Tom + Chee: Tom + Chee acquired by Cincinnati restaurant chain Gold Star Chili

Cincinnati's Gold Star Chili is acquiring an upstart restaurant that made its name after appearing on ABC's "Shark Tank." Gold Star Chili acquired Tom + Chee on Sept. 20 after buying the brand's assets for an undisclosed sum. Tom + Chee has two Milwaukee-area locations, in Elm Grove and Brookfield. The relationship between the brands stretches back nearly four years when now-Gold Star CEO Roger David met Tom + Chee founders Corey Ward and Trew Quackenbush. At the time he was coming off of five...