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Zazzle was launched from their garage by Robert, Bobby, and Jeffrey Beaver, and went live in 2005. [5] The company received an initial investment of US$16 million in July 2005 from Google investors John Doerr and Ram Shriram, [3] and an additional investment of US$30 million in October 2007.
Benihana (Japanese: 紅花, "Safflower") is a chain of Japanese restaurants. Originally founded by Yunosuke Aoki as a cafe in Tokyo in 1945, Benihana spread to the United States in 1964 when his son Hiroaki "Rocky" Aoki opened its first restaurant in New York City.
The original plan was for it to sell coffee and snacks, but it ended up becoming a family style restaurant. The first restaurant was opened in Nerima, Tokyo. In 1986, they offered an IPO and by 1987, had 100 locations. They opened their 200th location in 1997 and then opened their 300th location in 2000, but currently have around 274 locations. [7]
In 1979, Daiei and Wendy's International formed a joint company called Wenco Japan Inc. that operated Victoria Station franchise steak houses and Wendy's fast-food restaurants in Japan. [16] In 2002, Daiei sold Wenco Japan, which included the Victoria Station franchised restaurants, to Zensho for 4.60 billion yen.
Warren Wilson, the former KTLA broadcast journalist who spent four decades covering some of the biggest stories in Los Angeles’ history, died Friday at his home in Oxnard, Calif. He was 90. His ...
Sukiyabashi Jiro (すきやばし次郎, Sukiyabashi Jirō) is a sushi restaurant in Ginza, Chūō, Tokyo, owned by Jiro Ono. [2] Ono previously operated as the head chef, but stepped aside in favor of his son Yoshikazu Ono in 2023 due to ill health. [3] Sukiyabashi Jiro was the first sushi restaurant [4] to receive three stars from the ...
A Saizeriya restaurant in Nagoya, Japan. The current president of the company, Yasuhiko Shōgaki, worked at a western restaurant in Ichikawa, Chiba called Saizeriya while he was attending Tokyo University of Science. The manager at the time recognized his skill, and when Shōgaki became a senior in school, he inherited the restaurant.
Brookline / ˈ b r ʊ k l aɪ n / is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, and part of the Boston metropolitan area.An exclave of Norfolk County, Brookline borders six of Boston's neighborhoods: Brighton, Allston, Fenway–Kenmore, Mission Hill, Jamaica Plain, and West Roxbury.