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IN 2000, LEYE had 38 partners, 45 concepts, and 4,000 employees. It owns, operates and licenses 90 restaurant venues in the United States. It has separate restaurant consulting and restaurant development companies. [8] The food court at Water Tower Place is among its operations. [9] 1999 annual revenue estimates ranged from $145 to over $200 ...
Maggiano's Little Italy (Italian: [madˈdʒaːno]) is an American casual dining restaurant chain specializing in Italian-American cuisine. The company was founded in Chicago's River North neighborhood, at Clark Street and Grand Avenue, in 1991 by Rich Melman's Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises (LEYE). It was named after Melman's late partner ...
Corner Bakery Cafe was founded by Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, a Chicago-based restaurant group. [1] It was sold to Brinker International, and then in 2005 to Il Fornaio (America) Corporation. [citation needed] Roark Capital Group bought Il Fornaio in 2011. [2]
The concept for Mon Ami Gabi was created after a family dinner that Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises (LEYE) founder Rich Melman had at Ambria, a fine dining French restaurant owned by LEYE. Melman enjoyed the more casual French bistro dishes prepared by the French cooks and in 1998, LEYE opened the first Mon Ami Gabi in the Lincoln Park ...
Courtesy of Grill 23 & BarAmerican steakhouses come in all sizes and scopes, from big cities to small towns, run by ritzy fine-dining restaurant groups or casual mini chains. Everyone's metric on ...
Rich Melman (born 1942) is an American businessman, and the founder and chairman of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, a privately held restaurant company with more than 100 venues. [2] [3] In 1971, Melman and Jerry A. Orzoff founded R.J. Grunts in Lincoln Park in Chicago. Melman and Orzoff continued their partnership, developing a number of ...
“You don’t necessarily see your colleagues every day,” says Samantha Henry, a partner in The Oakville Grill & Cellar and 167 Green Street Events, two entities in Chicago’s Lettuce ...
Tru was a French restaurant located in the Streeterville neighborhood in Chicago. Tru was opened in 1999 by Rick Tramonto and Gale Gand with the backing of Rich Melman's Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises. It was a Michelin one-star restaurant since the Chicago guidebook's inception in 2011; in 2017 the restaurant was awarded two Michelin stars. [1]