Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Tavern on the Green preps for final service

(AP) - Tavern on the Green, once America's highest-grossing restaurant, is singing its culinary swan song.

The former sheepfold at the edge of Central Park, now ringed by twinkling lights and fake topiary animals, is preparing for New Year's Eve, when it will serve its last meal. Just three years ago, it was plating more than 700,000 meals annually, bringing in more than $38 million.

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Outback Steakhouse settles gender discrimination suit for $19M

OSI Restaurant Partners, the Tampa parent of the Outback Steakhouse chain, will pay $19 million and create a new human resources executive position to settle a gender discrimination class action lawsuit being tried in Colorado.

“Hopefully this major settlement will remind employers about the perils of perpetuating promotion practices that keep women from advancing at work,” said Stuart J. Ishimaru, acting chairman of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, in a release.

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