Even Better Value Offered On The New Menu At Fatz Cafe

Sept. 28, 2009 - PRLog -- MEDIA CONTACT:
Margo Mize / Director of Marketing
864-322-1331, ext. 518 / mmize@fatzcafe.com

EVEN BETTER VALUE OFFERED ON THE NEW MENU AT FATZ CAFE

Taylors, S.C. – Fatz Cafe, the 47-unit Southeastern family-friendly restaurant chain known for its World Famous Calabash Chicken^®, announced a new value-packed menu this week to complement their traditional favorites of great food with southern flair. For the past year, Fatz has been testing and sampling the new items to gauge guests’ input. In addition to new better priced menu choices, all rib and beef entrees now include a side and choice of soup or salad, adding even more value to an already popular menu.  
New menu selections to enjoy include the very unique Honey BBQ Chicken Nachos appetizer; freshly prepared tri-colored tortillas topped with Monterey Jack and Cheddar cheeses, black beans, cilantro and World Famous Calabash Chicken tossed in a sweet and spicy honey BBQ sauce. New entrées packed with value include the Oven-Roasted BBQ Half Chicken served with choice of side for $9.99 and a freshly baked Chicken Pot Pie served with salad for $7.99. To enjoy as well is the TC’s Hard Cider Sampler, a delicious combination of a 48 hour marinated sirloin, World Famous Calabash Chicken and Jumbo fried Shrimp served with side and choice of soup or salad, a treat for the steak lover at only $13.99.

Other mouth watering items include the southern inspired Pimento Cheeseburger topped with Fried Green Tomatoes, and the chipotle flavored Fire-Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad. New lighter fare options include the grilled Aloha Chicken, the Honey Mustard Chicken Sandwich and other fresh salad selections. Top it all off with the new, sinfully delicious fried Cheesecake Bites, bite size New York style cheesecake rolled in Graham Cracker crumbs lightly fried and served on top of vanilla bean ice cream with hot fudge; only $2.99.

“Ranging from our ever popular favorites to our new exciting selections, this menu continues to reflect our commitment to providing our guests with high quality, great tasting, southern inspired American food that is an unbeatable value,” said Richie Cannon, vice president of operations of Cafe Enterprises, parent company of Fatz Cafe.

For more information on the new menu, or to view Fatz Cafe’s full menu of fresh salads, appetizers, soups, sandwiches and entrees including steak, pork, chicken and seafood, please visit fatzcafe.com.

About Cafe Enterprises:
The first Fatz Cafe opened in a converted fruit shed in Spartanburg, S.C., in November 1988. Cafe Enterprises Inc. was formed to serve as the parent company to the new restaurant and the others that would follow. Headquartered in Taylors, S.C., Cafe Enterprises now owns and operates 47 Fatz Cafe restaurants throughout the Carolinas, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia and employs over 3,600 associates. Fatz Cafe, ranked #52 in the 2007 South Carolina 100^SM list of the state’s largest privately owned companies, has also been named one of the nation’s top 400 restaurant concepts by Restaurants & Institutions magazine for the past six years, most recently ranking #266. In 2008, Chain Leader magazine included Fatz Cafe in its "Top 50 Chains Under 50 Units." For more information, visit www.fatzcafe.com.

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Serving great American food with a Southern twist at a great value and in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere, Fatz Cafe has garnered a strong local reputation and natiional recognition.