NEW UNO CHICAGO GRILL OPENS IN QUEENSBURY, NEW YORK

Opening Marks Twenty-Sixth Uno’s Restaurant in the State

BOSTON (March 11, 2003) - Uno Restaurant Holdings Corp., known for Chicago’s Original Deep Dish Pizza™, announces the opening of its 192nd Uno Chicago Grill restaurant at 880 – Route 9 (across from Wal-Mart). The store will officially open for business on Tuesday, March 11th. The hours of operation are 11 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., Sunday through Thursday, and 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., Friday and Saturday.

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

The restaurant is owned and operated by David and Chandra Kapoor, restaurateurs who also own the Uno location in Saratoga, New York. “Uno has the best food around and I am pleased to be able to open an Uno Chicago Grill in the Warren County district,” said David Kapoor.

This newly built 7000-square foot location offers a garden room and an outdoor patio. Joseph Favata, Director of Operations for Uno Chicago Grill, will oversee the two Kapoor owned locations that employ approximately 300 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 with a variety of fillings.

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 192 restaurants. The system includes 117 company-owned and 75 franchised Uno Chicago Grill restaurants located in 31 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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