Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery

By Patricia Cobe on Nov. 11, 2021

As workers return to their offices and the holiday season gets underway, restaurants in every segment are ramping up catering programs to feed increased demand.

Leadership

What daunting task? New chief takes Logan’s turnaround in stride

By Peter Romeo on Sep. 22, 2020

Jim Mazany, new CEO of parent company SPB Hospitality, points out that he’s walked this path a time or two before.

Operations

Logan’s parent fires its furloughed employees

By Peter Romeo on Apr. 01, 2020

The move comes after bankruptcy-court supervisors fired CEO Hazem Ouf and CFO Jim Lebs for paying sales taxes without permission.

Financing

Parent of Logan's and Old Chicago 'mothballs' all 261 of its restaurants

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 21, 2020

CraftWorks says it intends to re-open the restaurants, but acknowledges that may not happen.

Leadership

Marc Buehler named president of CraftWorks group

By Peter Romeo on Jun. 27, 2019

The casual-dining veteran's new employer, CraftWorks Holdings, operates nearly 400 full-service restaurants in total, including Logan’s Roadhouse.

Leadership

CEO of Old Chicago and Rock Bottom's parent resigns

By Peter Romeo on May 17, 2018

Fred Beilstein is adding the duties of CEO to his CFO responsibilities on an interim basis.

2016 Top 500 restaurant chains

Jun. 21, 2016

More than half of the restaurant industry’s $491 billion in sales come from the Top 500 chains. And these giants grew at a modestly stronger rate, both in terms of sales and store counts, than the industry overall. Restaurant Business focused on the leading 250 performers to identify trends for our first-ever special report delivering lessons from Technomic’s annual Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report. This special package includes lessons for all operators from the largest chains by segment, menu category and more.

How to plan a grand opening

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 12, 2006

There’s not a lot of media efficiency in advertising, says Marilyn Davenport, director of marketing for the Louisville, Colorado-based Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery. So when she mobilizes her team to open a new location, public relations is a huge part of the marketing plan.