Down Home Steakhouse

Down Home Steakhouse is an American casual dining restaurant chain owned and operated by Howard Johnson's Restaurants Inc., a division of, headquartered in. The restaurant has a Southern theme.

History
The Down Home Steakhouse concept was the brainchild of Howard Johnson's Restaurants president Philip Goslawski. Goslawski was a former regional manager for Victoria Station, a chain of steakhouse restaurants with railroad cars used as dining areas that was popular in the US during the 70's and 80's.

The first location of Down Home Steakhouse opened on June 1, 1994 in near the. To mark a difference between the main Howard Johnson's chain and Down Home Steakhouse, Howard Johnson's Restaurants used a different steak supplier for Down Home Steakhouse and created a menu that offered more varieties of steak than Howard Johnson's.