An online guide to healthy dining out. ...more

April 13, 2009

Tim Gannon's goal when he created the first menu 21 years ago for Outback Steakhouse was to offer an affordable steak experience that fit somewhere between Bennigan's on the lower end of the casual dining scale and Morton's on the top end. ...more

March 19, 2009

Declining consumer confidence took a bite out of restaurants' sales and profits in 2008, leading to bankruptcy filings at casual-dining chains, such as Bennigan's, and the closure of more than 600 Starbucks locations. ...more

January 2, 2009

Outback Steakhouse's parent company posted a $46 million loss during its summer quarter, as the company scrambled to lower prices and get consumers to start eating out again. ...more

November 15, 2008

An Atlanta-based investment firm has purchased the Bennigan's restaurant brand name and rights to sell franchises of the casual dining chain. ...more

October 23, 2008

Shells Seafood Restaurants is seeking to give up its quest to stay open, asking a federal bankruptcy judge to allow it to liquidate its assets. ...more

September 24, 2008

Ground was broken recently for the first Plant City location of a restaurant chain that bills itself as an alternative to fast food. ...more

August 26, 2008

GOLF From the course to the clubhouse, Southern Hills Plantation Club offers the true country club experience. ...more

August 11, 2008

After watching more customers stream into drive-throughs for a quick morning meal, family dining restaurants such as Denny's and IHOP are telling their fast-food competitors to back off breakfast. ...more

August 5, 2008

Eighty-nine bucks is hardly a pittance to pay for a meal for two, but in the world of prime steakhouses and market-price seafood restaurants, it may qualify as a "value meal." ...more

July 25, 2008