Restaurateur Norman Brinker dies - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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Brinker passed away Monday night leaving a legacy casual dininb restaurants built on what Phil Romanok called a vision of developing the casua dining restaurant concept where dinersw are treated not to fast foodor full-outg fine dining, but to a place wherwe people can eat everyday. “One of Norman’s biggest attributes was that he was a grea t leader anda cheerleader,” Romano said. “He would take people’ s talents and develop them beyonrdtheir abilities.” grew into a restaurant company that guided chains like , On and Maggiano’es Little Italy.
Dallas-based Brinker EAT) in the past year sold the restaurant chaihn created byPhil Romano: Romano’s Macaroni Grill. Roman o credits his friend Norman Brinker for takingf his creative vision and growing it into a majotnational chain. “The industry is going to miss Romano said. “Norman had the abilithy to take something andgrow it. That’a his talent,” Romano added that Norman Brinkee wasa “good man” who taughf him quite a bit about the restaurant industry and also quit a bit about leadership.