Longtime partner in Chicago Joe’s Stone Crab sues Lettuce Entertain You for fraud

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Longtime partner in Chicago Joe’s Stone Crab sues Lettuce Entertain You for fraud

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A longtime business partner is suing Chicago-based Lettuce Entertain You and its co-founder Rich Melman for allegedly squeezing him out of his ownership interest in the chain’s popular Joe’s Stone Crab restaurants.
Gerard Centioli, who formed ICON with Melman in 1999 to expand…

This story appeared on chicagotribune.com, 2025-08-12 14:33:35.