Who owns papa razzi

An outdoor deck has a retractable roof. There are more posters of cyclists riding in Italy than you're likely to find adorning the walls of any Boston-area bicycle shop. The new Burlington Papa Razzi Metro seats about patrons in the main dining room, 28 at the bar and another or so on patios. In a nod to the area's substantial number of office buildings, one private room upstairs can seat up to 40 guests and another up to While declining to provide dollar figures, O'Reilly said company executives liked a lot about Papa Razzi when they bought it but knew they'd have to invest heavily.

In a rare model for the industry, Newport Restaurant Group is 68 percent owned by its employees. The percentage is increasing over time. O'Reilly said the plan is to convert all Papa Razzis to Metro eventually. Three years ago, the owners of the luxurious Castle Hill Inn in Rhode Island took aim at a more mainstream market and bought the Papa Razzi restaurant chain. Now they are going to spend millions renovating the eateries, in some cases down to the studs. The menu at Papa Razzi will also shift from traditional Italian meals to lighter fare and shared plates of homemade pasta noodles and local veggies.

Newport Harbor is an employee-owned hospitality group based in Rhode Island. For starters, it is a restaurant chain, and the company has historically operated singular establishments. Although the idea of entering Boston with a handful of restaurants seemed daunting at first, he was drawn to the locations. Newport Harbor says Papa Razzi has 35, members in its loyalty program.

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