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    UNO RESTAURANT CORPORATION, 100 CHARLES PARK ROAD, WEST ROXBURY, MA 02132
    617-323-9200                                            FAX: 617-218-5375


                     UNO ANNOUNCES AGREEMENT TO GO PRIVATE

Boston, Massachusetts, February 28, 2001 - Uno Restaurant Corporation
(NYSE:UNO) announced today that a Special Committee of the Board of Directors
of the Company and a management group led by Aaron D. Spencer have reached a
tentative agreement on a going private transaction at a price of $9.75 in
cash for all shares of Company stock not already owned by the management
group. The transaction will proceed as a merger and will be subject to
execution of a definitive merger agreement, approval by the Company's Board
of Directors, the Special Committee and stockholders, including approval by
the holders of a majority of the shares not owned or controlled by the
management group, receipt of financing and customary closing conditions. The
transaction has a value of approximately $41 million. The management group
owns approximately 62% of the Company's outstanding shares of stock.

Commenting on the announcement, Mr. Spencer stated, "It took several months
of active negotiations to reach a final agreement on price, but I am glad we
were able to do so and can now proceed to complete the transaction. I thank
the Special Committee for its diligent efforts."

INFORMATION CONCERNING THE IDENTITY OF THE DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
OF THE COMPANY AND THE BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF THE COMPANY'S COMMON STOCK BY
EACH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR OTHER POTENTIAL INTERESTS IN THE
TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED BY THIS PRESS RELEASE MAY BE FOUND IN THE COMPANY'S
PROXY STATEMENT FILED WITH THE SEC UNDER SCHEDULE 14A ON JANUARY 24, 2001 AND
IN THE MANAGEMENT GROUP'S SCHEDULE 13D FILED WITH THE SEC. IN CONNECTION WITH
THE PROPOSED MERGER, SUBJECT TO THE EXECUTION OF A DEFINITIVE MERGER
AGREEMENT, THE COMPANY WILL FILE A PROXY STATEMENT ON SCHEDULE 14A WITH THE
SEC. SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY AND OTHER INVESTORS ARE ENCOURAGED TO READ
THE PROXY STATEMENT BECAUSE IT WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE
MERGER. ALL OF THESE DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN, OR MAY BE, FILED WITH THE SEC
ARE AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE ON THE SEC'S WEB SITE (http://www.sec.gov/).

Based in Boston, Uno Restaurant Corporation currently has a total of 179
casual dining, full-service restaurants operating primarily under the name
"Pizzeria Uno...Chicago Bar & Grill." The system includes 110 company-owned
and 61 franchised "Pizzeria Uno...Chicago Bar & Grill" restaurants, 7
franchised Pizzeria Uno Restaurant & Bar and one Mexican restaurant, located
in 31 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Seoul, South Korea,
Lahore, Pakistan and Dubai, U.A.E. The Company under its Uno Foods subsidiary
operates a consumer foods business, which supplies airlines, movie theaters,
hotel restaurants, convenience stores and supermarkets with both frozen and
refrigerated branded and non-branded products. For more information, visit
the company's web site at www.unos.com.