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Closing Smokey Bones smart move

Rick Outzen May 8, 2007

Darden Restaurants saw its stock jump 7% yesterday after its Saturday announcement of the closing of 54 Smokey Bones Restaurants, including the one in Pensacola.

Read this Sun-Sentinel follow-up article: Darden shares up as investors applaud Smokey Bones decision

Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”