Business
Benihana accepts $296-million offer
May 23, 2012
Benihana restaurant company taken private for $296 million
May 22, 2012
Benihana Inc., the Japanese-style and sushi restaurant company known for slicing, dicing and frying food in front of diners, will be sold to a private equity group for $296 million.
World & Nation
Rocky Aoki, the colorful founder of the Benihana steakhouse chain where Japanese chefs entertain diners with their flashing knives, resigned as chairman and chief executive Tuesday after coming under federal investigation.
May 20, 1998
Dissidents Seek Benihana Chief’s Ouster: A group of dissident shareholders is trying to strip founder Rocky Aoki of control of Benihana, the New York-based Japanese restaurant chain that features knife-twirling Asian chefs preparing food on grills in front of customers.
Aug. 1, 1991
Entertainment & Arts
Tori Spelling burned her arm on Easter Sunday in what husband Dean McDermott is calling an “unfortunate accident” at a Benihana restaurant.
April 14, 2015
Technology and the Internet
Rocky Aoki, founder of the Benihana Japanese restaurant chain, was sentenced to three years of probation and fined $500,000 for illegally profiting from a 1993 tip that Spectrum Information Technologies Inc. was about to hire former Apple Computer Inc. chief John Sculley.
March 9, 2000
Rocky Aoki, the colorful Tokyo-born founder of the Benihana steakhouse chain, where chefs entertain diners with acrobatic knife performances, has died.
July 12, 2008
Rocky Aoki, president of Benihana of Tokyo Inc., has signed a $1-million agreement with Chattanooga, Tenn.
Feb. 19, 1987
Archives
Korn drummer David Silvera’s new Huntington Beach sushi, teppan spot is a rock ‘n’ roll Benihana.
April 18, 2002