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Lisa Jennings, Executive Editor

October 25, 2012

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Multi-concept operator the Innovative Dining Group, or IDG, is joining the growing number of U.S. restaurant companies to take their brands overseas for the first time.

The Los Angeles-based company opens its high-end-but-hip BOA Steakhouse concept in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates early next year, the first of several planned for the Middle East.

IDG is also known for its five-location Sushi Roku concept, as well as the new Soleto Trattoria & Pizza Bar — which opened earlier this summer — and the restaurants Katana, Delphine and Robata Bar, all in Los Angeles. The group also has two bars: Station Hollywood and The Living Room at the W Hotel in Hollywood.

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About the Author

Lisa Jennings

Executive Editor, Nation's Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality

Lisa Jennings is executive editor of Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality. She joined the NRN staff as West Coast editor in 2004 as a veteran journalist. Before joining NRN, she spent 11 years at The Commercial Appeal, the daily newspaper in Memphis, Tenn., most recently as editor of the Food and Health & Wellness sections. Prior experience includes staff reporting for the Washington Business Journal and United Press International.

Lisa’s areas of expertise include coverage of both large public restaurant chains and small independents, the regulatory and legal landscapes impacting the industry overall, as well as helping operators find solutions to run their business better.

Lisa Jennings’ experience:

Executive editor, NRN (March 2020 to present)

Executive editor, Restaurant Hospitality (January 2018 to present)

Senior editor, NRN (September 2004 to March 2020)

Reporter/editor, The Commercial Appeal (1990-2001)

Reporter, Washington Business Journal (1985-1987)

Contact Lisa Jennings at:

[email protected]

@livetodineout

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-jennings-83202510/

 

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