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His son Peter Morton is the founder and owner of Hard Rock Hotel and Casino and co-founder of Hard Rock Cafe; his daughter Pam Morton is the general manager of Morton's restaurant in Los Angeles; [17] his daughter Amy Morton-Levin is the owner and operator of the restaurant Found in Evanston, Illinois; [18] [19] his son Michael Morton is the ...
In May 2006, Morton sold the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas to New York-based Morgans Hotel Group. The sale included the rights to the Hard Rock Hotel brand West of the Mississippi River which includes Texas, California, Australia and Vancouver, British Columbia. Morton later founded Morton's Restaurant in Los Angeles.
Hard Rock Cafe, Inc. is a chain of theme bar-restaurants, memorabilia shops, casinos and museums founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton in London.In 1979, the cafe began covering its walls with rock and roll memorabilia, a tradition which expanded to others in the chain.
Virgin Hotels Las Vegas retained the Nobu restaurant, which previously operated inside the resort when it was the Hard Rock. [135] Nobu is a Michelin star restaurant, [136] and is operated by chef Nobu Matsuhisa. [114] Two other Hard Rock restaurants, MB Steak and Forte Pizza, were also retained. [20]
The Embers was a 1950s and 1960s-era New York City restaurant and nightclub formerly located at 161 East 54th Street between 3rd and Lexington Avenues. [1] It was opened in late 1951 by former jazz musician Ralph Watkins, [2] who had also been involved with clubs such as Bop City and Royal Roost, and featured many notable jazz acts over the years, including Marian McPartland, Dorothy Donegan ...
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In 1987, he sold this restaurant group (President Entertainments; 70 restaurants) to a larger company, Pleasurama PLC. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] For Pleasurama, Earl acquired control of Hard Rock Cafe International (eastern rights company) from co-founder Isaac Tigrett then in 1989 named as chief executive of the company. [ 6 ]
The loud volume of the band's live show influenced the approach of hard rock and heavy metal. [389] Proto-punk , punk rock , and alternative rock bands such as the MC5 , [ 390 ] the Stooges , [ 391 ] the Ramones [ 392 ] the Sex Pistols, [ 206 ] the Clash , [ 393 ] and Green Day [ 394 ] cite the Who as an influence.