VICORP

Village Inn

Type	Subsidiary
Industry	Restaurants
Founded	1959
Founder	James Mola and Merton Anderson
Headquarters	Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Number of locations	212
Owner	American Blue Ribbon Holdings
Website	villageinn.com

Village Inn is a casual dining restaurant chain in the United States. Its restaurants are known for their breakfast menu items. Also, they feature a variety of salads, sandwiches, burgers, melts and dinner items. Their pies have won numerous awards from the American Pie Council (APC).

As of September 2015, Village Inn operates 212 restaurants in these states: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming and the territory of Guam. Village Inn's parent company, American Blue Ribbon Holdings, is based in Nashville, Tennessee.

Village Inn was founded by James Mola and Merton Anderson, who opened the first Village Inn Pancake House in Denver in 1958. They incorporated as Village Inn Pancake House, Inc., in December 1959, and began franchising in 1961, with Dow Sherwood opening the first franchised locations in Tampa. In 1982, Village Inn became the publicly traded VICORP Restaurants, Inc. VICORP acquired the Poppin' Fresh Pies chain from Pillsbury in May 1983, renaming it Bakers Square.