Tawny Costa

Costa continues to run restaurant in Scottsdale and Phoenix called Parma Italian Roots.The restaurant, which is located in the 3600 block of East Indian School Road, is open for business. But the Arizona Department of Liquor Licenses and Control has yet to sign off on a liquor application. She has state that she was the "sole owner" of Parma and Capri was not involved in the day-to-day operation of the restaurant. Costa has said Frank Capri and Chris Burka set up and secretly ran other restaurant projects in her name. She said they manipulated her into putting her name on corporation and business records for restaurants. Federal authorities do not name Costa in the indictment. They refer to her as a Capri "nominee." They said concealing Capri's involvement in the project allowed Burka and Costa to negotiate agreements with developers. Costa is no stranger to restaurant closures. She and Capri are behind the failure of 63 restaurant projects since 2013. The restaurants either closed after opening, were left unfinished or were never started; 39 were under Capri's name and 24 were under Costa's name. In addition to Toby Keith and Rascal Flatts restaurants, Capri was involved with restaurants Costa operated in Tempe, San Diego, Atlanta and Boston.