Summers Named Director of Operations for Buffalo's Franchise Concepts

Buffalo's Franchise Concepts Inc. (BFCI), franchisor and owner of Buffalo's Southwest Cafe restaurants, has announced that Brett A. Summers has joined the company as director of operations.

In this position, Summers is responsible for all corporate Restaurant operations.  With 14 years of restaurant and foodservice experience, he has held regional manager positions with Fado Irish Pub Company, Total Entertainment dba Fox and Hounds/Bailey's Pub and Grill and Hooters Restaurants.

Summers graduated in 1988 from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor's degree in business administration.  A native of TUlsa, OK, he currently resides in North Atlanta.

Buffalo's Southwest Cafe, named a "Regional Powerhouse Chain" in 2002 by Nation's Restaurant News, offers an award-winning menu that includes its world-famous Buffalo-style chicken wings in several taste varieties. Other favorites -- all cooked-to-order -- include steaks, ribs, fajitas, chili, quesadillas, catfish, wraps, burgers and a variety of appetizers. The menu also has homemade soups, salads, sandwiches and desserts. Each Buffalo's Southwest Cafe helps tells the story of the Old Southwest while providing a unique dining experience. With wooden floors and distressed metal ceilings, the restaurants also feature antiques, artifacts, western memorabilia and hundreds of period photographs lining rustic wooden walls. High-back booths, the primary seating, each sport a different theme such as gunslingers, outlaw posters, Indians, lawmen and railroads.

Founded in 1985, Buffalo's Southwest Cafe has approximately 50 restaurants in Georgia, Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Ohio, with new units under construction and a new restaurant opening in Holt, Mich., this month. The company has two units operating in Puerto Rico and plans to continue its aggressive growth, with expansion predominantly in the Southeast, Southwest and Midwest regions. The company is based in Marietta, Ga.