Landry's says directors found no 'intentional misconduct' in option grants

Jul 30, 2007

HOUSTON Landry’s Restaurants Inc. reported July 30 that it had completed its internal review of stock option granting practices and that it will have to take a charge greater than the expected $8.6 million to correct past accounting errors. ...

Operators eye noncompete pacts to protect secrets

Jul 30, 2007

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Big or small, restaurant chains use TV to boost brand awareness

Jul 30, 2007

TV advertising is a mass-marketing tactic that the largest national restaurant chains use to raise brand awareness and boost sales. It’s also a tool that a chain with a handful of units can employ in a small market to achieve the same goal. ...

Proposed drink tax in Pennsylvania stirs controversy over excise levies

Jul 30, 2007

Pittsburgh-area restaurateurs are hopeful that a 60-second radio ad will help persuade local lawmakers to swear off enacting a potentially damaging alcoholic-beverage tax. The ad, which is backed by the Pennsylvania Restaurant...

Under The Toque: Peled draws on artistic background for Cinque Terre’s creative cuisine

Jul 30, 2007

Pnina L. Peled once faced the difficult choice between pursuing a career in the arts or a career in the kitchen. She had been around the restaurant industry for most of her life, pitching in as a young girl at her father’s cafe in the Flatbush...

HAVING WORDS WITH Julia A. Stewart CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE, IHOP CORP.

Jul 30, 2007

IHOP Corp. chairman and chief executive Julia A. Stewart is poised to lead the country’s largest casual-dining brand, Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill & Bar, with her company’s pending $2.1 billion purchase of the chain’s Overland Park, Kan.-based...

Grill Concepts looks to boost sales with new growth vehicles

Jul 30, 2007

LOS ANGELES Daily Grill and fine-dining Grill on the Alley concepts across the country and is testing other potential growth vehicles. —Bolstered by $14.1 million raised in a private offering...