"WELCOME TO COOK OUT, MAY I TAKE YOUR ORDER PLEASE?" IT HAS BEEN 35 YEARS AND COUNTING SINCE THESE WORDS WERE FIRST SPOKEN. COOK OUT ORIGINATED IN 1989 IN GREENSBORO, NC.
COOK OUT OFFICIALLY OPENS
Randleman Rd, Greensboro, NC
1989
1996
FIRST SIT-IN COOK OUT
North Main Street in High Point, NC
10TH COOK OUT OPENS
Peters Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem, NC
1998
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.”
CREDIT & DEBIT
The year we started accepting credit and debit
2004
2006
BOONE LOCATION OPENS
Cook Out opened in the graceful city of Boone in 2006
50TH COOK OUT OPENS
Conover, NC
2008
2009
ALL LOCATIONS WERE ONLY IN NC
TUNNEL ROAD LOCATION OPENS
Started 2010 by opening in Asheville with record max sales.
2010
2010
FIRST STORE IN SOUTH CAROLINA
Cook Out opened it's 74th store in Spartanburg, SC, which was the first store outside of NC.
FIRST STORE IN TENNESSEE
Cook Out opened it's 77th store in Johnson City, TN, which was the first store in TN.
2010
2010
FIRST STORE IN VIRGINIA
Cook Out opened it's 81st store in Richmond, VA. Which was the first store in VA.
100TH COOK OUT OPENS
Florence, SC
2012
2012
CASTLE COOK OUT OPENS
Newport News, VA
FIRST STORE IN GEORGIA
Statesboro, GA
2013
2013
FIRST STORE IN KENTUCKY
Richmond, KY
FIRST STORE IN MARYLAND
Salisbury, MD
2014
2014
150TH COOK OUT
Bowling Green, KY
FIRST STORE IN WEST VIRGINIA
Huntington, WV
2014
2015
WENDOVER LOCATION OPENS
Holden onto our roots, we returned to Greensboro and opened the first sit down restaurant.
FIRST STORE IN MISSISSIPPI
Oxford, MS
2016
2016
FIRST STORE IN ALABAMA
Tuscaloosa, AL
200TH COOK OUT OPENS
Starkville, MS
2016
2018
250TH COOK OUT OPENS
Mobile, AL
300th Cook Out Opens
Memphis, TN, Winchester Rd
2022
Our Guarantee
Cook Out cares about the quality of both its food and service. If you were not 100% satisfied with your recent experience, please call 1-866-547-0011 to speak with one of our customer service representatives. We would love to hear about your experience and follow up with you from there.
