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Broken Yolk Cafe

San Diego, CA · Founded 1993 · BYCR

Broken Yolk Cafe® Restaurants offer a large selection of freshly-cooked, home-style meals and other menu items for on-premise, off-premise and take-out consumption in a casual and comfortable environment.

Read the 2026 FDD ↗www.brokenyolkfranchise.com ↗
2026 Franchise 500
Unranked
40
units (2025)
5.3%
year over year

Units by Year

34
2021
35
2022
35
2023
38
2024
40
2025

Total outlets at year end, from FDD Item 20.

The Investment

Initial investment
$1,650,150 – $4,883,700
FDD Item 7
Franchise fee
$20,000
FDD Item 5
Ad fund
1.5%
FDD Item 6
Financial performance
Yes
FDD Item 19 disclosure
Royalty

4.5% of Gross Sales

Leadership

  • John Gelastopoulos

    LLC Manager and Chief Executive Officer

  • Chrisoula Gelastopoulos

    LLC Manager, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

  • Dimitra O'Rourke

    Director of Franchise Support and Technology

  • Valerie McCartney

    Franchise Sales and Development Consultant

  • Ed Powers

    Director of Operations

On File

FDD years
20262025
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Franchisee records
1
Current roster rows
Signed, not open
1
FDD Item 20, Table 5
Franchising for
16 yrs

Franchise Disclosure Documents

PDFBroken Yolk Cafe FDD 2026Most recent · opens in a new tabPDFBroken Yolk Cafe FDD 2025Opens in a new tab

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