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Rainforest Cafe is a themed restaurant chain owned by Landry's, Inc. of Houston, Texas. It was founded by entrepreneur Steven Schussler. The first location opened in the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota on February 3, 1994. By 1997, the chain consisted of only six restaurants, all in the United States. In 1998, it was planned to build 10 additional restaurants in the United States, seven in Mexico, and five in the UK, for a total of 22 restaurants by 2008. [4] In 2000, the Rainforest Cafe was bought by Landry's Restaurants Inc. , a company specializing in dining, hospitality, entertainment, and gaming, based in Houston, Texas. [5] To date the company owns restaurants in the United States, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, the U. A. E. , and Japan. Rainforest Cafe focuses on local tourism for a majority of their income.