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ROBBING PETER TO PAY PAUL, WHILE FEEDING
BOTH
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Allen Stanford might be the only person in the world who's grateful
Bernie Madoff came along. Otherwise, Stanford, the swashbuckling Texas
billionaire accused of cheating investment clients out of $7 billion,
would now be known as the biggest swindler in history, instead of just
the 2nd biggest after Madoff. Federal investigators think some of that
missing money underwrote The Pavilion, Stanford’s fine-dining
restaurant located in the Caribbean island nation of Antigua. Can this
restaurant survive when the boss is facing a 250-year sentence?
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AN ANTIDOTE TO RECIDIVISM: FELONY
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Here's what is depressing about the opening of Felony Franks, a
Chicago hot dog restaurant that aims to rehabilitate former convicts by
giving them steady jobs. Six hundred felons applied for the operation's
$8 per hour jobs; 12 were hired. That leaves 588 ex-offenders wandering
the Windy City with one more piece of bad news to digest about their
post-prison life. But it's so far so good at the restaurant, which
opened on July 13 in a city where the 1,800-unit strong hot dog stand
segment has a decidedly larger unit.
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CITRIN'S NEW FRENCH TWIST ON MAIN
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Josiah Citrin's latest creation, Caché, serves up market-based
menus of contemporary American favorites in a casual setting. Citrin is
executive chef; he brought aboard Nyesha Arrington—veteran of his two
other spots, Lemon Moon and Mélisse—as chef de cuisine.
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GAME TO GROW? NOW'S THE TIME
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Finding ways to expand your restaurant concept is always a
challenge, perhaps more so in today's economic climate. But because
those same market conditions present unique circumstances, now may be
the perfect time to branch out. How can you do it?
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Even in this recession, other restaurants are growing. Why aren't
you?
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