NEW UNO CHICAGO GRILL OPENS IN CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA

Opening Marks Second Uno Restaurant in the State

BOSTON, (April 21, 2003) – Uno Restaurant Holdings Corp., known for inventing Chicago’s Original Deep Dish Pizza™, announces the opening of its 194th Uno Chicago Grill restaurant at 300 Emily Drive (New Point Plaza). The store will officially open for business on Monday, April 21. The hours of operation are 11 a.m. to 1:00 a.m., Monday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Sunday.

“We are proud to be part of the Clarksburg community and are excited to open another location in West Virginia,” said Uno President and Chief Operating Officer Paul MacPhail. “We continue to add innovative, high-quality items to our grill menu, and of course, Clarksburg customers will soon know and love the famous Uno Chicago Original Deep Dish Pizza.”

The restaurant is owned and operated by Steve Neu, David Saul and Bruce Pauley. “Uno has the best food around and we are so pleased to open the first Uno location in the Clarksburg community,” said Steve Neu.

This newly built 9,000-square foot location also has an outdoor patio and will employ approximately 140 employees.

Uno Chicago Grill offers a complete casual dining menu, including ribs, seafood, juicy burgers and steaks, innovative pasta dishes, scrumptious appetizers and desserts, as well as its signature Chicago Original Deep Dish Pizza™ available in a variety of fresh toppings.

The company continues to earn accolades from industry and business publications. Recently, Uno Chicago Grill was named by Entrepreneur Magazine as the #1 franchise opportunity in their category. The company was also selected by Franchise Times as one of the top 20 companies to watch in 2003.

Based in Boston, Uno Restaurant Holdings Corp. currently has a total of 194 restaurants. The system includes 117 company-owned and 77 franchised Uno Chicago Grill restaurants located in 32 states, the District of Columbia, Dubai, Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Pakistan and Seoul, Korea. The company also operates a consumer foods division, which supplies airlines, movie theaters, hotel restaurants and supermarkets with both frozen and refrigerated private label foods and branded Uno products. For more information, visit www.unos.com.

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