Big River Restaurants is an independent franchisee of Applebee’s International, Inc. with 41 Applebee's restaurants across Louisiana, Illinois and Eastern Missouri. The first of these stores opened in 1989. Our team strives is to be the best casual dining restaurant group through innovation, passion for service, integrity and caring for our community. We are a part of each community we serve and strive to ensure that our guests and associates never have to settle for less.