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Chili's Opens Restaurant in Downtown Chattanooga, Tenn.

By Mike Pare, Chattanooga Times/Free Press, Tenn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 10--When Chili's Grill & Bar opened in downtown Chattanooga just over a week ago, it signaled a trend for the national restaurant chain.

"You're seeing an extension of the brand in areas that might not have been looked at or considered in the past," said Chili's spokesman Tim Smith. He said central cities are one of those areas and Chattanooga's downtown is "pretty happening."

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