Florida Restaurant Association Installs Beef ‘o’ Brady’s President Nick Vojnovic As Chairman-elect

TAMPA BAY, FLORIDA (Tuesday, May 03, 2005) - The Florida Restaurant Association has installed Beef `O’ Brady’s President Nick Vojnovic to serve as the Chairman-Elect of its Board of Directors for a one-year term through December 2005. Nominations for Chairman will be announced at the FRA Summer Board Meeting and elections will take place in September. If elected as Chairman, Vojnovic will succeed, Mary K. Hayes, of Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista , the 2005 Executive Committee Chair.

The Florida Restaurant Association, established in 1946, is a not-for-profit trade association representing Florida ’s foodservice in areas of government relations, training and education, membership activities and the FRA Educational Foundation. Vojnovic, who has served on the FRA Executive Committee for two years and served several years as the President of FRA's Hillsborough County Chapter, has helped Family Sports Concepts, Inc. build the Beef `O’ Brady’s chain to more than 160 locations throughout the nation. Beef 'O' Brady's is a national chain of family sports pubs that achieves its success by building relationships with local schools, youth sports leagues, and other community organizations.

Before joining Family Sports Concepts, Vojnovic was Vice President of Human Resources for Famous Dave's of America , a 70-unit barbeque and blues chain headquartered in Minneapolis , MN . He was also Director of Recruiting and Training at Sunstate Ventures, a 13-unit franchisor of Chili's Grill and Bar in Tampa .

In his upcoming role as the FRA Executive Committee Chairman, Vojnovic said he will work with FRA members to shape the diverse issues facing Florida ’s hospitality industry, putting a high priority on increasing the amount and quality of education and training programs for association members to help them operate more efficiently and become better restaurateurs.

“The association does a fantastic job of setting the agenda for legislative and regulatory agencies, as well as conducting marketing and promotional campaigns to benefits members,” Vojnovic said. “I see my role as Executive Committee Chairman as helping to enhance our industry's image in Florida and nationally, and to encourage and provide as much education and training to our members as possible to make us all the best restaurateurs we can be.”

The Executive Committee meets four times a year to provide guidance and direction to FRA President & CEO Carol B. Dover and her team in helping shaping the association’s priorities and activities as a whole.

“With Nick serving the Florida Restaurant Association in this voluntary role, it shows his commitment to the state’s hospitality industry and to the issues the industry faces,” Dover said. “As a respected and valued member of the restaurant industry in Florida , we are thrilled to have his continued involvement to help our association further its goals and objectives.”

About Beef `O’ Brady’s

Beef 'O' Brady's is a national chain of family sports pubs that achieves its success by building relationships with the local schools, youth sports leagues, and other community organizations in each and every Beef 'O' Brady's neighborhood market. Opening 38 new restaurants in 2004 alone, Beef `O’ Brady’s is on the fast track to national growth. By the end of 2005, 50 new locations are set to open bringing their total to 210.

Ironically, despite what the name implies, Beef 'O' Brady's is actually best known for its Buffalo-style chicken wings. In the early days of its inception, founder Jim Mellody tried featuring several different "beef" menu items, but soon found that his customers loved his recipe for Buffalo-style chicken wings. In fact, today his sauce is bottled under a private label and is sold on the Beef's website.

Beef 'O' Brady's menu also features a variety of healthy choices, including an array of salads, such as its popular grouper salad. Beef’s also serves chicken fingers, a variety of sandwiches including a Buffalo-style chicken sandwich, baskets, such as fish & chips and fried shrimp, a new half pound steak burger, The “kid appeal” of this unique concept is reinforced by a very moderately priced kids menu and video games.

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