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Bikinis Sports Bar and Grill Sports with a View! is the trade name of ATX Brands, LLC based out of Austin, Texas. The Bikinis name come from the outfit their waitress wear emphasising the breasts. Bikinis’ waitresses are also known as "Bikinis girls" who’s revealing outfits and sex appeal are a large part of the Bikinis image. The company also employs males and females for cooks, busboys, managers, and bouncers. The menu includes hamburgers, sandwiches, steak, seafood, tex-mex, wings, and appetizers. They have a specialty 4 pound hamburger called the Big Buckin' Burger and if someone is able to finish it including the side of potato chips wins a T-shirt and gets their picture taken with all the girls. All Bikinis restaurants hold alcoholic beverage licenses to sell beer and liquor. They also offer other merchandise such as t-shirts, koozies, the annual Bikinis calendar, and wine bottles. Most Bikinis are Pittsburg Steelers bars where Steelers fans can come watch football with other Steelers fans.

History
Doug Guller (Founder & CEO) chose Austin, Texas for the first location because he wanted a place to call home. He enjoyed the people, it is a great sports environment, beautiful outdoors, and it is the capital of Texas. In late 2005, Doug sought out help from local business owners to learn how they opened up their businesses. They were willing to talk to him because the name Bikinis was very thought provoking and they were curious to find out what his ideas were. He found a closed down restaurant and in June of 2006 the very first Bikinis was opened. Now Bikinis Sports Bar and Grill has grown to 11 locations and 1 franchise store in Oklahoma. Doug's goal is to have 50 store locations by the year 2015. The hiring of great people is one of the main reasons for this rapid growth because they believe in people over profit.

Bikinis Girls
The appearance of the wait staff is the main attraction of the restaurant. The Bikinis Girl is a waitress who is usually a young, attractive girl. They are recognizable by their signature outfit of a bikini top, jean shorts, and cowboy boots. Originally the bikinis tops were provided by Venus swimwear, but now go through Righteous Clothing for their bikini tops. Since Bikinis is a sports bar the girls are allowed to wear team gear, but they are not allowed to compromise the bikini top image. They have a similar concept as Hooters, but strive to offer something different.

Awards
The Austin Business Journal annual honors the 50 fastest growing companies in the Austin area. It ranks companies based on compounded annual average sales growth over 3 years. In 2009 Bikinis Sports bar and grill made #7 on the under $10 million category. In 2010 they ranked #5 on the more than $10 million in revenue list.

Inc. 5000 lists the fast growing private companies in the United States. This list is a distinguished editorial award and ranks companies by overall revenue growth over a 3 year period. Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill ranked #1209 in 2012