Mimi is the nickname for Rebecca Johnson, a retired nurse, mother of six, and grandmother to 10. She also happens to be the inspiration for the name of Mimi’s Table in Old Town, the restaurant ...

Mimi’s Café Executive Chef Katie Sutton walks the dining room at the chain’s Tustin restaurant and spots a diner finishing a steamy bowl of bouillabaisse. Unbeknownst to the customer, the seafood dish ...

Promising a “French revolution,” the Mimi’s Café chain on Friday is scheduled to open a new prototype restaurant designed to reinvent the full-service brand with more fast-casual options. Officials ...

Mimi’s Café is extending its “Value Revolution” positioning with the debut of Mimi’s My Way 1-2-3. The offer lets customers build a two- or three-course meal consisting of one full-price entrée with ...

Last November, Bob Evans – the parent company of Mimi's Cafe and its namesake brands -- had engaged an investment banking firm specializing in the restaurant industry to evaluate the strategic ...

Four months after launching a plan to get back to its roots, Irvine-based Mimi’s Café is ending 36 years of corporate ties to Orange County. This month, the chain’s local headquarters begins the ...

On the verge of going public, Mimi’s Cafe Inc. on Monday said it had accepted a better offer. The Tustin-based casual dining chain said it agreed to be acquired for $103.3 million in cash by ...

A glass ceiling has been shattered for a local business owner. According to the NAACP of Terrebonne Parish, the owner of Mimi’s in Houma is the first female African-American restaurant owner to have a ...