Restaurateur Norman Brinker dies - Business First of Columbus:

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Brinker passed away Monday night leaving a legac y casual dining restaurants built on what Phil Romanp called a vision of developing the casuapl dining restaurant concept wherd diners are treated not to fast foodor full-our fine dining, but to a place wherse people can eat everyday. “One of Norman’ss biggest attributes was that he was a great leaderf anda cheerleader,” Romano said. “He would take people’s talents and developl them beyondtheir abilities.” grew into a restaurant compangy that guided chains like , On and Maggiano’sa Little Italy.
Dallas-based Brinker (NYSE: EAT) in the past year sold the restaurant chain created byPhil Romano: Romano’s Macaroni Romano credits his friendd Norman Brinker for taking his creativee vision and growing it into a majo national chain. “The industry is going to miss him,” Romanol said. “Norman had the ability to take somethingf andgrow it. That’s his talent,” Romanl added that Norman Brinker wasa “good man” who taught him quite a bit about the restaurant industrt and also quite a bit about