Carrabba's Italian Grill Opens 200th Restaurant
December 13 2005 - 10:23AM
PR Newswire (US)
TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Carrabba's Italian
Grill announces the opening of their 200th restaurant on Monday,
December 12th in Denver, Colorado. Carrabba's features
full-flavored Italian dishes made by hand from original family
recipes and prepared to order in an exhibition kitchen. Co-founders
Johnny Carrabba and Damian Mandola, hosts of the popular PBS
cooking show series, "Cucina," established Carrabba's legacy of
delivering fresh, flavorful food and warm hospitality when they
opened the first Carrabba's in Houston, Texas in 1986. Family
recipes and the use of only the finest ingredients have been at the
core of the restaurant's success. Outback Steakhouse purchased the
rights to expand Carrabba's in 1993. Outback Steakhouse, Inc. CEO
Bill Allen commented, "This is a significant milestone for
Carrabba's and we look forward to continued expansion of the brand.
We are very proud of the record of success that Carrabba's has
established in terms of top line performance and returns. Under the
leadership of Steve Shlemon, this concept has had ten consecutive
quarters of positive comp store sales growth, impressive results."
Carrabba's was recently named the top rated Italian concept in
terms of service and quality by Restaurants and Institutions
Magazine's "2005 Consumer's Choice in Chains Survey." "Our family
is so proud of the growth and success of Carrabba's," commented
Johnny Carrabba, "and the number of lives we've touched across the
country, from our customers to our employees. And to think it all
started with one little family-owned restaurant in Houston, Texas."
For more information about Carrabba's Italian Grill, please visit
http://www.carrabbas.com/ . DATASOURCE: Outback Steakhouse, Inc.
CONTACT: Dirk Montgomery, Sr. Vice President & Chief Financial
Officer of Outback Steakhouse, Inc., +1-813-282-1225 Web site:
http://www.outback.com/ http://www.carrabbas.com/
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