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Operations

Legal Sea Foods to open innovation center outside Boston

 By Joe Guszkowski on Oct. 03, 2023

The state-of-the-art facility in Milford, Mass., replaces Legal’s aging Quality Control Center and will house a growing ecommerce business, among other operations.

Operations

Legal Sea Foods heads west with first Chicago location

 By Joe Guszkowski on Jul. 17, 2023

The two-story restaurant on Chicago’s riverfront will be the chain’s first outside the East Coast in its 73-year history.

Consumer Trends

Former Legal Sea Foods CEO Roger Berkowitz tries e-commerce

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 20, 2023

The son of the chain's founder has launched a direct-to-consumer online seafood market called Roger’s Fish Co.

Leadership

Legal Sea Foods founder George Berkowitz dies at age 97

By Peter Romeo on Feb. 28, 2022

The fish-merchant-turned-restaurateur started with a bare-bones operation that didn't even use light fixtures.

Financing

Legal Sea Foods tests waters for westward expansion

By Joe Guszkowski on Oct. 06, 2021

New owner PPX Hospitality is trying the brand as a virtual concept in Chicago and Columbus ahead of plans to open physical restaurants there.

Operations

Legal Sea Foods’ new problem-solving philosophy brings a sea change

By Peter Romeo on May 15, 2019

With inspiration from an unlikely source, operations have changed significantly inside the kitchens of Legal Sea Foods, the high-volume polished-casual operation concentrated along the East Coast. 

Top 500 Chains

Legal Sea Foods

May 03, 2019

Get Top 500 data: sales, units and YOY change, average unit volume, and company/franchise units, as well as Technomic’s analysis, growth forecast and more.

Leadership

Union Square Hospitality names a new president

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 18, 2019

Chip Wade, a longtime ops specialist for Darden Restaurants, will take the job next month.

Top 500 Chains

Legal Sea Foods

Jun. 19, 2018

Selling My Company: Seven Common Pitfalls that Can Produce Failure

By Restaurant Business Staff on May 14, 2004

For many owners, including owners of foodservice distributorships, the sale of their company is the largest, most complex transaction of their career. Due to...

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