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Wednesday: Prime Rib. And if live music wasn't available, customers always could join in a line dance. The restaurant's centerpiece was an foot-long guitar-shaped bar in star-spangled colors. Keith's name was on the building, but he didn't have an ownership stake in the restaurant. He collected revenue on the naming rights and would make an occasional appearance. Boomtown had caught country lightning in a bottle.
It opened three more Toby Keith restaurants in By it had Then the bottle cracked. In , a Dallas mall owner sued the company for not paying rent. That first closure in was followed by more lawsuits. A pattern quickly emerged: construction delays, tenant disputes, missed rental payments, delinquent taxes and evictions, which led to more closures and unfinished projects.
But even as Boomtown closed restaurants, it continued to open new ones through April Boomtown officials said in interviews that each restaurant was unique and that legal issues at one location were unrelated to the others. They described the shutdowns as part of an aggressive new business plan and said in August that the closure of four restaurants soon would be offset by the openings of new ones in Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and elsewhere.
But The Republic found the company already had halted construction and walked away from its lease in Cleveland, delayed construction in Pittsburgh and canceled plans to build in Greenville, S. Boomtown's website this week continued to display restaurant locations in 19 cities, but 16 of those are closed. Gregory McClure, the company's executive vice president, is a Phoenix lawyer who has also served as the company's general counsel.
Boomtown, a limited liability corporation registered in Delaware, operates out of an address on East Bell Road in Phoenix. Capri and McClure, who are named in several lawsuits, declined to comment. They referred questions to a former company spokesman and to an outside lawyer.
Boomtown's former vice president of operations, John Thomas, said in August that the company "has a strong brand" and rejected any notion of financial trouble. He described closures as strategic moves to position the company for future growth. Things change. Thomas would not address accusations raised in the lawsuits or explain why Boomtown had failed to pay sales taxes at some of its popular locations, including the chain's flagship near Chicago.
Others that were open for a period of time would start to lose money and would ultimately need to be closed. Property owners and developers accused Boomtown officials of using money designated for construction of Toby Keith restaurants at one location as a cash machine to pay for improvements at others.
These so-called tenant-improvement payments typically are used to pay subcontractors and are meant to ensure work at a specific location is completed on time. The money is paid by property owners and serves as an incentive for tenants to sign long-term leases. Cases filed in Lansing, Mich. Rouse said none of the subcontractors Boomtown identified in sworn statements worked on the project. Rouse contracted with Boomtown to open five Toby Keith restaurants in malls nationwide, but said all were behind schedule.
Under terms of the Lansing contract, Rouse was required to pay Boomtown for tenant improvements during each phase of construction. The list of unpaid workers included plumbers, electricians, landscapers, framers and drywall hangers and concrete, insulation and heating and air-conditioning installers.
Another Rouse-owned mall in Springfield, Ore. Gateway Mall said it paid Boomtown for tenant improvements on a project that was never started, court records show. It was one of five outposts of a chain that gets its name from Toby Keith, the country singer and Trump inauguration performer , and one of his most famous songs.
The Patriot Place location opened its doors in , and has been slinging southern favorites like fried chicken and barbecue, and hosting live bands, ever since. Three can now be found in Oklahoma, and there is another one in Las Vegas. A band set to play Friday night tells me they got a call last night that the gig is cancelled. The location has been taken off the PatriotPlace directory.
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