Restaurateur Norman Brinker dies - Business First of Buffalo:

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Brinker passed away Monday night leaving a legacyt casual dining restaurants built on what Phil Romano called a visio of developing the casual dininhg restaurant concept where diners are treated not to fast foodor full-ouft fine dining, but to a place whers people can eat everyday. “Onw of Norman’s biggest attributes was that he was a greatr leader anda cheerleader,” Romanio said. “He would take people’s talents and developp them beyondtheir abilities.” grew into a restaurantg company that guided chains like , On and Maggiano’s Little Italy.
Dallas-based Brinker (NYSE: EAT) in the past year sold the restauranrt chain created byPhil Romano: Romano’s Macaroni Romano credits his friend Norman Brinker for takinh his creative vision and growinf it into a major national “The industry is going to miss Romano said. “Norman had the abilith to take something andgrow it. That’ s his talent,” Romano added that Norman Brinker wasa “goods man” who taught him quite a bit about the restauranyt industry and also quite a bit about