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Monday, November 23, 2009
Quiznos lawsuit settlement could cost millions
All is not sweetness and light behind the scenes at Quiznos, at least not between franchise owners and the parent company, according to this story from Nation’s Restaurant News entitled “Quiznos could pay millions in settlement”.
A settlement that could cost the company $100 million? Ouch. What must Quiznos’ attorneys feared would happen at trial, I wonder?
And one other purely rhetorical question: are there entire law schools cropping up just to produce attorneys for restaurant-related lawsuits?
Just wondering …
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TweetNew BBQ chain coming to Dayton area, starting in Beavercreek
A Woody’s BBQ restaurant is scheduled to open in January at 3321 Dayton-Xenia Road in Beavercreek, just west of North Fairfield Road.
And franchise owner-operator Michael York of Sugarcreek Twp. said he would like to open additional restaurants in the region, and will look at sites in the Bellbrook and Dayton Mall areas.
The Beavercreek restaurant has a “coming soon” sign teasing customers driving by on Dayton-Xenia Road. The location formerly housed Noemi’s Cafe, and before that, Grandpa’s Cafe. It has been vacant for about six months, York said.
York had hoped to open in early December but encountered complications during renovation that will push back the opening until at least mid-January, he said.
The full-service restaurant will be part of a Jacksonville, Florida-based chain that operates 31 restaurants, 28 of them in Florida. The chain is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.
NOTE: The original version of this entry noted this Woody’s BBQ restaurant that will open soon in Beavercreek would be the first one in Ohio. Reader Kara Parente emailed (and also commented on this story) that her Springboro family owned a Dayton-area Woody’s franchise near the Dayton Mall from 1993-95 but couldn’t call it “Woody’s” because of the now-defunct Woody’s grocery store in West Carrollton, and instead named the restaurants “Jack’s BBQ.”
York said the Beavercreek Woody’s BBQ will seat 85 to 90 people and will employ 20 to 25 people. It will be open for lunch and dinner seven days a week.
Woody’s menu includes Baby Back Ribs, Spare Ribs, Barbecue Chicken, Hot Wings, Cole Slaw and Banana Pudding. All side dishes are made in the restaurant, York said. Two smokers are being installed to smoke the meats, he said.
“It’s a good product, good southern barbecue, at a reasonable price,” York said.
York was born in Tennessee but has lived in the Dayton area since 1966. He and his wife Sharon will own and operate the Woody’s BBQ franchise restaurant.
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