pea restaurant type restaurant industry food founded 1975 headquarters houston texas and denver colorado products american food & spirits website black eyed pea a now defunct black eyed pea outlet in hillsboro texas is located near hill college . black eyed pea is a united states restaurant chain with outlets primarily in texas and colorado . two corporate entities operate the restaurants . 1 the lone texas restaurant is operated by restaurants acquisition i l.l.c. 2 3 whose company is based in upper kirby houston . 4 5 the colorado restaurants are operated by rmr colorado llc headquartered in greenwood village colorado in greater denver . 6 7 contents 1 history 2 menu 3 dixie house 4 external links 5 references history edit black eyed pea was founded in 1975 by dallas restaurateur gene street . the first location opened on cedar springs road in oak lawn closed january 2 2016 after 40 years of operation . the chain eventually expanded across the american south . in early 1997 denamerica purchased the black eyed pea restaurant chain from unigate plc a british food manufacturer and distributor for 65 million . at that time the chain consisted of 130 restaurants about a quarter of which were franchises . on november 12 2001 denamerica now operating as phoenix restaurant group filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection . this resulted in the closing of 48 black eyed pea locations reducing the chain to 44 locations not including the colorado locations whose owners were in better financial shape . 8 in 2002 under new management black eyed pea was reformatted as a country casual chain by adding more appetizers and seafood offerings along with more grilled items as well as an increased emphasis on its bar . 9 phoenix restaurant group inc. was headquartered in madison tennessee . 10 as of september 2016 black eyed pea has a total of 7 locations including just 1 each in tennessee & texas and 5 in colorado . the only texas location is located in arlington while the vast majority of the colorado restaurants are situated in the denver area . many of the texas locations had shut down by that time . no word on when they would resume . in december 2008 former corporate employees stephen shaw and alan laughlin along with steve s brother jim shaw purchased all the rights to the colorado locations of black eyed pea . the three have begun changing menu items and pushing more advertising . as of september 28 2016 12 of the 13 black eyed pea restaurants in texas shuttered their doors with little notice after filing bankruptcy in 2015 . 11 menu edit black eyed pea s menu features home style southern u.s. cuisine such as fried catfish chicken fried steak including a texas sized version that takes up an entire plate pot roast mashed potatoes fried okra broccoli and rice casserole corn bread and rolls . main entrees are usually ordered with a choice of two vegetables . the signature dish is the namesake of the chain black eyed peas . the restaurants also have full liquor service . dixie house edit the dixie house now closed is located in the lakewood area of east dallas texas usa . it serves a variety of southern home cooked style foods such as a signature chicken fried steak . 12 the dixie house was acquired by black eye and the two restaurants now share many menu items . it retains a distinct neighborhood restaurant style . it received a mention in the 2008 best neighborhood restaurant notices of d magazine . 13 coordinates 32 48 49 n 96 45 09 w 32.813685 n 96.752568 w 32.813685 ; 96.752568 external links edit black eyed pea texas black eyed pea colorado references edit empapp book.pdf archive . black eyed pea . august 2007 . retrieved on april 16 2014 . bep colorado restaurants llc august 2007 restaurants acquisition i llc 1 archive . black eyed pea texas . retrieved on 2014 04 16 . 2008 restaurant acquisition i llc . via certified mail return receipt no. 7009 0080 0002 2564 9981 . archive . liberty mutual wausau insurance . retrieved on april 16 2014 . restaurants acquisition i l.l.c. d b a black eyed pea . notice of city council briefing session march 22 2011 t.w. turk cannady cedar hill room 285 uptown blvd. bldg. 100 cedar hill texas . city of cedar hill texas . retrieved on april 16 2014 . p. 33 . trade name of location black eyed pea ... mailing address 3601 s sandman ste. 211 city houston state tx zip code 77098 a scan of a texas alcoholic beverage commission on premises prequalification packet l on 11 2010 the restaurant discussed is in cedar hill texas so the mailing address must indicate a corporate office district map archive . upper kirby district . retrieved on april 7 2014 . home page . black eyed pea colorado . retrieved on april 16 2014 . rmr colorado llc greenwood village co 80111 rmr colorado llc . black eyed pea colorado . retrieved on april 16 2014 . 5347 south valentia way suite 305 greenwood village co 80111 3107 united states phoenix restaurant group files chap . 11 nation s restaurant news find articles at bnet new black eyed pea owners snap into action return to casual dining roots nation s restaurant news find articles at bnet brus brian . chain shuts 6 restaurants in oklahoma black eyed pea closes without warning workers . newsok . october 24 2001 . retrieved on april 16 2014 . houston chronicle . september 28 2016 retrieved on september 28 2016 . the best chicken fried steak in dallas d magazine . retrieved 2012 10 02 . best neighborhood restaurant 2008 d magazine . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title black eyed pea restaurant & oldid 744051964 categories companies based in denvercompanies based in houstonrestaurants in coloradorestaurants in texaseconomy of the southwestern united statesregional restaurant chains in the united statesrestaurants established in 1975hidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameterscoordinates not on wikidata 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 12 october 2016 at 20 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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