The History of COOK OUT
"Welcome to Cook Out, may I take your order please?"
It has been 28 years and counting since these words were first spoken. Cook Out originated in 1989 in Greensboro, NC.
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1989
Cook Out Officially Opens
Randleman Rd, Greensboro, NC
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1996
First sit-in Cook Out
North Main Street in High Point, NC
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1998
10th Cook Out Opens
Peters Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem, NC
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1999
Established COOK OUT Meat Commissary
All of our meat is ground and pattied every single day, loaded on a truck every single day, delivered to each individual store location every single day, and cooked fresh every single day. This is where our motto was born, “Always Fresh, Never Frozen.”
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2004
Credit & Debit
The year we started accepting credit and debit
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2006
Boone Location Opens
Cook Out opened in the graceful city of Boone in 2006
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2008
50th Cook Out Opens
Conover, NC
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2009
All locations were only in NC
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2010
Tunnel Road Location Opens
Started 2010 by opening in Asheville with record max sales.
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2010
First Store in South Carolina
Cook Out opened it's 74th store in Spartanburg, SC, which was the first store outside of NC.
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2010
First store in Tennessee
Johnson City, TN
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2010
First store in Virginia
Henrico, VA
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2012
100th Cook Out Opens
Florence, SC
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2012
Castle Cook Out Opens
Newport News, VA
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2013
First Store In Georgia
Statesboro, GA
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2013
First store in Kentucky
Richmond, KY
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2014
First store in Maryland
Salisbury, MD
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2014
150th COOK OUT
Bowling Green, KY
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2014
First store in West Virginia
Huntington, WV
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2015
Wendover Location Opens
Holden onto our roots, we returned to Greensboro and opened the first sit down restaurant.
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2016
First store in Mississippi
Oxford, MS
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2016
First Store in Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
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2016
200th COOK OUT opens
Starkville, MS
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2018
250th Cook Out opens
Mobile, AL
