Del Frisco’s COO resigns to lead another restaurant company

Del Frisco’s Restaurant Group said this morning that Jeff Carcara has resigned as COO to assume a leadership position with a private restaurant company.

The company Carcara intends to lead has not been revealed. 

He had served as COO of Del Frisco’s, a group of steakhouses operating under three names, since 2012. 

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