RISE - Menu Monitor

Menu Development |
Don Pablo’s introduced Big Tex Bold Mex Combos featuring: • Flat Iron Steak with Flat Enchilada Stack—8-oz. mesquitegrilled
flatiron steak served with Tex-Mex three-cheese Flat Enchilada Stack, topped with a fried egg ($12.99) • Grilled Chicken
with Enchiladas—mesquite-grilled boneless chicken breast topped with fresh lime and pico de gallo, served with choice
between Tex-Mex three-cheese Flat Enchilada Stack with fresh avocado or Papas Enchiladas ($9.99; $10.99 with Flat
Enchilada Stack) • Grilled Shrimp with Enchiladas—two skewers of seasoned, mesquite-grilled shrimp, finished with cilantrolime
butter sauce and paired with Tex-Mex three-cheese Flat Enchilada Stack with fresh avocado or Papas Enchiladas
($13.99 with Papas Enchiladas; $14.99 with Flat Enchilada Stack) • Flat Iron Steak with Papas Enchiladas—8-oz. mesquitegrilled
flatiron steak paired with Papas Enchiladas, chili mashed potatoes wrapped in corn tortillas and topped with enchilada
sauce and cheese ($11.99). (Company Website)
Personnel |
Jeff Sears, Director of Purchasing
John Radcliff, Director of Research & Development
Paul Seidman, S.V.P. of Marketing
Rick Barbrick, CEO
Kurt Schnaubelt, CFO
Don Pablo’s Mexican Kitchen hired Modesto Alcala as president and senior vice president of Avado Brands, the parent
company. Previously, Alcala served as chief operating officer for Buca di Beppo. (NRN Daily NewsFax 2/19/07)
News & Other |
Pablo’s Fajita Grill is a newly developed concept from Avado Brands. With an anticipated opening in fall 2007 in Philadelphia,
Pablo’s Fajita Grill is a quick-casual concept featuring fajitas that are grilled to order over an open flame. Avado Brands, parent
company of Don Pablo’s and Hops* restaurants, considers Pablo’s Fajita Grill its future growth vehicle, with 100 units
expected to be in operation by 2012. (Chain Leader p30 12/06; Company Website
Avado Brands Inc. sold 83 of its Don Pablo’s and Hops Grillhouse and Brewery restaurants in a total of seven transactions.
Terms for the transactions were not disclosed. Avado’s headquarters and 67 of the restaurants were sold to an affiliate of the
company’s bankruptcy lender, DDJ Capital Management LLC. In addition, DDJ purchased all intellectual property and all
materials and work related to Pablo’s Fajita Grill, a new Avado fast-casual concept under development. A court hearing to
approve the deals is scheduled for December 10. (NRN Daily NewsFax 11/28/07)
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