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Partner Shakedown At Tre Amici: Operating Partners Resign

Posted on April 22nd, 2009 11:55am by Nancy Nichols
Filed under Chefs, Restaurant News, hold on to your effin hat
Party's Over: Fruia, Lombardo, and Turano are now consultants.

Party's Over: Fruia, Lombardo, and Turano are now consultants.

Tre Amici partners Judd Fruia, Jay Lombardo, and Charlie Turano have “voluntarily resigned” from their posts as operating partners of Tre Amici Prime Steak House and Seafood (with an Italian flair). Tre Amici opened a week before last Christmas.

Chef Tim Soufan is still in the kitchen and is now a managing partner. Scott Larson, the chief operating partner (read: money behind the business) and property owner is still in charge. “This was an amicable decision,” said Soufan. “The guys are still consulting partners. It’s a decision we all made together for the sake of the business.” The day-to-day operations haven’t changed, just the financial set up. Last night Tre Amici did 200 covers, which is not bad for a Tuesday night. “Business didn’t ramp up as fast as it needed to,” said Soufan. “I think Fruia is going to pursue a business that is more feasible financially for him.”

20 comments

  1. Saw a furniture rental truck moving out some stuff yesterday morning, so I figured something was up.

    @ 12:17 pm on April 22, 2009

  2. I wonder if Rick Stein is laughing himself silly somewhere.

    @ 1:07 pm on April 22, 2009

  3. Great post.

    @ 1:50 pm on April 22, 2009

  4. Is that a picture of them laughing all the way to the bank when they first opened, or a picture of them laughing at how did they get into that mess today?

    Is Maximo and their tri-partnerhship next?

    @ 2:25 pm on April 22, 2009

  5. Boy, I’m glad I didn’t work for them after all. Dodged a bullet there!

    @ 2:32 pm on April 22, 2009

  6. Tre Amici has the Brady Tinker radio show with Jet Terry from the Mavericks and the furniture is donated by CORT Furniture. The show takes place on Tuesdays and they deliver the furniture for the show in the mornings. I am friends with Brady Tinker and that is how I know this. They are still open and the food is amazing!!

    @ 5:26 pm on April 22, 2009

  7. I was there last night. Food was outstanding. Staff seemed relaxed – Atmosphere was great – Good Times!

    @ 9:48 am on April 23, 2009

  8. the last two post smell like cover ups from tre amici staff…ha

    @ 3:40 pm on April 23, 2009

  9. Those guys were the reason I went to Tre Amici. I’ll have to find another place.

    @ 12:05 am on April 24, 2009

  10. I’ve dined there many times & met a couple of the Amicis. They had a lot of energy and took the time to get to know me and my wife. I’m just not believing they “resigned”. There has to be more to the story. I have not seen a quote from any of the Amicis. DSidedish should get at least talk to an Amici…

    @ 12:41 am on April 24, 2009

  11. Super Fantastic Steaks, but their Chef’s attempt at Italian literally made me sick.

    @ 7:51 am on April 24, 2009

  12. I’m going in next week to find out what the hell happened!

    @ 7:53 pm on April 24, 2009

  13. Just ran into a few current/soon to be former Tre Amici staffers. They loved the former guys and the current guys “not so much”. One described teh chef as “creepy”. Is that location haunted?

    @ 10:36 pm on April 29, 2009

  14. I had one of the best meals in Dallas about a month ago. Went last week and it was just boring. The energy is gone. Too bad.

    @ 5:22 am on May 5, 2009

  15. Denise…that real estate isn’t so prime at all. Anyone who rents that place is destined to fail.

    @ 6:45 pm on May 12, 2009

  16. This place has gone downhill fast. No one in the bar – even on the weekend (we love WT), and only a couple of tables in the place. What a change from a couple of months ago. Will probably still go once and a while to see WT.

    @ 8:27 am on May 23, 2009

  17. I was looking for a quiet dinner, but this once cool place is a ghost town. The chef moped around. What happened?

    @ 11:02 pm on May 23, 2009

  18. “Creepy”? “Moping”?? maybe someone tried to fix what wasn’t broken.

    @ 7:44 pm on May 27, 2009

  19. chrissyt, it is broken now. Horrible since Judd left.

    @ 9:49 pm on June 1, 2009

  20. agreed. guess it takes more than good steaks to make a restaurant.

    @ 7:33 am on June 5, 2009