Spaghetti Warehouse

Spaghetti Warehouse is an Italian restaurant geared towards families with 21 locations in 9 U.S. states. The chain started in 1972 in Dallas, Texas and has since spread throughout the southern and eastern parts of the United States. The location in Columbus, Ohio, which opened in 1978, is the largest both in seating capacity and in sales. The Columbus location seats approximately 800 people. Each restaurant has a real San Francisco trolley car in the dining room and patrons are able to sit in the car. On Mother's Day, May 11, 2008, the Pittsburgh Spaghetti Warehouse built the World's Largest Lasagna weighing 8,800 pounds and serving 9,600 people. All proceeds from the sale of the World's Largest Lasagna were donated to the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure.

Spaghetti Warehouse, Inc, was acquired in 1998 by Consolidated Restaurant Cos. (a holding company of the private equity firm Cracken, Harkey & Co. L.L.C.) [New York Times] . The Old Spaghetti Factory, started three years earlier, has a very similar format. In June 2007, Consolidated Restaurants sold the chain to the Los Angeles-based investment firm Frandelli, Inc.

References

*New York Times (September 19, 1998) [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C00E7DA1530F93AA2575AC0A96E958260 COMPANY NEWS; SPAGHETTI WAREHOUSE AGREES TO A TAKEOVER] Accessed 8/13/2006.

External links

* [http://www.meatballs.com/ Spaghetti Warehouse official website]
* [http://www.croinc.com/ Consolidated Restaurant Operations] former operating company for CRC.