Boston’s The Gourmet Pizza Restaurant & Sports BarFranchise Cost, Revenue & Review 2026
Data from FDD filing + SBA 7(a) records
FranchiseVerdict summary · 2026
A Boston’s The Gourmet Pizza Restaurant & Sports Bar franchise requires a total initial investment of $1.0M – $3.3M, including a $50K franchise fee and an ongoing 5.0% royalty[2]. Per the 2025 FDD, average unit revenue was $2.3M[2]. Verdict grade: B. Run a live ROI scan →
Data last verified June 18, 2026 · figures per the 2025 FDD issuance
Overview
- Investment
- $1.0M – $3.3M
- 43rd pct Service Resta…
- Avg gross sales
- $2.3M
- 23rd pct Service Resta…
- Royalty
- 5.0%
- 7th pct Service Resta…
- Units
- 24
- 29th pct Service Resta…
- SBA default
- N/A
Quick verdict · Full-Service Restaurants · color = vs category peers
Green = >15% above Full-Service Restaurants avg · No shading = within ±15% · Red = >15% below avg · Source: FDD filings + SBA 7(a)
Data from public FDD filings and SBA records. Not financial advice. Methodology
Franchising since 1995. Systems this mature have refined operations and brand recognition.
Franchised units fell from 25 to 24 over 3 years. Investigate why operators are leaving.
The franchisor's auditor raised doubt about continued operations. This is a serious risk signal.
Bottom line
- Total investment $1.0M – $3.3M including a $50K franchise fee, 5.0% ongoing royalty.
- Average unit revenue of $2.3M/year.
- Verdict B (Above Average) with a risk score of 54/100.
- Auditor disclosed a going-concern note, which flagged doubt about the franchisor's ability to continue operations. Verify against the latest FDD.
Item 1 · who you're contracting with
The Franchisor
- Legal entity
- Boston Pizza Restaurants, LP
- Parent company
- James Treliving Holding, Ltd.
- Ultimate parent
- Treliving Family Holdings, Inc.
- Incorporated in
- DE
- HQ
- 14850 Quorum Drive, Suite 201, Dallas, Texas 75254
- Auditor
- Moss Adams LLP
- Audited financials
- Franchisor revenue
- $3.7M
- vs $4.0M prior year
- ⚠ Going-concern note
- Disclosed in FDD 2025
- Auditor flagged doubt about continued operations. Verify against the latest FDD before deciding.
Overview
About
Franchisees operate full-service gourmet pizza restaurants with integrated sports bar concepts, managing food preparation, table service, bar operations, and sports entertainment programming. Day-to-day responsibilities include staff scheduling and training, food cost management, inventory control, customer service, and marketing to drive both dine-in and takeout/delivery revenue across a protected territory.
- CEO
- Jeff Melnick
- Headquarters
- TX
- FDD year
- 2025
- States available
- 14
FDD Item 7 · 2025 filing · 21 line items
Initial investment breakdown
| Line item | Low | High | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Franchise Feenot refundable | $50K | $50K | |
| Rent Expense | $10K | $28K | |
| Real Property | — | — | |
| Site Due Diligence | $5K | $11K | |
| Architectural and Engineering Fees | $36K | $90K | |
| Project Management | $20K | $58K | |
| Construction and Leasehold Improvements | $165K | $1.4M | |
| Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment | $385K | $963K | |
| Audio / Visual Systems | $75K | $235K | |
| POS & Computer | $35K | $53K | |
| Signage, Graphics & Artwork | $52K | $131K | |
| Liquor License | $1K | $10K | |
| Security and Utility Deposits and Permits | $1K | $7K | |
| Initial Training and Opening Expenses | $45K | $76K | |
| On-Site Opening Assistancenot refundable | $15K | $15K | |
| Pre-Opening Marketing Assistance & Medianot refundable | $20K | $20K | |
| Inventory | $27K | $49K | |
| Managers' Salaries | $49K | $65K | |
| Insurance | $2K | $3K | |
| Professional Fees | $8K | $16K | |
| Total initial investment | $1.0M | $3.3M |
Line items extracted from FDD Item 7. Ranges reflect the franchisor's stated low and high per line. Total is the sum of line-item lows / highs — actual costs may fall outside this range depending on market and build-out scope.
Single-unit · estimated
Returns at a glance
Indicative numbers using FDD Item 7 / Item 19 inputs and category-benchmarked cost ratios. Full single-unit, 25-unit portfolio, and LBO models (with every input editable to stress-test your own scenario) live on the financials page.
Store EBITDA · annual
$230K
10.0% margin
Unlevered ROIC
10%
EBITDA / total invested capital
Payback
9.6 yrs
cash-on-cash, unlevered
Item 7 · what it costs to open + operate
The Vitals
- Total investment
- $1.0M – $3.3M
- Near category avg vs category
- Liquid capital req'd
- $30K – $53K
- Better than avg vs category
- Franchise fee
- $50K – $50K
- Better than avg vs category
- Royalty
- 5.0%
- Gross Sales · typical 6–8%
- Ad fund
- 3.0%
- typical 3–5%
- Total fee load
- 8.0%
- vs 9–13% typical
Ongoing fees · Item 6
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Royalty | 5.0% of gross sales |
| Marketing / ad fund | 3.0% of gross sales |
| Technology fee | $2K |
| Training fee | $1K |
| Transfer fee | $25K |
| Renewal fee | $25K |
| Total fee load | 8.0% of rev |
Financial Performance
- Avg gross sales
- $2.3M
- Per unit, per year
- Median gross sales
- N/A
- Item 19 type
- gross_sales
- Sample size
- 17 units
- vs category median 13
- Range (low → high)
- $975K→$4.0M
- Cohort dispersion (min → max)
- Quartile band
- $1.3M→$3.4M
- Bottom 25% → top 25%
- Reporting year
- 2024
- Fiscal year the figures cover
- Transparency
- 3 / 5
- vs category median 4 / 5 · below
Compared against 1264 Full-Service Restaurants brands
vs Full-Service Restaurants averages
How Boston’s The Gourmet Pizza Restaurant & Sports Bar Compares
Unit growth
Item 20 · unit dynamics
The Growth Chart
- Total units
- 24
- Opened
- 5
- Last reporting year
- Closed
- 2
- Terminated
- 2
- Franchisor ended the franchise (per Item 20)
- Non-renewed
- 0
- Term expired, not renewed (per Item 20)
- Turnover rate
- 9.5%
- Company-owned
- 0
- Corporate units in the system
- % franchised
- 100%
- vs corporate-owned
- Net growth (yr3)
- +14.3%
- Net unit change last year
- 3-yr CAGR
- -4.0%
- Compounded over last 3 years
3-year detail · Item 20
- Transfers (3yr)
- 0
- Projected new
- 3
- Franchisor's next-year forecast
- Termination rate
- 8.3%
- Franchisor-initiated terminations
- Ceased ops
- 4.2%
- Units that stopped operating
Year-over-year franchised unit counts and net change. Source: FDD Item 20.
Item 20 · 14 states with active franchisees
The Territory Map
Derived from franchisee contact records. Shows states with at least one current operator. Not where the franchisor is registered to sell new units (that data is re-extracting in a future refresh).
States derived from franchisee contact records (FDD Item 20). Shows states with at least one current operator on file. Full state registration data (Item 12) will appear on a future FDD refresh.
SBA loan performance
Government records
SBA Loan Data
Aggregated from SBA 7(a) and 504 loan disclosures, public data unique to FranchiseVerdict.
- Total loans
- 169
- Loan volume
- N/A
- Amount data pending
- Median loan
- N/A
- Charge-off rate
- N/A
Historical SBA 7(a) lending data, not predictive of future performance. How SBA charge-off rates are calculated
- Repayment rate (PIF)
- N/A
- 5-yr charge-off
- N/A
- Loans approved 2021+
- Active lenders
- 0
- Defaults
- 0
Explore lender portfolios on Bank Reports or regional data on State Reports.
Risk analysis
FranchiseVerdict rating + FDD Items 3, 5, 6, 12, 17
Risk & Legal
Moderate-to-cautious opportunity with material legal history, missing financial disclosure (Item 19), and modest unit growth that warrants deep franchisee interviews and legal review before commitment.
Litigation (Item 3)
Three litigation matters disclosed: (1) Mineshkumar Patel v. Boston Pizza - breach of development agreement and fraud claims filed May 2019, settled August 2019 for $5,000; (2) Boston Pizza v. Rakesh Kaushal - breach of franchise agreement seeking $205,000 liquidated damages filed January 2020, dismissed without prejudice; (3) Boston Pizza v. BOSTCG LLC/Piyushkumar Patel/Smitaben Patel - breach of contract seeking $271,947 liquidated damages filed September 2023, settled March 2024 for $85,000 with mutual release of claims.
Bankruptcy (Item 4)
None disclosed
Audited financials (Item 21)
Yes · Moss Adams LLP⚠ Going-concern note flagged
Franchisor revenue (Item 21)
Franchisor entity revenue (not unit-level)
Supplier relationship · Items 8 & 16
- Franchisor sells you products: Yes
- Kickbacks from required suppliers: No
- Must buy proprietary products: Yes
- Restricted to system-approved products: Yes
- Can negotiate own supplier terms: No
Score breakdown · what drove the 54 / 100 rating
- 01MEDNo Item 19 (Average Unit Volume) disclosed despite $2.36M average revenue — prevents accurate ROI assessment and suggests franchisor may be hiding underperforming units
- 02HIGHHistory of franchisor-initiated litigation against ex-franchisees for breach of contract and liquidated damages recovery indicates aggressive enforcement and potential franchisee relations issues
- 03MEDModest unit growth of 14.3% YoY with only 24 total units suggests limited brand recognition and slower expansion than healthy franchise systems
- 04MEDHigh initial investment range ($1.03M–$3.3M) combined with undisclosed net income creates uncertainty about profitability and payback period
- 05HIGHPrior litigation involving breach of oral agreements indicates possible ambiguity in franchise agreements or compliance expectations
Severity inferred from the FDD text · not a regulatory classification
FDD Items 5, 6, 12, 17 · continued from Risk & Legal
Contract & Territory Detail
| Initial term | 10 years |
|---|---|
| Renewal term | 5 years |
| Allowed renewalsℹ | 2 |
| Territory type | Radius |
| Protected territory | Yes |
| Exclusive territoryℹ | No |
| Territory radius | 1 mi |
| Online sales rightsℹ | Restricted |
| Franchisor can compete | Yes |
| Hire a manager? | Allowed |
| Owner-operator | Optional |
| Non-compete (years)ℹ | 2 years |
| Non-compete (miles)ℹ | 10 mi |
| Right of first refusalℹ | Yes |
| RoFR response window | 30 days |
| Transfer requires consent | Yes |
| Termination notice | 30 days |
| Mandatory arbitration | Yes |
| Arbitration location | Dallas, Texas |
| Jury trial waiver | Yes |
| Governing law | Texas |
| Litigation count | 3 |
View Item 3 litigation summary
Three litigation matters disclosed: (1) Mineshkumar Patel v. Boston Pizza - breach of development agreement and fraud claims filed May 2019, settled August 2019 for $5,000; (2) Boston Pizza v. Rakesh Kaushal - breach of franchise agreement seeking $205,000 liquidated damages filed January 2020, dismissed without prejudice; (3) Boston Pizza v. BOSTCG LLC/Piyushkumar Patel/Smitaben Patel - breach of contract seeking $271,947 liquidated damages filed September 2023, settled March 2024 for $85,000 with mutual release of claims.
Items 10, 11
Training & Operations
- Classroom training
- 50 hrs
- On-the-job training
- 100 hrs
- Training location
- On-site and off-site
- Time to open
- 6 mo
- From signing to launch
- POS system
- Posi-Touch
- Operating tech stack
Items 5 & 11
Franchisor Support
Technology: Posi-Touch
Item 20 · call current owners
Franchisee Contacts
32 owners to call
Name · phone · city · state. Extracted from FDD Item 20
FDD download
Boston’s The Gourmet Pizza Restaurant & Sports Bar · FDD (2025) PDF
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost to open a Boston’s The Gourmet Pizza Restaurant & Sports Bar franchise?
The total investment to open a Boston’s The Gourmet Pizza Restaurant & Sports Bar franchise ranges from $1.0M – $3.3M, with an initial franchise fee of $50K. This includes real estate, equipment, inventory, and working capital as disclosed in their Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD).
What do Boston’s The Gourmet Pizza Restaurant & Sports Bar franchise owners earn?
According to Item 19 of the Boston’s The Gourmet Pizza Restaurant & Sports Bar FDD, the average gross sales per unit is $2.3M. Note: this is gross revenue, not profit. Actual owner earnings vary based on location, operating costs, and management.
What is Boston’s The Gourmet Pizza Restaurant & Sports Bar's franchise failure rate?
SBA 7(a) loan charge-off data is not available for Boston’s The Gourmet Pizza Restaurant & Sports Bar (fewer than 10 loans on file). Charge-off rates are one way to gauge franchise risk, but not all franchise loans go through the SBA program. We recommend reviewing turnover and closure data in the FDD and speaking with current franchisees.
How many Boston’s The Gourmet Pizza Restaurant & Sports Bar franchise locations are there?
As of their most recent FDD filing, Boston’s The Gourmet Pizza Restaurant & Sports Bar has 24 total units in the United States, including 25 franchised units and 0 company-owned units. 5 new units were opened in the latest reporting year.
Is Boston’s The Gourmet Pizza Restaurant & Sports Bar a good franchise to buy?
FranchiseVerdict rates Boston’s The Gourmet Pizza Restaurant & Sports Bar as a B-grade franchise with a risk score of 54 out of 100, based on our analysis of investment costs, revenue data, SBA loan performance, and growth trends. Our rating is based solely on publicly available FDD and government data; we recommend speaking with current franchisees before making any investment decision. This is not investment advice.
Data sourced from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) FOIA records. Not financial advice.
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Data extracted from public FDD filings and SBA 7(a) loan disclosures (FOIA). This information is provided for research purposes only and does not constitute financial, legal, or investment advice. Verify all figures with the franchisor's current Franchise Disclosure Document before making any investment decision.