Famous Five Dining Inc is a restaurant management company located in Franklin, Tennessee, United States. We own and operate Famous Dave's Barbecue restaurants in 5 cities across the state of Tennessee. We also operate a catering call center for Famous Dave's. In addition to being part of the family of barbecue restaurants that boasts over 700 awards, we are proud of our local commitment to 'give back' from the blessings we've received. Our restaurants to date have raised more than $500,000 for Make-A-Wish, helping grant more than 83 wishes for children facing life-threatening illnesses. Our restaurants feature hickory-smoked-on-site premium meats like St. Louis Spare Ribs and Texas Beef Brisket. Our side dishes are made from scratch and our desserts are also house-made. We like to say we're the only barbecue restaurants in the world to ever make your taste buds dance! Catering is a fundamental part of our business too. We cater weddings, corporate events, church and community gatherings as well as personal parties every day. We provide catering event planning specialists free of charge who work within our clients' budgets to build the right catered event. Famous Five Dining is owned by 2 husband/wife teams who are life-long friends.They are surrounded by gifted leaders who run the day-to-day operations of the restaurant business while the owners work behind the scenes. Doug & Laurel Renegar and Mike & Tamara Lister were named Tennessee's Small Business Persons of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration in 2012. Famous Five Dining provides a family atmosphere for Employees as well as dining and catering Guests!