WOODLAND HILLS Calif. Daily Grill parent Grill Concepts Inc. said Tuesday it planned to take the company private by buying out smaller shareholders to reduce the number of stakeholders and then delisting its stock from the Nasdaq exchange. ...
CARROLLTON Texas T.G.I. Friday's said its restaurants would offer drink specials, discounted appetizers, a toast and other festivities on Jan. 20, the day Barack Obama is sworn in as president. Calling the celebration the "World's Largest...
WILBRAHAM Mass. Friendly Ice Cream Corp., the operator of the 505-unit Friendly's family-dining chain, has named industry veteran Ned R. Lidvall president and chief executive. Lidvall succeeds George Condos, who announced his retirement...
VAN NUYS Calif. UWink Inc., parent to three technology-focused restaurants, said last week it would seek to go private and spin off its technology division to reduce expenses and focus on its restaurant business. The company, which was...
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...
HOUSTON Joe’s Crab Shack said Wednesday it was rolling out five new seafood items to all of its 114 locations. The new items at Joe's Crab Shack include:-Snapper Pontchartrain, made with blackened snapper smothered in mushroom sauce and...
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...
