Best Startup
This article showcases our top picks for the best Maryland based Restaurants companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Restaurants industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Top Maryland Restaurants Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Qu
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Qu is reimagining the modern restaurant POS platform.
Arena Analytics
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Arena Analytics applies predictive analytics and machine learning to talent acquisition challenges.
OrderUp
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OrderUp, a Groupon company, is the most complete food delivery marketplace for restaurants outside of the top metros.
Sippd
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Sippd is an A.I.-powered sommelier that provides users with personalized wine recommendations from any restaurant wine list.
JobOn
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JobOn is an online recruitment platform that enables hiring managers to review video responses to interview questions by job applicants.
Virtual X Kitchen
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Virtual X Kitchen creates a sustainable restaurant model for urban areas.
MISSION BBQ
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MISSION BBQ is a restaurant chain that offers an authentic American style barbeque.
The Cordish Company
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The Cordish Companies is a real estate development and entertainment operating company.
Aarsand Management
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Aarsand Management is a firm that serves as a multi-unit Taco Bell franchisee.
JesseJay’s
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JesseJay’s is a New restaurant and bar located in the Churchton/Deale neighborhood.
HMSHost
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HMS Host is a restaurant group that serves airports and motorways.
Atlas Restaurant Group
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Atlas Restaurant Group is a national hospitality group With an uncompromising effort to deliver authentic cuisine from around the world.
District Taco
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District Taco serves quality Mexican food that is fresh, simple, and healthy.
Chicken Out Rotisserie
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Chicken Out Rotisserie, a Maryland-based chain of 30 fast casual restaurants.
Rams Head Group
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Rams Head Group is a family owned & operated, Annapolis-based restaurant and entertainment company.
Silver Diner
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Silver Diner is a regional restaurant company based in Rockville, Maryland with operations in three states.
Renaissance Hotel Group
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Renaissance Hotel Group engaged in operating or franchising its hotels and resorts.
MGM National Harbor
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MGM National Harbor, LLC owns and operates a dining, retail, and entertainment casino resort.
Cluck-U Chicken
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Cluck-U Chicken is a chicken shop and restaurant that serves a variety of chicken recipes and cuisines.
The RC Group
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The RC Group is a management company for the restaurant and hospitality industries.
The Minor Group
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The Minor Group focuses on restaurants, hotels and lifestyle brands distribution.
Plamondon Hospitality Partners
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Plamondon Hospitality Partners is a company that specializes in development and management of restaurants, hotel and hospitality sector.
United Source One
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United Source One is an exporter of beef and food products.
Mason’s Lobster
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Mason’s Lobster operates food stores that serve and deliver lobsters.
Total Touch POS
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Total Touch POS is an easy-to-use restaurant software designed for the bars,restaurants and the dining industry company located in Olney.
BoCa Flavor
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BoCa Flavor leverages lean start-up methodology delivering Caribbean flavor fused with natural, non-GMO, MSG-free ingredients.
Dataurant
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Dataurant is the essential QuickBooks add-on for the restaurant industry.
TropQ Pizza
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TropQ Pizza is a restaurant that offers ice cream, and smoothies bowls for catering, weddings and corporate events.
Hooper’s Crab House
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Hooper’s Crab House is a restaurant that offers seafood, beers, beverages, apparel, and other accessories.
Carey Sales & Services
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Carey Sales & Services is a hotel and restaurant equipment supply shop primarily serving MD/DC/VA.
Hard Times Cafe
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Hard Times Cafe is a restaurant that offers chili con carne, meat, and pepper stew.
Sinkula Investments Ltd
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Sinkula Investments Ltd. Co. is a franchisee of Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers that has been in business for over 15 years.
Restaurant E-Solutions
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Restaurant E-Solutions is an IT company that develops website platforms, online ordering systems, and table reservation services.
SoftCafe
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SoftCafe is making softwares for restaurants and eateries.
Fallston Barrel House
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Fallston Barrel House is a restaurant that provides a variety of appetizers, salads, food menus, beers, beverages, catering, and events.
Cypriana
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Cypriana is a restaurant that offers dine-in services along with different food and beverages.
Dougie’s BBQ & Grill
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Dougie’s BBQ & Grill is a restaurant that takes online orders and provides catering services.
The Charmery
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The Charmery is a food manufacturing company that specializes in developing and distributing a range of flavored ice creams.
Power Plant Live
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Power Plant Live is a restaurant and entertainment complex.
HDScores
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HDScores aggregates static health inspection data from public and private sources and standardizes it for consumers.
Hunt Valley Towne Centre
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Hunt Valley Towne Centre is a shopping mall.
Old Folks
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Old Folk is a food production company and the making of whole hog sausage from special recipes became a full-time family business.
Ocean Pines
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Ocean Pines is a residential community, that offers ball fields, tennis courts, community-built playground, and the community gardens.
Restaurant Consultants
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Restaurant is a consulting firm that offers development, design, and construction management services.
Captain Dan’s Crabhouse
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Captain Dan’s Crabhouse is a restaurant that provides seafood, fish, crabs, chips, beverages, party platters, and catering services.
Congressional Seafood
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Congressional Seafood is a fish wholesaler and distributor.
Mamma Lucia
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Mamma Lucia is an Italian restaurant that offers spaghetti and meatballs, chicken entrees, and bagels as well as provides catering services.
Stolik
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Stolik offers mobile applications for restaurant reservation automation, restaurant discovery and relationship management with guests.
Philly’s Best Pizza & Subs
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Pizza Restaurant in Elkridge, MD
Potomac Pizza
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Potomac Pizza is a family restaurant that offers traditional and specialty pizzas.
Giolitti
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Giolitti is a delicatessen that sells bread, meats, and cheeses.
Three Brothers Restaurants
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Three Brothers Restaurants is a restaurant chain company that provides fast-casual dining, pizza, snack food, and catering services.
Chaps Pit Beef
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Chaps Pit Beef is a restaurant that serves pit beef, turkey, and pork, as well as BBQ chicken and ribs, and it takes catering orders.
DiPasquale’s Italian Marketplace
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DiPasquale’s Italian Marketplace is a food and beverage firm that provides dine-in, restaurant, catering, grocery market, and café services.
Far East Restaurant
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Far East Restaurant is a restaurant that offers food and beverage.
Fresh Baguette
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Fresh Baguette offers pastries, cakes, cookies, sandwiches, and candies.
Starland Sportsplex & Fun Park
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Starland Sportsplex & Fun Park is a family entertainment center that provides bumper boat services.
Brewer’s Alley
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Brewer’s Alley produces a diverse range of ales and lagers.
Manor Hill Tavern
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Manor Hill Tavern is a brewery restaurant that provides brunch, lunch, dinner, brick oven pizzas, brewed beer, and event services.
Atwater’s
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Atwater’s pickup & delivers online orders and offers catering and private events services.
Rosina Gourmet
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Rosina Gourmet is a restaurant that offers breakfast sandwiches, bagels, salads, soups, bread, desserts, and beverage dishes.
Meiwah Restaurant
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Meiwah Restaurant is a food and beverage company that specializes in regional cuisine and dining.
Crossroads Bistro
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Crossroads Bistro is a food and beverage company that provides catering, food trucks, and restaurant services.
Clark Burger
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Serving fresh Burgers, hand-cut Fries and Poutine daily for lunch and dinner.
Monte Restaurant Development Group
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Monte Restaurant Development Group establishes restaurants that provide fine dining experiences to the customers through food and service.
Sake Japanese Steakhouse
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Sake Japanese Steakhouse is a restaurant that provides appetizers, lunch and dinner menus, rolls, desserts, and dining services.
Marley Station
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Marley Station is a shopping mall that offers a children’s play area, food courts, fashion apparel stores, and event promotion services.
El Ranchero Mexican Restaurant
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Mexican Restaurant in Hagerstown, MD
The Dough Roller
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The Dough Roller is a restaurant that offers breakfast, pancakes, and dough pizza.
Silver Spring Mining Company
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Silver Spring Mining Company is a restaurant that serves a variety of specialties from appetisers to main courses and desserts.
Foreman Wolf
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Foreman Wolf specializes in a broad range of restaurants and wine store services as well as provides treasured wine programs.
RoyalTandoorus
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Royal Tandoor is the best Indian food restaurant in Gaithersburg, MD, famous for fine Indian Cuisine + Whiskey Bar.
Mangia e Bevi
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Mangia e Bevi is a manufacturing company that provides party food, kids and carryout menu, desserts, wines, and other beverages.
Old Westminster
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Old Westminster is an offline and online store that offers a comprehensive range of red, white, and rose wine products.
The Sandwich Shop Holdings
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The Sandwich Shop Holdings is a gourmet sandwich restaurants.
Hazelwood Inn
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Hazelwood Inn is a restaurant that offers soups, salads, platters, sandwiches, and subs.
Pizza Tugos
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Pizza Tugos is a restaurant that serves pizza, salad, wraps, subs, and craft beers.
Bygone
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Bygone is hotel in Maryland that offers dining, bar and other hospitality services.
Jasper’s Restaurant
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Jasper’s Restaurant offers salad, chicken, and sandwiches.
Red Emma’s
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Red Emma’s is a worker cooperative bookstore, cafe, and community events space.
O’Loughlin’s
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O’Loughlin’s offers dine-in and an online food delivery facility, besides providing a wide range of food items.
Nutters Crossing Golf Course
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Nutters Crossing Golf Course is a sports club that offers separate areas to play golf along with dining facilities.
Great Falls Ice Cream
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Great Falls Ice Cream produces and retails a wide range of chocolates, vanillas, coffees, sorbets, liqueurs, cookies, and candies.
The Kings Contrivance Restaurant
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The Kings Contrivance Restaurant is a restaurant that serves in new American cuisine with European and Asian influences.
Bare Bone Bar & Grill
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Bare Bone Bar & Grill is a restaurant that offers food and beverage services.
Shanghai Tokyo Cafe
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Shanghai Tokyo Cafe is the Chinese food service industry and operates to deliver Chinese food items to the customers.
Missouri Restaurant Solutions
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Missouri Restaurant Solutions offers tech services along with card processing solutions to hospitality industries.
College Advertising Solutions
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College Advertising Solutions, LLC provides localized online solutions for restaurant owners and consumers in the United States.
Restaurant Website Platform
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Restaurant Website Platform is a product of Sprout Creatives, a boutique hospitality marketing company located in Maryland.
Stricks Restaurant and Liquor Store
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Restaurant in Temple Hills, MD
Chong Yet Yin Chinese Restaurant
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Chinese Restaurant In Mount Airy, MD
