Restaurant stocks soar in face of recession

Eaten out lately? Someone is, if the stocks of casual dining restaurants are any clue.

Climbing far beyond the Dow Jones' rise of 12 percent since March, the prices of Caribou Coffee, Granite City Food and Brewery and Famous Dave's went on wild tears of 176 to 205 percent in the past 10 weeks. And national chains such as IHOP, Ruby Tuesday and Chili's Grill & Bar saw their parent...