Sammy’s hires Dan Clay as COO

LA JOLLA Calif. The 16-unit Sammy’s Woodfired Pizza chain said it has hired former Houlihan’s president Dan Clay as chief operating officer.

Clay also has served in executive positions at Houston’s Restaurants Inc., Cooker Restaurant Corp., S&A Restaurant Corp. and Catawba Corp., an operator of casual Tex-Mex restaurants in Massachusetts and New Jersey. According to Sammy’s, Clay has spent more than 35 years in the restaurant business, starting at age 15 in a