[3] The first Melting Pot opened in April 1975 in Maitland, Florida – a suburban city of the Orlando Metropolitan Area – and it had only three items on its menu.

With permission from the original owners, Mark, Mike and Bob Johnston opened The Melting Pot of Tallahassee, Florida, in 1979.

[citation needed] In April 2023, Melting Pot Restaurants had plans to remodel a store per week,[6] to offer a more open dining room layout.

This initiative was being called "Melting Pot Evolution" and was aimed at standardizing the restaurant's look, as the decor of some locations had not changed since the 1980's.

The current CEO of Front Burner, The Melting Pot's management company, is Bob Johnston,[5] the youngest brother of founders Mike and Mark.