Country Star Restaurants names Alan Fronke senior vice president, operations.LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 1996--Country Star Restaurants Inc. (NASDAQ/NMS:CAFE and CAFEP CAFEP Certificat d'Aptitude aux Fonctions d'Enseignement du Privé (French) ) has named Alan Fronke as senior vice president, operations, it was announced Friday. Fronke, a restaurant industry veteran with 20 years experience, will oversee all facets of operations, including the company's Country Star Hollywood restaurant in Universal City, Calif., and the development and operations of all future Country Star restaurants. Prior to joining Country Star Restaurants, Fronke was the founder of and vice president, operations, for the National Sports Grill, a chain of six restaurants in Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, . National Sports Grill is a subsidiary of the Newport Beach Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. , Calif.-based American Restaurant Group, for which Fronke was previously vice president, entertainment/marketing. In this position, he oversaw marketing for the nationwide chain of 95 Stuart Anderson's Black Angus steakhouse Black Angus Steak and Seafood Restaurant was founded in 1964 by Stuart Anderson of Seattle, Washington. External links
Disney, Walter Elias Disney Co.'s Disneyland theme park. ``Alan is a dynamic restaurant executive with a proven track record in theme restaurant growth. We expect him to be a tremendous asset to our management team,'' said Robert J. Schuster, chief executive officer of Country Star Restaurants. Country Star Restaurants develops, constructs, owns and operates country music theme restaurants combining high-quality, moderately priced food with a family-oriented environment. World-renowned country music recording artists Reba McEntire Reba Nell McEntire (born March 28, 1955) is a Grammy award winning American singer and country music performer, and actress.[1] Sometimes referred to as "The Queen of Country Music",[2][3] , Vince Gill To comply with Wikipedia's lead section guidelines, it should be expanded. and Wynona Judd and country music television personalities Lorianne Crook and Charlie Chase serve as celebrity spokespersons for the company and its restaurants. The company opened its first restaurant in Southern California during August 1994 adjacent to the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park and Universal City Walk developments. Country Star is scheduled to open its second and third restaurants in the second quarter of 1996. The second on the Las Vegas ``Strip'' within one square block of more than 30,000 hotel rooms and the third before the Summer Olympics in Atlanta's posh dining-out destination of Buckhead. CONTACT: Country Star Restaurants Inc. Peter Feinstein, 310/268-2200 |
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