Ponderosa and Bonanza Steakhouses

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Ponderosa Steakhouse and Bonanza Steakhouse are a chain of buffet/steakhouse restaurants that has been a part of Beverly Hills-based FBG Bid Co. since 2026. Its menu includes steaks, hamburgers, seafood, and chicken and potato entrées, all of which come with their buffet. A lunch menu is also served. Unlike some other chains with two names which use only one of the names in a given region, restaurants in the same locale could be named either Bonanza or Ponderosa. This is because Bonanza and Ponderosa were separate companies, which were later merged under the Metromedia Restaurant Group. The names of the restaurants were derived from the TV series Bonanza, which was set at a place called Ponderosa Ranch. An unrelated Ponderosa restaurant (which also serves steak) in Derry, Northern Ireland, is named that way because the family of Niall Regan, the owner in the 1970s, resembled the cast of the TV show.

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