THE HARD ROCK CAFE'

Hard Rock Cafe is a chain of theme restaurants founded in 1971. In these restaurants they serve hamburgers and other typical American foods. But that's not all! Are you curious to discover something more about it?  Follow us on this virtual journey!

There are 191 Hard Rock Cafes locations in the world and the headquarters  are in Orlando, USA.

• the biggest Hard Rock Cafe in the world is HRC Orlando.

• the most popular are HRC Orlando, Las Vegas and Dublin.

• the most beautiful one is HRC Bangalore, India.

• HRC Krakòw has got the best location,  because it is in the main square 

 

 HARD ROCK CAFES LOGOS

The historical logo of Hard Rock Cafes is this one 

but it is different for each location according to different features of each city.

These are my favourites:

PARIS

There is the Eiffel tower, Notre Dame Cathedral and the Arch of Triumph. On the red ribbon we can read the HRC slogan: "Love all, serve all" 

LONDON

In this logo we can see the Big Ben, the Tower Bridge, the iconic red bus and a royal guard playing a guitar.

FLORENCE

 Recognition marks are the Brunelleschi Dome, the David of Michelangelo, a red lily which is the symbol of Florence and a guitar with the Italian tricolor.

AMSTERDAM

 Here we can recognize Amsterdam's canals, the typical houses and their traditional shoes.

SPECIAL AND RARE OBJECTS IN HARD ROCK CAFES

Among the most rare exposed objects there are the guitars which belonged to Paul Stanley, John Lennon, George Harrison, Noel Gallagher, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix; Jim Morrison, Freddie Mercury and Michael Jackson's pants; Elton John's, Madonna's, Britney Spears's  and Prince's costumes and also two doors, one from the Abbey Road studios and the other one from number 3 Savile Road in London, both linked to the Beatles... There are also posters, golden disks, placards and a lot of other unique mirabilia.

In Hard Rock Cafes a lot of popular artists have performed, from Elvis Presley to Sting.

ROCK SHOP

The Hard Rock company has decided to create their own brand which has become hugely  popular. A lot of people buy souvenirs in a Rock Cafe Shop  to remember the cities they have visited. People usually collect these objects, especially HRC t-shirts. 

  Have you ever been to a Hard Rock Cafe? 

Have you bought any souvenirs? 

Let me know in your comments!!

BENNY