Private company

Ponderosa Steakhouse

Logo: Ponderosa/Bonanza Steakhouse, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons²

Ponderosa Steakhouse is an American buffet/steakhouse restaurant chain based in Dayton, founded in 1965.¹

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1965Founded¹

HeadquartersDayton, United States¹
Founded inKokomo¹
Websitewww.pon-bon.com/ponderosa

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Ponderosasteakhouse — Photo: TenPoundHammer, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons³

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

Ponderosa and Bonanza Steakhouses since 1997

From Wikidata.¹

Timeline

1997Acquired Acquired by Ponderosa and Bonanza Steakhouses¹
1965Founded Founded in Kokomo¹

Links

Websitewww.pon-bon.com/ponderosa¹
X (Twitter)x.com/PonBonSteak¹
Facebookwww.facebook.com/ponbonsteakhouses¹
WikidataQ64038204

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

1
WikidataPonderosa Steakhouse on Wikidata
2
Wikimedia CommonsPonderosa Steakhouse logo by Ponderosa/Bonanza Steakhouse, Public domain
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Wikimedia CommonsPonderosa Steakhouse photo by TenPoundHammer, CC BY 2.0