January
The Arlington Friday’s® Front Row Sports Grill was chosen as one of the Top 10 great places to take children to eat by the Star Telegram.
February
Minneapolis St. Paul magazine recognized the Minneapolis Airport T.G.I. Friday’s® for having the Best Burgers at the airport.
March
The Buffalo T.G.I. Friday’s received 1st Place in the "Best After Work Hangout" by the Bee Group Newspapers.
Restaurant Hospitality recognizes T.G.I. Friday’s as a Merit Award winner in their Best Kid’s Menu contest.
April
The Corpus Christi Caller Times recognized T.G.I. Friday’s for three Readers’ Choice Awards – the "Best of the Best of 2001"….Best Margaria, Best Beer Selection and Best Bar & Grill.
March
The Salt Lake City T.G.I. Friday’s received the Readers Choice Award for "Best Specialty Alcoholic Drinks" from the Salt Lake City Weekly.
The Las Vegas Review Journal Readers’ Choice Awards voted Friday’s as the "Best Place for Appetizers".
Nominated by Hospitality Technology for "Best in Casual Dining" for its extraordinary deployment of accounting technology.
April
T.G.I. Friday’s Web Site received the "Golden Web Award" from the International Association of Web Masters and Designers.
The Sandusky Register voted T.G.I. Friday’s as having the "Best Bartenders".
May
T.G.I. Friday’s receives NRN’s MenuMasters Award for Best Limited Time Offer for Island Recipes.
Indianapolis Monthly names T.G.I. Friday’s "People’s Choice for Best Bar Food" and "People’s Choice for Best Appetizers."
June
Bridgewater Friday’s was voted "One of the Best Singles Bars" and "One of the Best Hamburgers" by the Courier-News.
July
Minnesota Parent’s 2001 Family Favorite Awards names T.G.I. Friday’s as "Favorite Kid Menu."
August
The San Diego Friday’s received 3rd place in the "Best Happy Hour" contest by the Union-Tribune.
The Roseville T.G.I. Friday’s was voted "Best Place To Do Lunch" and "Best Place for Happy Hour" by the Roseville Review.
September
The Connecticut Friday’s were voted as having the "Best Frozen Drinks" in the Best of Connecticut contest.
The Oxford Valley Friday’s was voted "Best Gourmet Burger" by the readers of The Courier Times.
October
The readers of the Roanoker voted T.G.I. Friday’s as the Platinum Winner in the category of "Best New Restaurant." The readers also voted "The Three David’s" as the Best Male Servers in Roanoke, and as a Gold Winner in the "Best Appetizer" category.
The Milwaukee Friday’s was voted "Best Appetizers" by the readers of the Journal Sentinel.
November
The Memphis T.G.I. Friday’s was recognized by the Mid-South Association for Retarded Citizens as Employer of the Year. The Memphis restaurant has employed individuals that are mentally challenged since earlier this year.
The Bridgewater Friday’s was recognized by the Courier-News as having "One of the Best Hamburgers," "One of the Best Party Bars," "One of the Best Singles Bars," and "The Best Happy Hour."
The Bloomington, Illinois T.G.I. Friday’s received the "Community Partner Award" from The Occupational Development Center.
T.G.I. Friday’s Web Site won the Web Marketing Association's "Outstanding Web Site."
