OVERLAND PARK Kan. Stockholders of Applebee’s International Inc. have voted by a wide margin to proceed with the casual-dining company’s $2.3 billion buyout by IHOP Corp., the casual-dining company said after a special shareholder meeting here...
TAMPA Fla. Outback Steakhouse parent OSI Restaurant Partners Inc. is selling an 80-percent stake in the six-unit Lee Roy Selmon’s smokehouse barbecue chain to its NFL Hall of Famer namesake-founder and Selmon’s president, Peter Barli. OSI...
SAN DIEGO George Katakalidis, the founder of the fast-casual Daphne’s Greek Cafe chain based here, on Tuesday announced plans to open an upscale “chic Greek” restaurant in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter in December. To be called EXY, the...
HOUSTON Luby’s Inc., in a letter sent Tuesday to shareholders, is urging them to support management and the current board in the face of a dissident shareholder’s recent nomination of four candidates to the 10-seat board. "Luby's has the...
NASHVILLE Tenn. The O'Charley's casual-dining chain is touting steak in a limited-time promotion that runs through Dec. 30. The All Things Steak menu lists six beef options, ranging from a Roast Beef Ciabatta Sandwich for $8.99 to a 12...
SAN DIEGO Damon Gordon's Quarter Kitchen, housed in the recently opened Ivy Hotel here, doesn't take a backseat to the property it resides in. Staking out a piece of the southwest corner of the property, the restaurant...
DARTMOUTH Mass. A technologically savvy thief or thieves infiltrated the point-of-sale system of Not Your Average Joe’s, stealing the credit card numbers and expiration dates on as many as 3,500 guest transactions, the casual-dining chain...
WEST PALM BEACH Fla. Houston’s parent Hillstone Restaurant Group has resolved a lawsuit with a woman who sued the company in June because she was allegedly asked to leave a local Houston’s while breastfeeding her son. The matter was settled...
OVERLAND PARK Kan. Applebee’s Grill & Bar is taking an edgier tack in its marketing with the launch of an ad campaign that features a wisecracking apple. The overhaul also extends to redesigns of the concept’s logo, menu and uniforms, and...
NEW YORK New York City health officials have broadened the scope of their controversial menu-labeling plan to address the limitations that prompted a federal judge in September to block enactment of the initial proposal. The rewritten...
