Toby Keith: Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill
Toby Keith wanted to create his platonic ideal restaurant that caters to both his family-man side and his party-boy side, but separately. During the day and afternoon, this restaurant churns out slightly elevated, yet still accessible, traditional southern bar food. At night, this space gets converted to a 21+ music venue for local bands, primarily focused on folk.
Swing into this restaurant if you’re craving North Carolina pulled pork but you live in Oklahoma. Oh, did we mention that there are three branches of Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill, and they’re all in middle-of-nowhere Oklahoma? If you ever find yourself passing through any random town in Oklahoma, a quick Google search will tell you whether there’s a Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill there or not.
Robert De Niro: Nobu
Robert De Niro wasn’t the brain behind Nobu. In fact, he was really just one of the investors. Nobu was started by the world-famous Japanese chef Nobuyuki "Nobu" Matsuhisa, and he was funded primarily by De Niro and a couple of other small-scale investors.
What simply started as a New York staple in 1993 has bloomed into one of the most successful restaurant chains in the world. With 32 locations around the globe and climbing, chef Nobuyuki "Nobu" Matsuhisa is almost as much a celebrity as the man who helped him get started.