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BOSTON Uno Restaurant Holdings Corp. said Monday that discussions with the company’s bondholders surrounding a potential refinancing have ended, and that it has paid on time the formerly withheld interest payment on its bonds. Last month...
If I had a dime for every press release touting a restaurant’s award-winning wine list…well, I still probably couldn’t afford a bottle at most of those places.Lists composed of great vintages, deep verticals and exhaustive regional collections are...
The commodities markets didn’t need new legislation to find their financial equilibrium; they just needed a bear market to burn the neophyte investors. That bear market in crude oil, natural gas, corn and soybeans—to name a few—may be at hand...
Ten years after founding Heartland Breweries in 1995, Jon Bloostein’s company became a victim of its own success. Profit was so strong that the Internal Revenue Service was collecting more than 40 percent of earnings, leaving Bloostein unable to...
This is the third in a series of seven stories exploring the growth cycles of some of the industry’s hottest concepts. Each story will look at a different facet of the evolution of an emerging chain, from conception to financing to moving into new...
Katy Malaniak was 13 when she discovered her passion for food while watching a fastidious Italian immigrant cook meals in a tiny restaurant in Sharpsville, Pa. Malaniak rolled pizza dough for the lady every Saturday and watched her prepare each...
When Joshua Richman joined the six-unit Happi House fast-casual chain as president and chief executive in March, his instructions from the board were to grow the brand. After a 12-year lull in franchising, the San Jose, Calif...
PLANO TEXAS Bennigan’s and Steak and Ale brands, franchisees of Bennigan’s Grill & Tavern had met with executives to discuss the state of the company. —About 90 days before Metromedia...
Genoa, Italy, the metropolis of the region of Liguria, is peppered with shops, street stalls and restaurants selling all kinds of flatbreads, especially along the winding streets of the Medieval quarter. The best of them still use ancient wood...
When the rent was jacked up at Beatrice Arredondo’s Havana Dreams restaurant in Doral, Fla., a year and a half ago, she decided to look for cheaper digs in another area of town. She moved about 15 minutes east to downtown Miami, where she sought...
