NASHVILLE Tenn. O’Charley’s Inc., operator or franchisor of 371 restaurants under the O’Charley’s, Ninety Nine Restaurant and Stoney River Legendary Steaks brands, said Friday it had amended its revolving credit facility to improve the company’s...

MADISON Ga. Rita Restaurant Corp., the owner of the 22-year-old Don Pablo's Tex-Mex concept, has launched the casual-dining chain's first franchise program. Kurt Schnaubelt, Rita Restaurant's chief financial officer and executive vice...

PHOENIX Fox Restaurant Concepts, parent of Sauce Pizza & Wine and other concepts, has partnered with health guru and author Dr. Andrew Weil to open True Food Kitchen at the Biltmore Fashion Park here. True Food Kitchen features global...

HOUSTON Tilman Fertitta, chairman and chief executive of Landry’s Restaurants Inc., purchased more than 1 million shares of Landry’s common stock in various transactions ending last week, to bring his total stake to 8.6 million shares, or 53...

ORLANDO Fla. The seven-unit Seasons 52 will add a steak and mushroom kebab salad Dec. 16. The new salad will be served with a "touch of blue cheese and a low-fat zesty tarragon dressing that's like béarnaise," said Cliff Pleau, the chain's...

LEBANON Tenn. CBRL Group Inc. said Wednesday that a corporate name change to its original moniker, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc., would become effective within the first two weeks of December. The company said its shareholders...

MILL VALLEY Calif. The 12-unit Piatti Ristorante & Bar, based here, said it is showcasing mushrooms on a special seasonal menu available Nov. 29 through Dec. 13 to augment the casual-dining chain’s regular Italian trattoria bill of fare. ...

LEBANON Tenn. CBRL Group Inc., parent of the 581-unit Cracker Barrel Old Country Store chain, reported a nearly 8-percent drop in first-quarter profit against rising costs and falling sales, a trend the company said it expects to continue through...