TAMPA Being green is relatively easy today. That wasn’t the case back in 1994 when Evos, the burger chain with a social conscience, was born. “It was more difficult to do so back then,” said Dino Lambridis, founder of the five-unit company...
PORTLAND Ore. The family of the late Guss Dussin, founder of The Old Spaghetti Factory, has formed a restaurant company to develop new concepts. Dussin’s son, Chris Dussin, is serving as president of The Dussin Group. The new venture is...
Chef Donald Link’s 2-year-old Cochon restaurant remains whole-hog Southern-Cajun, and it’s set to grow. The popular New Orleans restaurant, whose name is the French word for “pig,” will be expanded in January with plans for its...
Although job misery does not discriminate by industry, management consultant Patrick Lencioni picked a restaurant to use as an example in his latest book, “The Three Signs of a Miserable Job” (Jossey-Bass, 2007). Lencioni is president and founder...
LAS VEGAS —This capital of glitz, glamour, gambling and gourmet dining winks at consumers with a suggestive marketing tag noting that what happens here stays here. But what happens if nothing happens...
WASHINGTON —TV show host and political commentator Chris Matthews and best-selling author and leadership expert Marcus Buckingham have signed on as keynote speakers for the 49th annual Multi-Unit...
One seemingly indisputable fact of nature of human taste is that, as we mature, we gradually progress from the love of the sweet to the appreciation of the savory. Think about it: We move from sugary candy treats to dark, cocoa-rich chocolate...
