NEW UNO CHICAGO GRILL OPENS IN WOODHAVEN, MICHIGAN

Opening Marks the Second Uno Restaurant in the State

BOSTON, (April 24, 2003) – Uno Restaurant Holdings Corp., known for inventing Chicago’s Original Deep Dish Pizza™, announces the opening of its 195th Uno Chicago Grill restaurant at 23450 Allen Road (in front of Home Depot). The store will officially open for business on Thursday, April 24. The hours of operation are 11 a.m. to 12 midnight, Sunday through Wednesday, and 11 a.m. to 1 a.m., Thursday through Saturday.

“We are proud to be part of the Down River community and are excited to open a second location in Michigan,” said Uno President and Chief Operating Officer Paul MacPhail. “As we continue to add innovative, high-quality items to our grill menu, our Woodhaven customers will soon know and love the famous Uno Original Chicago Deep Dish Pizza.”

The restaurant is owned and operated by Jeff and Roy More. “Uno has the best food around and we are pleased to be able to open the next new Uno location,” said Jeff More.

This newly built 6,000-square foot location will employ approximately 110 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 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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