La-Van Hawkins to open restaurant in Greektown

Former fast-food king La-Van Hawkins is returning to Detroit to reopen the Sweet Georgia Brown restaurant space in Greektown in partnership with millionaire Chicago restaurateur Jerry Kleiner, Hawkins said Friday in a telephone interview. The new restaurant will be a Southern-influenced breakfast, lunch and dinner spot called Detroit's Cheesecake Bistro.

Toast of the Coast: Arts district restaurant turns bistro

The former Santorini Greek Restaurant in the Eau Gallie district of Melbourne has received a makeover from owner/chef Mark Young. It is now Live Oaks Bistro.

The sights can be great, the food is even better

Startling juxtaposition of the week: A man with a fierce Kentucky waterfall (or mullet, to the less poetic) in a Pantera T-shirt and cutoffs, bonds with his girlfriend a few feet away from a chef's dinner features board: Caribbean Red Grouper, blackened, mango coulis & key lime butter sauce, jumbo lump crab and avocado ($25) or Indiana Viking Lamb rib chops, classic Dijon crust, fresh mint sauce ...

Centerbridge to buy P.F. Chang's for $1.1 billion

(Reuters) - P.F. Chang's China Bistro Inc , which has been fighting to recover from ill-timed price increases, said on Tuesday it struck a deal to sell itself to Centerbridge Partners for $1.1 billion; shares in the restaurant chain soared 30 percent. Centerbridge, a private equity firm that owns restaurant holding company CraftWorks Restaurants & Breweries, will pay $51.50 per share for P.F ...

Pineapple Eddie moves to new Erie location, changes name

Satisfy your taste for Southern food with Caribbean flair starting today at Pineapple Eddie Southern Bistro.