Two years ago, Landry's purchased the 27-unit Saltgrass Steak House and Seafood restaurants from MetroNational Corp. for $75 million. Also in 2002 the company acquired the 35-unit Chart House and ...

The chairman and CEO of Landry's Restaurants Inc., finally got what he was after Tuesday, as the restaurant owner's board approved his $1.2 billion all-cash offer to take the company private.

After months of hostile volleys, McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood Restaurants has succumbed to a takeover bid from Landry’s Restaurants Inc., which owns the Rainforest Cafe and other chains. In a ...