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Article: 16 years after massacre, Brown's Chicken rebuilds
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- August 10, 2009
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The name _ the Brown's Chicken Massacre _ says it all.
When police pulled seven dead employees from a suburban Brown's Chicken and Pasta restaurant in January 1993, the killings became synonymous with the fast-food chain. Sixteen years later, the company still struggles to recover.
"The tragedy almost put us out of business _ emotionally and financially," Brown's CEO Frank Portillo said.
As the second of two suspects goes to trial, Portillo is focused on rebuilding the chain he helped launch in the 1950s alongside chicken farmer John Brown.
The victims were killed during a robbery in the quiet bedroom community of Palatine that netted less than $2,000. ...