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After a series of closures, and following the death of Toby Keith in 2024, only two locations remain open in Oklahoma, neither of which are owned by Boomtown Entertainment but are instead operated by Hal Smith Restaurant Group.
Feb 6, 2024 · Several restaurants, including one in Dallas, Tx., sued the restaurant's owners, Boomtown Entertainment, for unpaid rent. It was later discovered that Boomtown Entertainment's owner, Frank Capri, was using Toby's restaurant chain to commit wire fraud.
Aug 22, 2022 · Hollie's Flatiron Grill in Moore has closed to become a second Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill. The new menu will lean towards home cooking.
Jun 13, 2021 · Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar & Grill never reopened following a closure in March 2020 due to the pandemic. Harrah’s, nor its owner, Caesars Entertainment, have officially confirmed the...
- In Arizona: Closings in Tucson, Mesa, Peoria and Phoenix
- In Ohio: Lawsuits in Cincinnati and Cleveland
- In Michigan: Back Taxes Owed in Auburn Hills, Big Judgment in Lansing
- In South Carolina: Greenville Restaurant Never Built
Phoenix businessman Frank Capri caught country lightning in a bottle when his company opened its first Toby Keith restaurant in Mesa. Developers in 2009 were looking for new concepts – and willing to pay big money for them. Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar and Grill offered mall owners a special recipe. Equal parts eatery, roadhouse and concert hall, i...
Toby Keith restaurants were supposed to be key components of riverfront-development projects in two of Ohio’s biggest cities. Instead of music, food and drink, they brought lawsuits and liens to Cincinnati and Cleveland. When it opened in 2012, Toby Keith’s I Love this Bar and Grill was one of the original tenants in Cincinnati’s riverfront distric...
When Frank Capri’s company started having financial problems at its only Toby Keith restaurant in Michigan, officials responded as they often did: by promising to build a new one. Auburn Hills appeared to be a showcase of success after opening in 2010. But despite the bar’s popularity, Boomtown Entertainment LLC failed to pay state sales taxes and ...
The Toby Keith restaurant in Greenville, South Carolina, was going to be different -- one of the first modeled on a new business plan. Even as Boomtown Entertainment LLC closed Toby Keith restaurants around the country in 2014, officials pointed to Greenville as proof of the company’s financial strength. They said closures were part of a strategic ...
- Robert Anglen
- Investigations Reporter
The country singer-songwriter left a memorable legacy behind and inspired many, including a restaurant chain in Mesa, Arizona, with branches across the United States. The food chain’s name was inspired by Keith’s “ I Love This Bar And Grill ” track that topped the charts in 2003.
Sep 30, 2015 · Keith licenses his name to other businesses operating Toby Keith's I Love This Bar and Grill, including one at Harrah's Las Vegas. The Hal Smith Restaurant Group owns three in Oklahoma. No...
