Outback Steakhouse chooses Charlotte market to debut new prototype

CHARLOTTE — Outback Steakhouse has a new prototype — and one of the first restaurants of that design recently opened in Charlotte’s Steele Creek area.

Two others — in Fort Worth, Texas, and Polaris, Ohio — have opened this year.

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The Australian-themed, casual-dining chain plans to build 75 to 100 additional restaurants in the U.S. It also will begin refreshing its existing restaurants to incorporate elements of the new prototype, says Brett Patterson, president.

“The evolution of Outback is very visible in the new prototype,” he says.

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