Oscar's Prime Rib opens in Rogers.
Dennis Day of Memphis opened Oscar's Prime Rib & Steak House in Roger's Scottsdale Center on Sept. 29.Day bought the 7,100-SF building that previously housed Shorty Small's from Bill Kisor for $2.7 million. Since then, he has spent $1.25 million on renovations, which included adding 2,500 SF of space that will allow him to increase the number of seats from 160 to 350.
Day owns four Butcher Shop Steak Houses--two in Memphis and one each in Little Rock and Knoxville, Tenn.--as well as The Pier, a seafood restaurant in Memphis.
Day said the prototype Oscar's in Rogers will be special because it will have an expanded menu and was designed by John Regas of Chicago. Regas is a renowned residential home designer who has designed other restaurants for Day.
Shorty Small's closed its two northwest Arkansas restaurants on Oct. 28, saying "facility costs were too high, and negotiations to lower those costs broke off ... forcing the closure of the properties."
Shorty Small's opened a restaurant in Fayetteville in 2001, and the Rogers location opened in 2002.
The first Butcher Shop Steak House opened in Memphis in 1978. The company opened a Little Rock restaurant in 1982.
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| Title Annotation: | NW journal: a look at news from Northwest Arkansas; Oscar's Prime Rib & Steak House |
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| Comment: | Oscar's Prime Rib opens in Rogers.(NW journal: a look at news from Northwest Arkansas)(Oscar's Prime Rib & Steak House ) |
| Author: | Bowden, Bill |
| Publication: | Arkansas Business |
| Article Type: | Brief Article |
| Geographic Code: | 1USA |
| Date: | Oct 4, 2004 |
| Words: | 201 |
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