Skylark's management, Kingen, then a minority owner, in 1995 stepped back into Red Robin with Michael Snyder to nurse the company back to profitability. In 2000, the company opened its 150th restaurant. The headquarters was moved to the Denver Tech Center. In 2000, Red Robin merged with the Snyder Group, and Snyder became the company's president, chairman, and CEO. Snyder took the company public in 2002. The first Red Robin in the Chicago area opened in 2001 at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, Illinois. Additional locations opened in Warrenville and Wheaton that year. The original Red Robin closed on March 21, 2010, due to prohibitive maintenance costs for the old building. It was demolished on August 28, 2014. As of the fiscal year 2015, the company had 538 restaurants with a revenue of US$1.25 billion. To expand their reach, Red Robin added a "simplified" line of restaurants called Red Robin's Burger Works featuring quick service and with locations in Washington, D.C., Illinois, Ohio, and Colorado. These restaurants, launched in 2011, were mostly closed in 2016; three were rebranded as Red Robin Express to differentiate them from full-service locations. On December 2, 2018, Michael Snyder died by suicide. In September 2019, Paul J.B. Murphy III was appointed president, Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Company's Board of Directors, effective October 3, 2019. The following month, the company announced plans to close its five locations in Alberta, Canada, by early December. In 2021, Red Robin refocused its efforts on growth in its home state of Washington, opening a new location in Federal Way, Washington on November 15. The following November, the company closed its location in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and finished pulling all of its location out of the Boston area. See also List of casual dining restaurant chains List of hamburger restaurants References External links 1969 establishments in Washington (state) Companies based in Greenwood Village, Colorado Companies listed on the Nasdaq Hamburger restaurants in the United States Restaurant chains in the United States Restaurants established in 1969 Restaurants in Colorado Restaurants in Seattle 2002 initial public offerings