Better hide the steak knives. One well-known Tech Center steakhouse and one former owner of a shuttered Cherry Creek steak place are in some big beefs involving the law.
Bob Sambol, founder of Bob’s Steak & Chop House chain, which used to operate one on Clayton Lane in Cherry Creek, was indicted Thursday on felony theft charges and accused of swindling an investor out of $300,000, according to a story in The Dallas Morning News.
Sambol, 55, could face five years to life in prison if convicted. According to the Saturday story, Sambol was still working in his Texas restaurant Friday with no plans to surrender to authorities.
Meanwhile, contractors claim they are owed millions of dollars for work on the Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse in Philadelphia, according to a story in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Colorado’s only Del Frisco’s was built in an existing Tech Center building.
Six court filings pit contractors against the restaurant or against the general contractor, according to the story. In a seventh filing, the restaurant is suing the general contractor. And there’s an eighth case in which the general contractor intends to sue the building’s owner as well as the eatery.
Are we full yet? The Del’s fight is over millions of dollars allegedly accumulated over building delays and changes to the construction.
Contractors argue that they were “directed to perform extra work on an accelerated timetable at a construction site in disarray.”
Dandy Don.
Don Howe, a veteran in Colorado’s radio biz, has been rehired by CBS Radio to manage Florida stations in Tampa and Orlando.
Howe was laid off from CBS Radio in Denver last year when the radio stations sold. He dabbled in the advertising and travel-agency worlds as an executive intern willing to work for free.
Congrats that he’s back on the payroll!
Book signing.
The LoDo Tattered Cover is hosting a book signing of the recently released “Ask Papa Jack: Wisdom of the World’s Oldest CEO,” by grandson Steve Weil, at 7:30 tonight. The event will be filmed for a documentary.
Eavesdropping
on a woman drooling over the parade of foxy firefighters at the Fired Up for Kids 2010 calendar contest at the Exdo Event Center on Friday: “Cocktails and six-packs, that’s all you need.”
Penny Parker’s column appears Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Listen to her on the Caplis and Silverman radio show between 4 and 5 p.m. Fridays on KHOW-AM (630). Call her at 303-954-5224 or e-mail pparker@denverpost.com.
