Hog's Breath Cafe

Hog's Breath Cafe (also known as Hog's Breath Saloon) is an Australian and international chain of steak house restaurants. The first Australian business restaurant model was opened in July 1989 at Airlie Beach, Queensland by Don Algie. In November the following year, a second store was opened in Mooloolaba. Additional locations quickly followed with stores opening in Townsville, Cairns and interstate Darwin.

As of 2011^[update] the Hog's Breath Company expanded overseas and has opened 75 Hog's Breath Cafes in just 20 years including Singapore and Thailand.

Hog's Breath's Cafe is essentially a Steakhouse that promotes prime rib as its signature dish. These steaks have been slow cooked for 18 hours in a special oven. The steaks start at medium rare and are also recommended at that particular meat temperature. Due to the amount of fats retained in the steaks, these steaks have a higher fat content than most steaks and are sometimes classified as marbled meat. The restaurant/cafe chain also sells pasta, burgers, wraps, salads and seafood dishes as well as their signature side dish curly fries, referred to by the chain as Hog's Tail Fries.

As of December 2011, there were 69 outlets operating in Australia, 3 outlets in New Zealand, 2 outlets in Thailand and 1 in Singapore. Hog’s Breath Company also controls the licensing and use of the Jamaica Joe's trademark in Australia and overseas. Hog’s Breath Company is embarking on further expansion in other Asian countries as well as the UK, Europe and North America.

The Hog’s Breath Australia web site identifies the company as being “Creators of restaurant and bar concepts for Australia and the world'”, which some might consider ironic given the nature of the origin of the Australian operation.

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