Overview

Cook Out has become a regional sensation throughout the southern part of the United States, but for the first 20 years of its existence, the fast food chain operated solely in the state of North Carolina. The restaurant was founded in the city of Greensboro in 1989. Over the next two decades, it would come to take over the Tar Heel State, establishing more than 70 restaurants throughout North Carolina. The company now also has restaurants in Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, Kentucky, West Virginia, Mississippi, and Alabama.