Casual Dining

DALLAS La Madeleine Bakery, Café & Bistro today named Michael R. Shumsky chief executive officer of the 61-unit chain. Shumsky succeeds Greg Buchanan, who left in August to become chief executive at Buffet Partners Holding Co., parent of...

GLENDALE Calif. IHOP said Wednesday that it has awarded creative ad duties to MDC Partners’ VitroRobertson of San Diego. The agency replaces Interpublic Group’s McCann Erickson of Los Angeles, which created the family-dining chain’s current...

ST. LOUIS PARK Minn. Granite City Food & Brewery Ltd. is planning to add at least seven more brewpubs by next year with the help of a new $16 million debt facility with DHW Leasing LLC, the company said Tuesday. The loan is earmarked for...

ST. LOUIS PARK Minn. Granite City Food & Brewery is planning to add at least seven more brewpubs by next year with the help of a new $16 million debt facility with DHW Leasing, the company said Tuesday. The loan is earmarked for such new...

MINNETONKA Minn. T.G.I. Friday’s parent company Carlson Cos. Inc. has agreed to sell its Regent Seven Seas Cruises to Apollo Management LP, the seller said Monday. The deal marks Carlson’s exit from the cruise business, a move that will...

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FOXBORO Mass. CBS Corp. and the owner of the New England Patriots pro football team are partnering to open CBS Scene, a 15,000-square-foot upscale grill restaurant that could serve as the prototype for a sports-theme chain, the Boston Globe...

HOUSTON Luby’s Inc. urged its shareholders on Thursday to reject all four board of director nominees from its largest independent shareholder, the 7.1-percent holder Ramius Capital Group LLC. The cafeteria chain asked that shareholders re-elect...

PITTSBURGH The Pennsylvania Restaurant Association may file a lawsuit challenging the 10-percent alcoholic-drink tax that was passed Wednesday by the Allegheny County Council, said association president Patrick Conway. The measure would...