Business ideas are often prompted by a single moment of clarity. That's what happened to Adam Fleischman, founder of Umami Burger, one of the "better burger" chains that's on the rise right now.

Umami Restaurant Group, the company that runs the Umami Burger chain and is a partner of 800 Degrees Neapolitan Pizza, announced Monday that Paul E. Clayton will take over as its new chief executive ...

Hospitality group SBE has acquired a significant equity stake in the Umami Restaurant Group in a strategic partnership that will join two of Los Angeles’ hottest restaurant operators, officials ...

The hospitality group SBE has taken a majority stake in Umami Burger, and plans to accelerate the chain’s growth both in the U.S. and internationally. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. SBE, the ...

If you needed a sure sign that Umami Restaurant Group—owners of Umami Burger and 800 Degrees Neapolitan Pizza—has big-time expansion plans, look no further than the company’s recent executive ...

For such a progressive town, New York is, in some ways, deeply conservative—and never more than when it comes to food. Bagels, burgers, and pizza are our trinity. Futz too much with the tradition, and ...

Los Angeles-based Umami Restaurant Group is suing Chicago’s BopNgrill over one of its menu items. The eatery offers a dish called the Umami burger, and the restaurant group, which operates the Umami ...

When he’s asked, as he often is these days, about the much-anticipated smackdown between Danny Meyer’s East Coast Shake Shack franchise and his West Coast Umami Burger, which is coming this summer to ...