What is Hard Rock Cafe?
[[File:Hard Rock Cafe Logo.svg|right|250px]] '''Hard Rock Cafe''' is a chain of [[theme restaurant]]s. It was founded in June 1971. In 1979, the [[cafe]] began covering its walls with [[rock and roll]] materials. Others in the chain later did the same. In 2007, the Hard Rock Cafe was sold to the [[Seminole Tribe of Florida]]. It was [[headquartered]] in [[Orlando, Florida]] until April 2018.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Seminole Tribe in Hard Rock Deal|publisher=The BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6216292.stm|access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref> The first Hard Rock Cafe restaurant opened on 14 June 1971 in [[London]], [[England]]. The chain began to expand in 1982 to other locations, like [[Los Angeles]], [[Toronto]], [[San Francisco]], [[Chicago]] and [[Paris]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Hard Rock History|publisher=Hard Rock Cafe|url=https://www.hardrock.com/our-history.aspx|access-date=May 15, 2021}}</ref> In the [[United States]], there are also Hard Rock Cafe restaurants in [[Houston]], [[Philadelphia]], [[New York City]] and [[Boston]]. Hard Rock Cafe has restaurants in over 70 countries. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Companies based in Florida]] [[Category:1971 establishments]] {{us-stub}}