Luxist

Dolce Group, the restaurant group which boasts celebrity investors like Ashton Kutcher and Jamie Kennedy, has had many successes with its brands including Dolce, Geisha House and Bella. But the group has decided to close one of their many outlets, the Ketchup Restaurant in Huntsville, Alabama. Dolce Group continues to run Ketchup Restaurants in Los Angeles and Washington DC and its Dolce restaurant in Huntsville will stay open. Lonnie Moore, who is, along with former reality TV star, Mike "Boogie" Malin, one of the two main partners in the Dolce Group, said the competition for American dining on the Huntsville dining scene is "very fierce" and so the group decided to focus on their Italian restaurant Dolce, instead. Ketchup, which boasts a red-and-white retro-inspired design scheme serves pepped-up American fare. 09/11/09