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Buy a Native Grill & Wings Franchise

Native Grill & Wings is a full-service, family-friendly sports grill built around award-winning Buffalo-style chicken wings. The concept traces back to 1978, when its founding family brought Buffalo’s wing tradition to the Southwest, originally trading as Native New Yorker before rebranding to Native Grill & Wings in 2014. It has franchised since 1993.

The menu pairs traditional, boneless and tenderloin wings with more than 20 distinct flavors, alongside pizza, burgers, sandwiches and salads. A defining feature is that guests can order every flavor by the individual wing, a niche the brand has long positioned itself as leading. The setting leans toward a relaxed, kid-friendly sports grill rather than a bar-first model, drawing families, friends and sports fans.

Native Grill & Wings is owned by FAT Brands Inc., a publicly listed franchising company whose portfolio includes Fatburger, Round Table Pizza and Johnny Rockets. The network is regionally concentrated, with franchised locations across Arizona, Texas and Illinois, and the brand continues to target growth in emerging markets through single-unit and area-development opportunities.

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Why buy a Native Grill & Wings Franchise?

Native Grill & Wings offers a recognizable regional identity in a category with steady consumer demand. Its core draw is a differentiated wing program: more than 20 flavors available by the individual wing, supported by a 20-plus-time “Best Wings” award history that gives the brand genuine local equity in its established markets. Buying a Native Grill & Wings franchise means stepping into a concept with a set menu, recognized name and a defined family-and-sports positioning rather than building a restaurant identity from scratch.

Backing from FAT Brands adds the purchasing scale, marketing infrastructure and multi-brand operating experience of a large franchising group, which can matter for supply terms and system support. The brand also offers exclusive territories and area-development paths for operators looking to scale.

Native Grill & Wings Franchise Costs & Information

  • Minimum Qualifications

    • Initial Franchise Fee

      $50,000

    • Initial Investment

      $1,017,000 - $2,905,000

  • Royalty

    • Royalty Fee

      6%

  • Training & Support

    • 191 hours on the job training

    • 27 hours classroom training

    • Ongoing support

    • Marketing support

Native Grill & Wings – Additional  Information

  1. Training & Support

    Incoming franchisees receive structured initial training of roughly 27 classroom hours plus around 191 hours on the job, spanning executive, manager, cook and staff roles across a multi-month onboarding. Ongoing support includes national and regional marketing campaigns, proprietary operating software, purchasing cooperatives, franchisee conventions and an intranet platform for sharing best practices, alongside day-to-day operational guidance, with additional system resources drawn from parent FAT Brands. Resale buyers should confirm what transfer training and software access the franchisor provides to incoming owners and existing staff.

  2. Ideal Owner

    The model suits hands-on, operations-led owners comfortable running a full-service restaurant: managing kitchen and front-of-house teams, holding food and service standards, and controlling labor and food costs through busy game-day trade. Prior restaurant or multi-unit hospitality experience is valuable, as is local community engagement to build repeat family and sports-fan traffic. While the brand permits semi-absentee structures, owners who stay close to daily operations or install a strong managing partner tend to fit the concept best.

  3. Recognition & Awards

    Native Grill & Wings' strongest credential is its wings: the brand has won "Best Wings" recognition more than 20 times over its history and is widely cited as a pioneer of ordering wings by the individual flavor in the Southwest. Operating since 1979 and franchising since 1993, it has built a loyal regional following, particularly across Arizona. Ownership by publicly listed FAT Brands adds parent-company scale and credibility. For resale buyers, brand-level recognition should be weighed alongside the specific territory's reputation, including local reviews, repeat customers and community visibility.

  4. Industry / Market

    Native Grill & Wings operates in the US casual-dining and sports-grill segment, where shareable food and game-day occasions drive demand. Wings are a notably resilient draw: the National Chicken Council estimates Americans eat well over 1.4 billion wings during Super Bowl weekend alone, and consumption stays strong through football and sports seasons. Full-service casual dining remains one of the largest US restaurant categories. For resale buyers, local demand hinges on the unit's market: nearby sports-viewing culture, family demographics and competing wing and grill concepts.

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