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Hard Rock Cafe

Shown at the company’s headquarters. It was mentioned on the show, but not as a specific place, so the pin marks its home base.

Hard Rock Cafe
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About Hard Rock Cafe

Hard Rock Cafe, Inc. is a chain of theme bar-restaurants founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton in London. In 1979, the cafe began covering its walls with rock and roll memorabilia, a tradition which expanded to others in the chain. In 2007, Hard Rock Cafe International (USA), Inc. was sold to the Seminole Tribe of Florida and was headquartered in Orlando, Florida, until April 2018, when the corporate offices were relocated to Davie, Florida. The Hard Rock Cafe chain continues to be owned by Hard Rock International.

On the show · 7 mentions total

A waitress at the original Hard Rock Cafe, Rita Gilligan, has an MBE and still works there.

from 423: No Such Thing As A Seminole Sorting Hat · read transcript

More facts about Hard Rock Cafe

  1. Rita Gilligan claims Victoria Beckham applied for a hostess job at the Hard Rock Cafe shortly before the Spice Girls took off, but was rejected for being too quiet.

    423: No Such Thing As A Seminole Sorting Hat · listen

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Coordinates: 28.4750, -81.4690

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