OUR GRATEFUL STORY

Founded in 2009, Grateful Hospitality is a full-service restaurant management and licensing company by Chef Richard Hales and his wife, Jenny Hales. From fast-casual concepts and modern food hall dining to full service contemporary restaurants, the power couples created award-winning, forward-thinking concepts that continue to shape Florida’s dining scene with locations in Miami and Tampa.

Chef Hales has been a passionate pioneer of forward-thinking concepts since 1991 and is only matched by the circle of professionals he has developed into his operations team. As CEO, Founder and concept creator for the group, Hales maintains creative control for the restaurants, hotel projects, catering and food truck operations. Grateful Hospitality currently operates Hales Blackbrick Chinese, with Tampa and Miami locations and Hales Society BBQ, with Nationwide delivery and a Miami location. Hales became well-known for his restaurant locations of Sakaya Kitchen and Bird & Bone and his ultra-cool food truck Dim Ssam a gogo.

 

"To say I am grateful is an understatement.
To say I did it alone is further from the truth."
- Chef Richard Hales



Bold statement in the world of BBQ @mikejchau If you know him or follow him @foodbabyny u know he knows what’s up #bestbitemiami🤘🏻 just humbled and honored to get comments like this for my latest menu☝🏻Thank you Mike & fam #Repost @mike
Happy New Year! What an incredible decade. On the biz side we opened @sakayakitchen in midtown, downtown and @thecitadel. We opened our food trucks Dim Ssam a Gogo and Sakaya Kitchen food truck which created our events business. We changed the la
@foodbabyny is loose in the #305 and knows what’s up for fried chicken 🤘🏻 thanks to @mikejchau and fam for coming in to @birdandbonemia 🔥 #Repost @foodbabyny with @get_repost ・・・ Awesome Hot Chicken & Cornbread Waffle from @chefrichardh
Thanks to @carlosfriaspix for stopping in and checking out @societybbq🤘🏻Beef rib for the win but the menu is really special. Glad it is already listed as one of the top eats for 2019 @miamiherald and our newest concept from Grateful Hospitality #b