PartyBear said:

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So I guess there is now finally a Pappas in Waco from a certain point of view.

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Are they changing the name to In The Border?

At at OTB in Waco for the first time in many years. Hopefully they change things. Sub-par in every way.

They have to change the name

I thought that OTB was a Brinker Inc. concept that started Chili's and also created Macaroni Grill?

Did they sell just that piece off?

Griz said:

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At at OTB in Waco for the first time in many years. Hopefully they change things. Sub-par in every way.

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I haven't been in years. I used to love their beef fajitas, but they keep shrinking their portions to where I received barely enough skirt steak to make to fajitas. I do miss they chips and salsa.

Coke Bear said:

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I thought that OTB was a Brinker Inc. concept that started Chili's and also created Macaroni Grill?

Did they sell just that piece off?

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IIRC, OTB started in the early/mid 80s in Dallas and originally took off like gangbusters. It expanded rapidly, and they went IPO in about 1987 or 1988. A couple of months after the IPO, the executive team had flown to the grand opening of a new restaurant somewhere on a private plane that crashed on the return trip, killing several top executives. Brinker swooped in and bought it out at a deep discount. Apparently at some point Brinker spun it off, but I don't know when or to whom.

whitetrash said:

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Coke Bear said:

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I thought that OTB was a Brinker Inc. concept that started Chili's and also created Macaroni Grill?

Did they sell just that piece off?

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IIRC, OTB started in the early/mid 80s in Dallas and originally took off like gangbusters. It expanded rapidly, and they went IPO in about 1987 or 1988. A couple of months after the IPO, the executive team had flown to the grand opening of a new restaurant somewhere on a private plane that crashed on the return trip, killing several top executives. Brinker swooped in and bought it out at a deep discount. Apparently at some point Brinker spun it off, but I don't know when or to whom.

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I was an early fan of OTB for one reason and one reason only. Could buy a good hamburger (w/chili), along with good chips and hot sauce. A unique combo back in the day.