The recession whet wealthy Americans’ appetite for fast food, a habit that is sticking even as the U.S. economy embarks on a slow recovery. A new American Express study found that “ultra-affluent” consumers boosted their fast-food spending by 24% in…
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There is plenty of advice a brand should heed when moving through the bankruptcy process. Bringing on outside advisers, staying honest with your lenders and suppliers, and timing the process appropriately are all ways to make sure the bankruptcy business…
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A $200,000 credit card fraud is suspected to have resulted from hackers compromising the Point-of-Sale (POS) system at a Florida restaurant with malware specifically designed for it. Dave Wendland, the owner of Julie’s Place, a Tallahassee eating house dating back…
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When Tony Bosco saw mostly negative reviews about the restaurant Wow Bao, he Tweeted: “Going to ‘business’ dinner (at)Wow Bao. Can any1 tell me if it’s going to suck as much reviews suggest.” And almost immediately he got a response…
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The gig: Chairman and chief executive of Darden Restaurants Inc., which operates Olive Garden, Red Lobster and other sit-down casual-dining chains. Raised in Los Angeles, Otis, 54, has spent the last 15 years with the Orlando, Fla., concern and helped…
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For lunch, Denis Weil chills out in the contemporary lounge he created. Reclining in a leather-backed Lipse chair designed by Wolfgang Mezger, he munches a southwestern chicken salad and sips a berry smoothie. The ambiance is foodie chic: hardwood floors,…
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Some of the city’s hottest chefs and restaurateurs are increasingly being targeted by lawsuits filed by a handful of attorneys on behalf of small numbers of employees. This week’s targets include Michael White and Chris Cannon’s restaurant group, which runs…
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Last Easter I attended my first pop-up restaurant, organised by two friends and colleagues, Joseph Trivelli and Stevie Parle, chefs from the River Café where I am a sommelier. In a boat club in Hammersmith, west London, they cooked an…
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Not much tickles the notoriously tough members of Community Board 3’s licensing committee. But the members seemed genuinely intrigued by a new dark dining French chain slated to come to their neck of the woods. Or maybe they were just…
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Just stay in. It’s not worth the doggy bag or the fortune cookie or the supersizing. On Saturday, Florida resident Paul Blankfield, displeased that his Olive Garden-dining neighbors included a noisy, autistic 4-year-old boy, vented his irritation by throttling the…
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Oatmeal at McDonald’s. Eggs at Quiznos. Breakfast sausage at Taco Bell. Why are quick service restaurants clamoring to create breakfast menus or enhancing their existing breakfast selections? A new study by Intellaprice sheds light on the recent popularity of the…
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On a balmy summer Sunday, Tim Scorer and his girlfriend Emma Jarvis welcome brunch guests to their spacious London flat. After greeting them, the couple direct their visitors to the garden — a stunning space outfitted with a wood-fired oven…
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“Very good, and for you, sir?” You is me and I just don’t know. “What I will have…obviously…is…. What I shall in fact have is the…the….” Now, this kind of dithering is very much not what I’m about. You can…
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Smartphones have made it simple to find a restaurant at the last minute. The gastronomic triumvirate of Urbanspoon, Yelp and OpenTable each have well-designed mobile apps for Android, BlackBerry and iPhone users, and they’re all free. For a reservation, though,…
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Something strange is happening on the London food scene. New dining locations are emerging in unlikely, out-of-the-way neighborhoods, where paying guests turn up to eat in someone’s private home. Elsewhere, established chefs are taking over a temporary dining venue to…
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