WICHITA, Kansas, May 22, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, Inc. ("Lone Star") (Nasdaq:STAR) said that all of its domestic restaurants serve only U.S. Department of Agriculture grain-fed beef from cattle that have been raised and fed in compliance with U.S. regulations designed to prevent mad cow disease.
Lone Star owns and operates 249 domestic and 20 international Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon restaurants; 15 Sullivan's Steakhouse restaurants; five Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House restaurants and one Frankie's Italian Grille restaurant. Licensees operate three domestic and one international Lone Star restaurants, and one domestic Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House restaurant.
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