Levy Restaurants

Levy Restaurants is an American food service and hospitality company, based in Chicago, Illinois. Levy specializes in providing food and beverage services at major entertainment and sports venues; with operations at more than 80 venues in the U.S. and Canada, it is the largest food service contractor in North American professional sports, with a nearly 40% market share.^[2] Founded in 1978, with a single family-run delicatessen in Water Tower Place, Levy has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Britain's Compass Group since 2006.^[3]

Levy Restaurants

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Hospitality
Founded	1978
Founder	Larry Levy & Mark Levy
Headquarters	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Area served	North America
Key people	Andy Lansing (President and CEO) Tom Funk (Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer) Rob Ellis (Executive Vice President and CFO) Jeff Wineman (Executive Vice President Of Business Development)
Products	Food and Beverage, Retail
Revenue	US$ 1.5 billion (2017)[1]
Number of employees	50,000
Parent	Compass Group (2006–present)
Website

History

The company was founded in Chicago, IL in 1978 by Larry and Mark Levy of St. Louis. The first property was D.B. Kaplan's Delicatessen in Chicago's Water Tower Place.^[4] In 1982, the company pioneered the concept of fine dining in stadiums and arenas with award-winning restaurants and foodservice locations at Chicago's Comiskey Park (home of the Chicago White Sox) and again in 1985 in Chicago's Wrigley Field (home of the Chicago Cubs.) In 1989, the company was selected by The Walt Disney Company to own and operate two locations inside their world-famous Walt Disney World Resort, Terralina Crafted Italian and Portabella. Levy was also a partner in the former Wildhorse Saloonand Fireworks factory location at Walt Disney World. The Terralina Crafted Italian's has consistently been voted best Italian restaurant in Orlando. Portobello has achieved one of the top ten sales volumes of any restaurant in the United States. In 1994 they added their first location outside Chicago. The company also created and implemented the WOCAAT (Winning One Customer At A Time) training philosophy.

Locations

As of 2025, Levy manages food service operations for facilities in all of the major North American sports leagues,^[2] including:

• American Airlines Center, Dallas^[5][6]
• Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Georgia^[7]
• Audi Field, Washington, D.C.^[8]
• Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, North Carolina^[9]
• Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York^[10]
• Belmont Park, Elmont, New York^[11]
• Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee^[7]
• Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, North Carolina^[12]
• Chase Field, Phoenix^[13]
• Churchill Downs, Louisville, Kentucky^[14]
• CPKC Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri^[15]
• Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles^[5]
• Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida^[16]
• Delta Center, Salt Lake City^[5]
• Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles^[17][18]
• Enterprise Center, St. Louis^[19]
• Fiserv Forum, Milwaukee^[5]
• Ford Field, Detroit^[20]
• Fox Theatre, Detroit^[21]
• Grand Casino Arena, St. Paul, Minnesota^[5]
• Indianapolis Motor Speedway^[22]
• Intuit Dome, Inglewood, California^[5]
• Kaseya Center, Miami^[6]
• Kia Center, Orlando^[5][23]
• LoanDepot Park, Miami^[13]
• Meadow Brook Amphitheatre, Rochester Hills, Michigan^[10]
• Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill, Sterling Heights, Michigan^[10]
• Moda Center, Portland, Oregon^[6][24]
• Nationals Park, Washington, D.C.^[13]
• New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Loudon, New Hampshire^[7]
• Northwest Stadium, Landover, Maryland
• Oakland Arena, Oakland, California^[25]
• Pine Knob Music Theatre, Independence Township, Michigan^[10]
• Providence Park, Portland, Oregon^[26]
• Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey^[5]
• Rate Field, Chicago^[27]
• Saratoga Race Course, Saratoga Springs, New York^[11]
• Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan^[10]
• Spectrum Center, Charlotte, North Carolina^[5]
• Stifel Theatre, St. Louis^[19]
• Target Center, Minneapolis^[6]
• TD Place Arena and TD Place Stadium, Ottawa^[28]
• T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas^[6]
• Toyota Center, Houston^[6]
• United Center, Chicago^[5]
• USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, Queens, New York^[29][30]
• Wrigley Field, Chicago^[13]

Levy's primary competitors in the sports industry include Aramark, Delaware North, Legends Hospitality, and Sodexo.^[2]

They also manage all food service operations at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, IL,^[31] multiple establishments inside Walt Disney World,^[32] and the Uber Arena in Berlin.^[33]

Restaurants

In addition to its role as the food & beverage provider at sports and entertainment venues, Levy operates several standalone restaurants. Levy operates the restaurant Maddon's Post as a partnership between Chef Tony Mantuano and former Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon.^[34]