Outback Steakhouse may not be very Australian but the menu itself is very American: Dishes like Outback's Bloomin' Onion were launched in Florida by co-founder Tim Gannon (though Gannon credits his friend New Orleans chef Jeff Glowski with creating what he believes was the first version of the dish in 1985). But Outback Steakhouse has spread across most of the U.S. with nearly 700 locations nationwide in addition to a few hundred internationally.
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According to data from ScrapeHero the only U.S. states without an Outback Steakhouse are Maine Vermont Rhode Island and North Dakota. The District of Columbia also doesn’t have one as do the U.S. territories of Puerto Rico American Samoa Guam the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Northern Mariana Islands. Of the states without Outback locations almost all are in New England except North Dakota and all four tend to be sparsely populated states.
There are even fewer Bloomin’ Onions in New England now as New Hampshire closed its only Outback location in February 2024 officially adding the state to the list. Outback’s parent company the aptly named Bloomin’ Brands (the company also owns Bonefish Grill and Carrabba Italian Grill) has been steadily closing restaurants in the Northeast for a decade. No one has ever said exactly why.
It stands to reason that not all states have all restaurant chains since each new location brings business deals around permits and licensing and some regions have unique supply challenges or market differences. For example there’s no Chipotle in Hawaii or Alaska and there’s no Cracker Barrels in several states including Washington. The reason the states without Outback don’t have one may have to do with population size — none of those New England states have a branch of the more locally based Boston Market either. In fact there are more Boston Market locations in Florida than in Massachusetts.
