Agent Daniel Mullins was concluding some business with a client in Mesa, AZ, one day when the client casually mentioned that Mullins should visit the Ponderosa house down the street. When Mullins, who ...

Long before Yellowstone or the Dutton Ranch were concepts in Taylor Sheridan‘s mind-in fact, long before he was even born-there was the Cartwright family and the Ponderosa Ranch on Bonanza. And ...

Buffets used to be all the rage in the U.S. -- since their invention in the 1940s, they rose to their most popular point by the 1980s, but then started to decline dramatically by the end of the ...

There aren't many shows that can get away successfully with a name change during its initial airing, but the classic Western series Bonanza was certainly one of them. Following the adventures of Ben ...

Somewhere between the Wild West of quick serves and fast casuals and the frontier of full-service dining lies a middle ground occupied by family-style hybrids. Two such concepts, longtime American ...

PLANO Texas Metromedia Steakhouses Co. LP, parent of the Ponderosa and Bonanza Steakhouse brands, said it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company said in a statement that it would ...

INCLINE VILLAGE – The impending deal to sell the 548-acre Ponderosa Ranch to a consortium of government agencies has generated shock and surprise from people all across the country. The ranch, which ...

Set in the 1860s, Bonanza follows the adventures of the Cartwrights, owners of the Ponderosa, a thousand-square-mile ranch on the eastern shore of Lake Tahoe. (The ranch inspired an amusement park of ...

The owners of the Ponderosa restaurant have gone to great lengths to distance themselves from the previous incarnation in the same location, Hog's Family Restaurant. Steve Alvin and Karan Patel have ...