Shari's Cafe & Pies
Template:Short description {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other{{#invoke:Check for clobbered parameters|check|nested=1|template=Infobox company|cat=Template:Main other|name; company_name|logo; company_logo|logo_alt; alt|trade_name; trading_name|former_names; former_name|type; company_type|predecessors; predecessor|successors; successor|foundation; founded|founders; founder|defunct; dissolved|hq_location; location|hq_location_city; location_city|hq_location_country; location_country|num_locations; locations|areas_served; area_served|net_income; profit|net_income_year; profit_year|owners; owner |homepage; website }}{{#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox company with unknown parameter "_VALUE_" | ignoreblank=y | alt | area_served | areas_served | assets | assets_year | aum | brands | company_logo | company_name | company_type | defunct | dissolved | divisions | embed | equity | equity_year | fate | footnotes | headquarters | former_name | former_names | foundation | founded | founder | founders | genre | homepage | hq_location | hq_location_city | hq_location_country | incorporated | image | image_alt | image_caption | image_size | image_upright | income_year | industry | ISIN | key_people | location | location_city | location_country | locations | logo | logo_alt | logo_caption | logo_class | logo_size | logo_upright | members | members_year | module | name | native_name | native_name_lang | net_income | net_income_year | num_employees | num_employees_year | num_locations | num_locations_year | operating_income | owner | owners | parent | predecessor | predecessors | production | production_year | products | profit | profit_year | rating | ratio | revenue | revenue_year | romanized_name | services | subsid | subsidiaries | successor | successors | traded_as | trade_name | trading_name | type | website| qid | fetchwikidata | suppressfields | noicon | nocat | demo | categories }} Shari's Cafe & Pies, originally known as Shari's Restaurants, is a chain of family dining restaurants in the western United States.<ref name=olive/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Known for their house-made pies, Shari's also offers a full breakfast, lunch, and dinner menu.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Shari's is known for their familiar hexagonal building design.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> At its largest extent, Shari's had 96 locations across five western states plus Nebraska. As of November 2025, Shari's has eleven locations: three in California, three in Idaho, and five in Washington, with corporate headquarters in Oregon.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
History
Shari's began in Hermiston, Oregon, in 1978 with Ron and Sharon "Shari" Bergquist as proprietors.<ref name=history>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The two ran the company for seven years. By 1999, Shari's was the ninth-largest family restaurant chain in the United States based on total sales, and sixth in growth.<ref>Family chains fight back with acquisitions, reduced unit size. Nation's Restaurant News, July 26, 1999.</ref>Template:Better
In March 1999, the chain was acquired by Fairmont Capital Inc. for $60 million.<ref name=fairmont >Fairmont, execs buy Shari's chain for $ 60M. Nation's Restaurant News, March 15, 1999.</ref> At that time Shari's operated 96 locations in seven states with 4,000 employees and $128 million in annual revenue.<ref name=fairmont/> They were still the ninth largest family chain in 2003.<ref>Most second-tier family brands seek recovery from sales slippage; Special Report: Second 100. Nation's Restaurant News, July 28, 2003.</ref>
Shari's lost a gender discrimination lawsuit in April 2005 and was ordered to pay $122,225 in damages.<ref>Gresham man wins gender-bias suit. The Oregonian, April 20, 2005.</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In December 2005, the company was purchased by New York private investment firm Circle Peak Capital.<ref name=history/>
President Larry Curtis retired in July 2008 after 24 years with Shari's and was succeeded by Bruce MacDiarmid.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2009, Shari's Restaurants took ownership of a number of northern California Baker's Square restaurants and converted them to operate under Shari's name.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The chain is currently operated by Shari's Management Corporation in Beaverton. Most, but not all locations are open 24 hours a day, with a focus on specialty pies.<ref name=it-biz>Template:Cite news</ref> Samuel Borgese was named CEO in September 2017, replacing MacDiarmid.<ref name="new ceo 2017"/><ref name=olive>Template:Cite news</ref> In mid-2017, the company was operating 95 locations in the states of California, Idaho, Nebraska, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming, just one fewer than in the year 2000.<ref name="new ceo 2017"/><ref name="about-2017">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Shari's previously operated several restaurants in Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and Texas. However, the company permanently closed all locations in those four state sometime between the mid-1990s and the early 2000s due to poor management. During the 2020s, operations ceased in Nebraska and Wyoming as well.
In September 2018, it was announced that Shari's Cafe & Pies had taken over Carrows and Coco's Bakery.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web
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In August 2024, it was announced that Shari's Cafe & Pies has been behind on payments for both property, taxes and services rendered for the restaurant chain. <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As a result, a large number of Shari's locations permanently closed. <ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> By early October 2024, the number of locations had declined to 49, operating in California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In late October, all Oregon locations closed abruptly, dropping the remaining number of locations to seventeen.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Shari's owes around $900,000 to the Oregon Lottery for their video lottery machines.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
See also
- List of casual dining restaurant chains
- List of diners
- List of restaurant chains in the United States
- Cuisine of the United States