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Il Fornaio (ILFO)
An SI Board Since September 1997
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Emcee:  Jean-Pierre Abe Type:  Unmoderated
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Il Fornaio operates and owns a high-end italian restaurant chain.
Their bread is also available through grocery stores and is some
of the best I know. The IPO was just priced today at $11/share.

Company Name Il Fornaio America Corp
Priced At $11
Estimated Pricing Range 9-10.5
Number of Shares 1.5 million
Lead Underwriter Montgomery Securities

Any opinions?
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28 I recently was in the Ilfornaio at Las Vegas seemed to be doing a great busindavid cameron-11/18/1998
27 Jean-Pierre, I agree, the restaurant sector is picking up, with the stronger cDylan-11/16/1998
26 Anybody out there? I think that the restaurant sector is starting to rebound, Jean-Pierre Abe-11/14/1998
25 The stock buyback plan seems to be working - ILFO up over 30% in the last few dJean-Pierre Abe-10/28/1998
24 Jean-Pierre, The restaurant sector as a whole has been hammered this year. I Dylan-9/30/1998
23 I love this chain of restaurants, and their growth plans have seemed pretty modgenek-9/29/1998
22 Maybe the time to buy has come? ILFO is now at about 50% below its IPO price, Jean-Pierre Abe-9/29/1998
21 Il Fornaio to compete directly with Cheesecake Factory... biz.yahoo.com -DylaDylan-5/26/1998
20 I'm not sure, because it seems that the price dropped towards their P/E. TDylan-3/19/1998
19 Well the price has gone back down to about $12. Now may be a good time to buy. Jean-Pierre Abe-3/17/1998
18 No idea about Denver, but I love the Santa Monica location. It is a great placDylan-2/23/1998
17 I'm bullish on ILFO, I recently went long on the stock. I know their Palo Tjarko-2/23/1998
16 I ate again at ILFO in Santa Monica. Got there Friday at 4:30 to sit outside aDylan-1/20/1998
15 The new location is at the corner of Ocean and Colorado. It is a very spaciousDylan-11/16/1997
14 It sounds like it is on Ocean Bl. from the press release. I'll stop by thiDylan-11/13/1997
13 Thanks - is it on the 3rd St Promenade itself or on Ocean Bld? PS: looks like Jean-Pierre Abe-11/13/1997
12 Santa Monica location is now open... biz.yahoo.comDylan-11/13/1997
11 Well, there certainly hasn't been a mad rush to buy ILFO =) I guess it wDylan-10/28/1997
10 Hummm... The IPO price was $11.00. I suspect it may go that low when insiders Jean-Pierre Abe-10/28/1997
9 Now might be a good time to buy. Down to 12 7/8 last time I checked. -DylanDylan-10/28/1997
8 I agree. I think that ILFO will be a good buy on the next dip. It is still sigJean-Pierre Abe-10/22/1997
7 I never really finished my thoughts from my earlier post... I would guess thatDylan-10/21/1997
6 I went to Il Fornaio this weekend in Beverly Hills. At 8:30 on Friday night theDylan-9/28/1997
5 OFF TOPIC: Do you know if the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf is public? -DylanDylan-9/24/1997
4 I'll give a try soon. Thanks for the information. -DylanDylan-9/22/1997
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