1. Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse Locations in the Midwest vs. California

2. Introduction Focus for my project was to analyze and compare the locations of Ruth’s Chris steakhouses in the Midwest and California. Also chose to take a look at our home state of Indiana! Why Ruth’s Chris? o Who does not love a good steak? Ruth’s Chris is my favorite place to eat and has (in my opinion) the best steak around. o However I was curious to analyze why there really are not many locations around our area compared to other areas.

3. What is Ruth’s Chris? A luxury fine dining steak company in the US 135 locations in the United States, Several others internationally Original “Chris Steak House” was founded in 1927 in New Orleans Ruth Fertel bought company in 1965 and turned into a business.

4. Ruth Fertel Bought the restaurant in 1965 for $18,000 to hopefully pay for her children’s college She worked and learned every part of the business herself and sold 35 steaks on day one for $5 dollars each! At the beginning she hired single mothers to work her restaurant because they are “The hardest workers” according to her. Source: Wikipedia

5. Methodology Get addresses of all Ruth’s Chris in Midwest, California, and Indiana Geocode Addresses separately in ArcCatalog o Midwest on its own (Indiana included) and California on its own Rematch the majority of the addresses Enter geocoded results separately into ArcMap ‘Select by attributes’ to create new layer for my locations Then clip each maps accordingly o Clip Indiana map from my Midwest map clip

6. Ruth’s Chris locations in the Midwest So few? Only 14 locations throughout 8 states! Iowa has zero! Chicago has 3 near it Indianapolis has 2 Most locations are featured in, or near the major cities of their state

7. Locations in California 13 in this One State! City Locations Anaheim Beverly Hills Fresno Irvine Palm desert Pasadena Roseville Sacramento San Diego (2) San Francisco Walnut Creek Woodland Hills

8. The Hoosier State Three Locations throughout our state Two in Indianapolis and One in Mishawaka

9. Conclusion and Theme Analyzing these maps what is common about the locations? Located near major cities! o Looking at both these maps you can see that each map features Ruth’s Chris locations that are in or near major cities 14 locations throughout all Midwest (8 states) 13 in just California! o The population of the cities/states located plays a factor.

10. Resources http://www.ruthschris.com/restaurant- locations/indianapolis-northside http://www.ruthschris.com/restaurant- locations/indianapolis-northside http://www.nola.com/dining http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth's_Chris_Steak_Hou se http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth's_Chris_Steak_Hou se Geocoder.us