Larry "Bud" Melman is gone. But he was only sort of half-there to begin with. A frumpy and cherubic little file clerk whose real name was Calvert DeForest, Melman was used as a kind of human prop and ...

As founder and president of Chicago’s Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Richard Melman can afford to go anywhere and do anything when he wants to get away from the daily grind. Last year, his 37 ...

Exactly one month ago, Rich Melman received a James Beard award - kind of a culinary Oscar - named "Restaurateur of the Year." However, the Chicago native wasn't in New York to receive it, he was in ...

Left: Jerry A. Orzoff and Rich Melman, founding partners of Lettuce Entertain You Photograph: Courtesy Lettuce Entertain You It’s not often that a restaurant makes it past its first five years, let ...

Ashok Selvam is the former James Beard Award-winning regional editor for Eater’s Midwest region, in charge of coverage in Chicago, Detroit, and the Twin Cities. He’s a native Chicagoan and had been ...

On December 30, 1917 Seymour Melman was born in New York City. The 100 th anniversary of his birth helps bring his intellectual legacy into focus. Melman was the most significant reconstructionist ...

R.J. Melman is well prepared for the task of leading Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, or LEYE, into the future. After all, he grew up with the Chicago-based multiconcept group. The 38-year-old son ...

If Richard Melman turns his attention away from a business project to focus on something entirely new, don’t be alarmed. It probably just means the first venture is already a success. That’s been the ...

Melman, in Tel Aviv, is a defense and security analyst for Haaretz. Raviv, in Washington, is a former CBS News correspondent. Their latest book is Spies Against Armageddon: Inside Israel’s Secret Wars ...

In an announcement that will surprise few observers, R.J. Melman has been named as president of Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises. R.J., at 38 the oldest of LEYE founder Rich Melman’s three children ...