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Andrew Tavakoli is trying to pump new life into an old burger.
The real estate investor is making his first foray into the restaurant world with the $10 million buy of the troubled Hamburger Hamlet chain from Irvine-based Prandium Inc., promising a new management team and series of improvements.
Tavakoli wouldn't put a price on the changes other than to say the cost of the upgrades was going to be "significant."
"Over the next few months the customers are going to notice physical improvements within the stores," he said. "As for food quality and service, within...