Welcome to Sharkey’s Restaurant Group

At Sharkey’s Restaurant Group (SRG), we’re building more than restaurants — we’re building the future of hospitality.

Founded by William Sharkey, SRG is the first Black-owned, AI-powered, multi-brand hospitality empire of its kind. From soul food to fine dining, immersive breakfast lounges to modern banquet venues, SRG is reshaping how restaurants operate and grow.

With 22 fully developed concepts and 1,500 projected units in 10 years, every SRG brand is powered by Sharkey AI — the world’s first AI operating system for hospitality. Supported by Sharkey Academy and Sharkey Media, SRG is creating a scalable ecosystem rooted in culture, technology, and equity.

What We Do

At Sharkey’s Restaurant Group (SRG), we don’t just create restaurants — we build brands engineered for growth. Every concept is designed to be crave-worthy, scalable, and powered by Sharkey AI, the first operating system for hospitality.

We blend next-level flavor with AI-powered logistics, franchise-ready operations, and community impact. This makes SRG the only hospitality ecosystem where food, technology, training, and media work together from day one.

Our Flagship Concepts

Chef Sharkey’s – Elegant fine dining with a live Kitchen Stadium experience.
Soul Bowl + Soul Suites – Fast-casual soul food bowls and tech-friendly cowork spaces.
Rise & Shine – Southern breakfast meets modern brunch, built for franchising at scale.
Stackery – Viral, stacked comfort food engineered for social buzz.
Chef Sharkey’s Grand Ballroom – A luxury venue for private events, weddings, and corporate gatherings.

Each brand is AI-powered, franchise-ready, and part of our 10-year plan to reach 1,500 units nationwide.

Why SRG

Before SRG, there were restaurant brands. Now! We’ve come to change the culture.

We’re not here to follow the traditional restaurant playbook. We’re here to write our own — and invite others to help us build it.

At Sharkey’s Restaurant Group, everything starts with people. The ones who are usually overlooked. The ones with dreams bigger than their opportunities. The ones who cook with soul, hustle with heart, and grind with purpose.

What makes SRG different is how we pair that human spirit with serious systems, scalable brands, and next-level technology.

22 fully developed restaurant concepts designed for growth.
1,500 projected units in 10 years.
Every brand powered by Sharkey AI, the first AI operating system for hospitality.
A built-in workforce pipeline through Sharkey Academy.
Cultural amplification through Sharkey Media.

This is more than food. This is ownership. This is the future of hospitality.

Before there was Google,
there was the internet.
Before SRG,
there were restaurant brands.
Now- we are the Google of Restaurants.

What We're Building

We’re not just building restaurants. We’re rewriting the rules of hospitality.

Sharkey Restaurant Group (SRG) is launching 22 fully developed concepts — each one designed from the ground up to be crave-worthy, scalable, and franchise-ready. Every SRG brand is powered by Sharkey AI, The worlds first AI opertaing system for hospitality.

At our Atlanta headquarters, we're creating a flagship ecosystem that blends:

Multiple brands under one roof (Chef Sharkey’s, Soul Bowl, Rise & Shine, Stackery, Chef Sharkey’s Grand Ballroom, and more).
Technology embedded into every operation (AI dashboards, smart inventory, workforce intelligence).
A franchise discovery center where investors and operators can experience each concept side-by-side before scaling nationally.

This model ensures that every concept we launch is AI-powered, franchise-ready, and part of a 10-year roadmap to 1,500 units nationwide.

Soul

Bowl

Build-your-own soul food bowls with Southern staples.
Fast-casual, AI-powered, and franchise-ready.

Rise & Shine

Southern breakfast and brunch with a modern twist.
Designed for rapid franchising and national growth.

Stackery

Visually viral stacked comfort food engineered for social buzz.
Built for scale with AI-driven cost control + logistics.

Chef Sharkey’s

Elegant fine dining with Kitchen Stadium showmanship.
The flagship brand — premium, tech-enabled, scalable.

Chef Sharkey’s Grand Ballroom

Luxury banquet + event venue for weddings, corporate gatherings, and private events.
Event-driven growth, fully integrated with SRG’s ecosystem.

Sharkey Academy

- “Now! We’ve come to change the culture — from the inside out.”

At Sharkey Academy, we believe hospitality is art — food, design, technology, and business are all part of the same cultural canvas. Our Academy develops talent across disciplines, creating the first AI-native hospitality workforce.

Our Tracks Include:

Culinary Arts & Hospitality – Apprenticeship-style training in kitchen, service, and operations.
Doctor of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship (DBAE) – A doctoral-level program in finance, leadership, and entrepreneurship, training the next generation of owners and executives.
Technology & AI – Sharkey AI certification, Google/Microsoft credentials, coding, robotics, and data-driven decision-making.
Creative Arts & Design – Animation, graphic design, branding, and digital storytelling.
Media & Production – Content creation, film, and digital marketing through Sharkey Media.

The Advantage

Establishes Sharkey Academy as a hybrid of trade school + higher education.
Creates direct ownership and executive pathways for students, not just jobs.
Produces a workforce that blends hospitality, tech, and creativity under one roof.
Builds an investor moat — no other AI startup trains its own leaders to the doctoral level.

The Academy

Built for Franchisees

Whether you’ve got restaurant experience or just heart and hustle, SRG is designed to set you up for success.

Every Sharkey brand runs on Sharkey AI — our proprietary AI operating system for hospitality. Franchisees aren’t guessing; they’re operating with the same intelligence as billion-dollar chains.

What Sharkey AI Delivers:

Real-time dashboards for sales + labor costs.
Built-in staff training that lowers turnover.
Smart supply chain visibility with vendor + rebate tracking.
Mr. SHARKEY voice assistant for KPIs, scheduling, and ops support.
AI-powered financial intelligence (budgets + weekly P&Ls) — teaching operators to manage like executives.

The Franchise Advantage
Franchisees get full access to our tech, training, logistics, design, and digital marketing — plus SRG Media content to create buzz from day one.

For investors, this means:

Faster franchisee success rates.
Guaranteed Sharkey AI adoption with every SRG location.
Predictable SaaS revenue growth as units scale (1,500 projected in 10 years).

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