WICHITA Lone Star Funds, the private-equity owner of Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon Inc., plans to spin off a stake in two of its higher-end brands, Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steak House and Sullivan’s Steakhouse, through a $100 million initial...
NEW YORK Bon Appetit magazine will showcase the cooking of celebrity chefs from around the country in what is being touted as one of New York City’s first “pop-up” restaurants. Called the Bon Appetit Supper Club and Cafe, the short-lived...
DENVER Free tacos for a stolen base? Try free champagne for a home run. On Monday, Taco Bell announced it would award free Crunchy Beef Tacos if a player steals a base during the World Series. On Tuesday, Corridor 44 here said it would...
SAN DIEGO Jack in the Box closed its headquarters here on Monday and Tuesday and Starbucks shuttered 120 units because of the fires raging in Southern California, Reuters reported Tuesday afternoon. The report also said that 16 McDonald’s...
GLENDALE Calif. Expenses related to its pending $2.3 billion acquisition of Applebee’s International Inc. left IHOP Corp. with a loss of $11.6 million for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, the company reported Tuesday. The 69-cent-per-share...
TALLAHASSEE Fla. Florida’s attorney general is expanding his yearlong investigation of restaurants’ mislabeling of cheaper fish as grouper, with the focus now shifting to distributors. Attorney General Bill McCollum has ordered Palmetto...