Melman and Orzoff continued to develop restaurant concepts together until Orzoff's death in 1981. Here Melman and Orzoff presented food differently and with a sense of humor, creating the youthful and fun restaurant which was a forerunner in the trend towards dining out as entertainment that swept this country in the early 1970’s. Grunts, a hip burger joint that soon became one of the hottest restaurants in Chicago. Orzoff, a man who immediately and unconditionally believed in Melman's ability to create and run restaurants. After realizing that he wasn't cut out to be a college student, and failing to convince his father that he should be made a partner in the family business, Melman met Jerry A. The restaurant business has been Melman's life work, beginning with his early days in a family owned restaurant, and later as a teenager working in restaurants, fast food eateries, soda fountains and bakeries, and selling restaurant supplies. Richard Melman is Founder and Chairman of Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants, a Chicago-based corporation that owns over 130 restaurants nationwide. Founder of Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants
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