{{Infobox Disney ride |
| image=restaurantosaurs.jpg
| caption='''Restaurantosaurus in Dinoland USA. Photo credit Disney'''
| opened= April 22, 1998
| park= Disney's Animal Kingdom
| land=Dinoland USA
| custom_label_1= Restaurant Type
| custom_value_1= Counter Service
| custom_label_2= Menu Type
| custom_value_2= American Fast Food
| custom_Label_4= Sponsor
| custom_value_5= McDonald's (1998-2008)
}}
Restaurantosaurus is a counter service restaurant in the [[Dinoland USA]] section of [[Disney's Animal Kingdom]].
==History==
Restaurantosaurus opened with the rest of Disney's Animal Kingdom on April 22, 1998 <ref name= "D23"> https://d23.com/a-to-z/restaurantosaurus/ </ref>. When the restaurant originally opened it, along with the rest of Dinoland DinoLand USA, was sponsored by McDonald's. Menu items at this time included: Dino-Sized Double Cheeseburger, Hot-Dog OSAURUS, Vegetarian Burger, Fruit Punch Gelatin, and Safari Amber (a specialty beer) <ref> http://www.yesterland.com/mcwdw.html </ref>. Since openingFor breakfast, Restaurantosaurus has not seen any offered a character dining meal, "Donald’s Breakfastosaurus", which featured Donald, Goofy, Pluto and Mickey <ref> http://www.charactercentral.net/L68_DisneyCharacters_WaltDisneyWorld_AnimalKingdom_DonaldsBreakfastosaurusatRestaurantosaurus.aspx </ref>. The first major changeschange to occur at Restaurantosaurs was the end of the Donald’s Breakfastosaurus character breakfast on November 2, 2007 <ref> http://blog. touringplans.com/2007/05/20/donalds-breakfastosaurus-to-end/ </ref>. The end of the character breakfast coincided with the creation of a new character breakfast at [[Tusker House]]. Subsequently, McDonald's ended its sponsorship of the restaurant in 2008 however, and all references to the fast food company were quickly removed<ref name= "D23"/>. In 2017, Disney began offering mobile ordering at Restaurantosaurus <ref> http://www.wdwmagic.com/other/mymagicplus/news/16aug2017-mobile-order-rollout-complete-with-the-final-restaurants-at-disneys-hollywood-studios.htm </ref>.
==Backstory <ref name= "Jack"> http://land.allears.net/blogs/jackspence/2012/10/animal_kingdoms_restaurantosau.html </ref>==
The backstory for Restaurantosaurus, ties in with that of the rest of Dinoland DinoLand USA. The story begins in 1946, in Diggs County, located somewhere along U.S. Highway 498. Here, a rustic fishing lodge was located, and supported by locals and visitors alike. Nearby, Chest Chester and Hester owned a gas station, which provided travelers with basic necessities.
In 1947 however, things changed in Diggs County. An amateur fossil-hunter found dinosaur bones near the fishing lodge, and after showing them to some paleontologists, the group decided to buy the lodge and much of its surrounding land, eventually transforming the area into the Dino Institute.
Due to the creation of the institute, professors and grad students soon flooded to the area, eventually creating a dormitory and fabricate. As a way to make a few extra bucks, the grad students decided to open their cafeteria to the public, eventually erecting a sign atop the building that simply read "RESTAURANT".
As part of a practical joke, the students eventually began adding the suffix "osaurus" to the signs throughout Diggs County. Trying to one-up his classmates, one overachieving student added a large "osaurus" sign to the end of the "RESTAURANT" one, thus creating the name Restaurantosaurus, a name that would stick.
* A photo found inside the restaurant shows Walt with the Audio Animatronic dinosaurs from the Ford Magic Skyway pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair<ref name= "Jack"/>.
* The paintings in Restaurantosaurus were done by Imagineer Joe Rohde. The largest of which is a tribute to paleo artist Charles Knight <ref> Joe Rohde shared this information on his Instagram account https://www.instagram.com/p/B_AT5jkn9lB/ </ref>.
==References==