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Italian Kitchen (formerly known as Brio Tuscan Grille and Bravo! Cucina Italiana ) are American upscale casual dining restaurant chains that specialize in Italian-American cuisine. The chains were established in Columbus, Ohio as Bravo Development, Inc. (BDI) in 1992 by Rick and Chris Doody in collaboration with Executive Chef Phil Yandolino.
The new owners opened a total of 11 restaurant-bakeries in California in late 1980s and 1990s. The first restaurant location and headquarters are in Corte Madera, California, the second in San Francisco. They then branched out to Las Vegas, Nevada, Colorado, Seattle, and Virginia, opening a total of 22 by 2008. [1]
Romano's Macaroni Grill is an American casual dining restaurant chain specializing in Italian-American cuisine. As of April 2024, the company operates 31 locations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah, as well as 6 locations in Puerto Rico.
Bloomin’ Brands revealed in an earnings call Friday that it closed 41 “underperforming locations” across the brands it owns, including Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill and Fleming’s.
In 2013, Rita's opened its first location outside of the United States in Shenzhen, China. Rita's has traditionally given out a free regular-sized Italian ice or water ice on the first day of Spring from 1984 to 2019, and since 2022. [11] Rita's did not host a free water ice day on the first day of Spring in 2020–21, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2020, Carrabba's expanded into Canada, opening a location in Moncton, New Brunswick. [7] In 2021 Bloomin Brands bought out the founders of Carrabba’s Italian Grill in a royalty termination agreement. As part of the agreement the founders kept their original two locations in Houston. [8]
In November 2018, Cava Group bought Zoës Kitchen, a restaurant chain with more than 250 locations, in a deal worth $300 million, taking the company private and helping Cava expand further into the suburbs. [6] [17] [18] As of August 2021, there are 133 Cava locations. All Cava restaurants are company-owned, and none are franchised. [6]