Margie Scheuermann, who has lived here for 78 years, went over her list as she waited in line Tuesday to buy local seafood at the Crescent City Farmers Market: a pair of soft-shell crabs, a pound of lump crab meat…
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Here’s Dennis Crowley’s ideal way to end the day: At 6 p.m., his iPhone alerts him to the evening’s plans. It has already checked his friends’ calendars and knows who’s free tonight, so it suggests a restaurant they’ve all wanted…
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Winners were announced Monday, May 3, 2010, at the annual 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards, the nation’s most prestigious recognition program honoring professionals in the food and beverage industries.  During a ceremony hosted by Lidia Bastianich, Alton Brown and Wolfgang Puck…
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Soon after Ian Hilton breezes into the Gibson on a sunny afternoon, he issues a gentle warning: “It’s going to be next to impossible to get an interview with Eric.” He means his brother, with whom he co-owns this 14th…
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Guests who are lucky enough to claim any of the 47 seats at Frances, Melissa Perello’s hot new restaurant in the Castro, are offered not only the wine list but also the choice of house wine, red or white. The…
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There are five P’s at the basis of McDonald’s recent success, and the company’s CEO says it’s not rocket science to figure out how to make a profit in this industry. When a poster of McDonald’s Plan to Win was…
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“Top Chef” judge Tom Colicchio passed a quickfire challenge of his own Monday when he was named the nation’s top chef by the James Beard Foundation. Colicchio, whose numerous restaurants include Craft, Craftsteak and the recently opened Colicchio & Sons…
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Fueled by improving sales and traffic levels and growing optimism among restaurant operators, the National Restaurant Association’s comprehensive index of restaurant activity rose sharply in March. The Association’s Restaurant Performance Index (RPI) stood at 100.5 in March, up 1.4 percent…
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S. Truett Cathey, the 89-year-old founder of the Chick-fil-A restaurant chain, grew up in Atlanta, where his first business venture was operating a Coca-Cola stand in his yard at age 8. In 1946, he and his brother opened a small…
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On a recent Thursday night, after most of the dinner crowd had left, Bernard Ros, the owner and chef of Meli Melo, a French bistro in Manhattan, grilled three steaks, threw together a few pasta dishes and salads and pulled…
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You know that big, hot restaurant that opened up a few months ago downtown? The one that all [insert your city here] is abuzz about? Chances are that new restaurant is in a hotel or condominium. Nearly every major restaurant…
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It has all the qualities of classic comfort food: a steaming mug of sweet tomato soup served with a sandwich of melting cheese inside slices of golden buttery toast. Moms have been presenting grilled cheese sandwiches to happy children for…
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CLICKETY-CLACK. Here was Donatella, coming through, charging into her new $2.5-million restaurant construction site. Donatella, nervelessly pushing past the yellow caution tape to traverse the splintery floor in nude-patent-leather four-inch Louboutins. Donatella, in short-short Prada silk. Donatella, pointing. Donatella, dishing.…
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Danish cuisine reigns supreme, according to the some of the planet’s most prominent eaters. S. Pellegrino’s annual “World’s 50 Best Restaurants” list was released on Monday at a celebrity-chef-studded event in London, England, marking the ninth edition of the much…
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It took more than a year, but American diners are coming out of hiding, starting to splurge on everything from tea to tacos and tacking on some dessert. The meals aren’t fancy — and business is far what it was…
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The table is set for company: Villeroy and Boch china, Hepp silverware, fresh flowers in a crystal vase. The wait staff is clad in impeccable white and black, and a dark-suited director of dining services greets many of the bejeweled…
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Nearly 20 years after Emeril Lagasse begged, borrowed and scrounged every penny he could to open his own restaurant, the celebrity chef worried it was all slipping away. Lagasse’s 17-year run on the Food Network was over. Hurricane Katrina had…
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According to a leading research firm, breakfast sandwiches are now the fourth most ordered food item in restaurants, after pizza, french fries, and — the winner and still champion — hamburgers. Last year, North Americans consumed 25 million more breakfast…
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There are fashions in meat, as in all things, but… Are you ready for lamb bacon? That’s just one of the new dishes popping up on menus across the country as chefs experiment with American lamb, a trend driven partly…
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Chenee Capuyan, a McDonald’s restaurant employee from Davao Del Sur, Philippines, stunned celebrity judges and an audience of more than 14,000 with a powerful performance of Destiny’s Child’s “Stand Up for Love” to win the Voice of McDonald’s global singing…
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Why did the downtown restaurant close? The downtown restaurant opened about a year earlier. I wasn’t surprised that it closed. I was surprised that it stayed open so long. It was around the corner from my office. I walked past…
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