. purchased the original l & l drive in in 1976 . the company expanded from its original base of hawaii in 1999 into californian markets . there are approximately 200 locations in alaska 3 arizona colorado nevada new york oregon texas utah washington and guam . 4 internationally henderson otahuhu new zealand 5 and tokyo japan . 6 in 1999 . eddie flores jr. created the term hawaiian barbecue also known as hawaiian bbq when he expanded to the mainland with the intention of giving mainland american customers a better idea of the hawaiian plate lunch cuisine and to draw excitement from the popularity of hawaii . flores and his partner johnson kam are well known in hawaii for popularizing the plate lunch in hawaii through their chain of l & l drive inn restaurants . contents 1 accolades 2 see also 3 references 4 external links accolades edit l & l hawaiian barbecue s success has earned the company many awards and continued rankings in various local and national magazines . in 2002 l & l hawaiian barbecue was named one of the 50 regional powerhouse chains by nation s restaurant news . 7 the july 2005 issue of restaurant & institutions magazine ranked l & l 314 out of america s top 400 restaurant chains . 7 additionally restaurant business magazine ranked l & l 15 of its 50 top growth chains in the nation in 2005 . 7 entrepreneur magazine has also ranked l & l s parent company l & l franchise 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