Fazoli’s, America’s largest premium Italian quick-service restaurant chain, is off to a running start in 2012 with record same-store sales growth in January.

Comella’s, a two-decade-old local chain of Italian restaurants, is set to open its newest location in Natick Center.

Italian restaurant chain Olive Garden says, “When you’re here, you’re family,” but in recent years, it’s been more like a dysfunctional family, struggling with dipping sales and a mixed reputation, the Chicago Tribune repo...

Frank Veltri II says there is no secret to the success of Italian Village Pizza in Ross. "We've been doing this for 31 years," he says of the chain of which his two-year-old restaurant is a part. "People know we make good pizza, so they keep coming to us."

Fazoli’s, America’s largest premium Quick-Service Italian restaurant chain, wrapped up 2011 with record-setting sales increases, completing a 17-month streak in guest traffic and s

TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- OSI Restaurant Partners, LLC today announced changes in responsibility among the Company's senior management team.Dirk Montgomery, the Company's Senior Vice President ...

Affinnova Inc., a Waltham company that helps consumer-products company do market research, said it has helped the Italian restaurant chain Sbarro to optimize its menu pricing.

Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver’s new Norwich eatery could be opening in June.

The Board of Directors of Sbarro, Inc., a leading Italian quick service restaurant company, today announced that James Greco, 54, has been named President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.

Are meatballs the new hamburgers? Adam Berger thinks so. The Tabla owner plans to put his money where his mouth is with a new meatball-focused mini-restaurant set to open in Northeast Portland this summer.

Changes along 23 Mile Road will be coming in the next few months with the opening of an Olive Garden in Chesterfield Township and the departure of the New Baltimore Salvation Army Thrift Store from its current location.

Rafael’s Italian Restaurant, a Tennessee restaurant chain, has agreed to pay $25,000 and furnish other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced Wednesday.

JAMIE Oliver is plotting a Food Revolution in America - by opening a restaurant chain across the Atlantic.

BECKLEY(WVVA) Olive Garden, the popular Italian restaurant chain, has moved one step closer to coming to the region. The Beckley planning commission has approved the construction of the restaurant in

LONDON--(BUSINESSWIRE)-- The Good Fast Food Restaurant Company Attracts Brad Blum as Investor, Non-Executive Director and Strategic Partner Brad Blum, the former CEO of Burger King and Olive Garden Italian ...

Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank AG (DB, DBK.XE) are planning to sell $500 million in commercial mortgage-backed securities backed by 261 properties run by OSI Restaurant Partners LLC, known for chain eateries such as Outback Steakhouse and Carrabba's Italian Grill.

Last week, for the 22nd year in a row, Vancouver Magazine published its restaurant awards issue, and as always, it was a big day for the North Shore. The party rolled on through the afternoon and night after the city's biggest celebration of our dynamic culinary scene.

Jamie's Italian, the restaurant business founded and majority-owned by Jamie Oliver, is planning a move to North America in a development which would reflect the chain’s continued growth.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Restaurant Association today announced that the number of restaurant companies participating in its "Kids LiveWell" program has more than tripled since the initiative's launch last July. Currently, 68 restaurant brands representing more than 20,000 locations have committed to "Kids LiveWell," a first-of-its-kind voluntary program ...

An Italian restaurant on the Near North Side has been hit with a walkout by its kitchen staff.Bice at 10 E. Delaware was operating at a reduced level late Wednesday, said its assistant general manager, Ovi Marginean. He declined to comment on the labor issue, but sources said staffers walked out because they hadn’t been paid for some time.Bice is part of a global chain owned by Roberto Ruggeri ...