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RARE Hospitality International company history timeline

1981

McKerrow suffered a serious setback when his financial backing--and his partner--disappeared in March 1981.

1982

The establishment got its big break when a January 1982 snowstorm stranded hundreds of commuters on Peachtree Road.

1989

McKerrow also limited expenses by restricting the dinner menu to seven cuts of steak, one potato, and a salad, adding only a salmon entree and some desserts in 1989.

1992

Buoyed by investor interest in the specialty steakhouse segment, the stock jumped 50 percent in the first day of trading and stood pat at about $25 per share through the end of 1992.

1993

Same-store sales declined by four percent in 1993 and profits remained flat at $3.4 million despite an increase in revenues to $70 million that year.

1997

An early 1997 name change rechristened the parent company RARE Hospitality International Inc. to reflect its broadened array of restaurants and menus.

2004

Now 11 years later, Capital Grille is Darden's new trump card in the casual-dining industry and Grace, now an Orlando-area venture capitalist, is a neighbor to Clarence Otis, who became Darden CEO in 2004.

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