News: Restaurant Finance Insider
February 16, 2026
The 16-unit Protein Bar & Kitchen, which was acquired in November by Founder’s Table Restaurant Group, the New York-based operator of Chopt Creative Salad and Dos Toros, was represented in the sale by Morgan Kingston Advisors, the Austin based investment firm, led by Susan Miller and Sean Mirzabegian. Last month the Monitor reported Founder’s Table raised $8.1 million of equity in a recent private placement to 29 different investors. Protein Bar’s 2024 franchise disclosure document lists a range of annual store-level volumes from $957,073 to $1,571,885 per annum, although a source told the Monitor the brand was recently posting double digit sales increases and gaining momentum with non-traditional locations.