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WHEELING Ill. Don Roth’s Blackhawk, a 40-year-old white-tablecloth institution here, will close after dinner service on New Year’s Eve, owner Ann Roth said Tuesday.Her announcement means an end to the Roth family’s 89-year, three-generation run in...
MESA Ariz. Six-time world boxing champion Julio Cesar Chavez is set to open a boxing-themed restaurant and entertainment venue in this Phoenix suburb on Nov. 10.Called Julio Cesar Chavez Campeones – Spanish for "champions – the restaurant will...
EMERYVILLE Calif. Peet’s Coffee & Tea Inc. has agreed to acquire Diedrich Coffee Co. for about $213 million in cash and stock, a move that officials said would help the chain capture a larger share of the wholesale coffee market.The transaction...
LOUISVILLE Ky. Papa John’s International Inc. upped its expectations for annual earnings by two cents per share as the company said it has seen positive transaction momentum, market share gains and improved restaurant profitability. The company...
Bob Campbell, president of Tappan Street Restaurant Group, parent to Taco Mac, a 22-unit, Atlanta-based casual-dining chain, says that despite the sluggish economy business remains solid, thanks to smart marketing moves, new limited time offers...
While quick-service restaurants have made great strides in creating healthful items for dinner and lunch menus, breakfast has been another matter — until now. The slow march of healthful items into the breakfast lineup appears to be quickening...
DENVER The eight-unit Sage Restaurant Group said Monday it had hired Dave Hoemann, a veteran of hotel, contract foodservice and restaurant companies, to serve as its vice president of food and beverage operations. Hoemann most recently was vice...
TAMPA Fla. OSI Restaurant Partners LLC, parent to Outback Steakhouse and several other casual-dining brands, has named Elizabeth Smith as chief executive.Smith, who will assume the post Nov. 16, succeeds Bill Allen, who is retiring as CEO and will...
LOS ANGELES The parent to Lawry’s The Prime Rib has agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle a class-action discrimination lawsuit charging that the company had a tradition of hiring only women as servers, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...