ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Saturday, January 4, 1997 TAG: 9701060040
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: A-5 EDITION: METRO
Full Moon changing owners, not format
The Full Moon Cafe, a downtown Roanoke restaurant and nightspot, has been sold, but the new owner said he will keep the name and event schedule intact while expanding the menu.
Don Brisco of Shawsville, who has been in the restaurant business for 17 years and has worked at Hotel Roanoke, bought the cafe from brothers Jim and Bill Woodson, who opened it in April 1995. Terms were not disclosed.
Brisco plans to serve breakfast, lunch and dinner, with a menu to include shrimp scampi and eggs Benedict. The Tuesday night poetry slams and Wednesday open-mic nights will continue, he said, as will weekend concerts. The bar also will remain in service.
The scheduled reopening date is Jan. 13, although Brisco said renovations to the kitchen might delay the opening a week or so.
- Staff report
Abbott settles ad charges on Ensure
WASHINGTON - Abbott Laboratories is settling charges with the Federal Trade Commission of false advertising in a national campaign that promoted its Ensure nutritional drink for healthy, active adults.
The FTC alleged that the Abbott Park, Ill., company claimed without adequate proof that doctors recommend Ensure as a meal supplement and replacement for healthy adults.
Abbott has agreed to make only those claims about a food or dietary or nutritional supplement that can be supported by ``competent and reliable'' scientific evidence, the FTC said.
- Associated Press
Bankruptcies
Six bankruptcies with business affiliations have been filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Western Virginia at Roanoke. All of them are personal bankruptcies that the court listed as businesses because they have commercial connections and could be of interest to business creditors and customers.
*Rae Lynn French and Scotty L. French of Clintwood filed for liquidation with assets of $20,875 and liabilities of $53,286. Scotty French is a self-employed drywall installer.
*Carole O'Connor Bratton of Elliston filed for liquidation with assets of $174,750 and liabilities of $153,305. She is a crafter.
*Billy J. Tignor of Abingdon, who trades as Direct Wholesale, filed for liquidation with assets of $2,000 and liabilities of $87,751.
*Marvin Douglas Farmer and Patsy Ruth Burnette Farmer of Hillsville filed for a wage-earner plan for repayment of debts, listing assets of $121,755 and liabilities of $158,246. Marvin Farmer owns Old Town Auto Cleanup.
*Mary Kathryn Hadd and Guy Samuel Gordon III of Bluefield, operators of a produce market, filed for a wage-earner plan for repayment of debts. They had assets of $30,050 and liabilities of $189,340.
*Jeffrey Lynn Jerrell of Jonesville, a self-employed logger, filed for liquidation with assets of $9,150 and liabilities of $25,048.
- Staff report
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