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Matt Harlan has been promoted within the Michael Symon Restaurant group to Regional Manager of all current and future B Spot Burgers. He is replacing Greg MacLaren, who is no longer with the organization. Taking over Harlan’s post as GM at Lolita will be Abrahm Noufer, who currently works as manager at Lola.

Harlan has worked with Michael Symon for 14 years.

Harlan’s first order of business, he says, is to oversee the opening of the newest B Spot, set to open in the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland. “It’s going to happen pretty fast,” Harlan says.

Also in the works, adds Harlan, are future B Spot restaurants in Pittsburgh and Columbus. These will be in addition to existing locations in Woodmere, Strongsville, Westlake, and Quicken Loans Arena.

This article appears in Sep 21-27, 2011.

For 25 years, Douglas Trattner has worked as a full-time freelance writer, editor and author. His work as co-author on Michael Symon's cookbooks have earned him four New York Times Best-Selling Author honors, while his longstanding role as Scene dining editor has garnered awards of its own.