Restaurant Startups Seek Financial Options
Many people at one time in their lives dream of opening their own restaurant. They may have a great idea…
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Restaurant Industry Accounts for Nearly 10 Percent of U.S. Workforce
The restaurant industry is not only an important source of jobs and careers, it is vitally important to the success…
After 119 Years, the Ice Cream Sundae Still a Restaurant Favorite
The ice cream sundae celebrates its 119th birthday Sunday, April 3rd. Since that time, ice cream sundaes have become a…
Schedulefly Launches Book about Successful Restaurant Owners
Book contains interviews with twenty owners from all over the U.S. (and one in Canada) who tell their stories and…
So You Want to Open a Restaurant?
The restaurant business has a very high mortality rate. The reason for this high attrition is that many new restaurant…
Fast Casual predicts top trends for 2011
It seems that 2010 brought about a series of buyouts and capital investments for fast casual chains looking to improve…
Restaurants uploading menus on iPads for diners
The bar is buzzing on a busy night at Chicago Cut steakhouse as regulars Keith and Peg Bragg sit at…
Is justice served by unmasking a restaurant critic?
Restaurant critics don’t like to announce themselves to the people and places they review. So they become the secret agents…
NYC Restaurant Week to Feature Over 300 Restaurants
NYC & Company, New York City’s marketing, tourism and partnership organization, today announced reservations for NYC Restaurant Week Winter 2011…
A New Team Helps Steer Restaurateurs Through a Thicket of Red Tape
Opening a restaurant in New York City can be as frustrating as trying to brown a wet sirloin. Given worries…
Michelin Inspectors: Food Industry Spies
A chef’s toughest critic isn’t the woman at the corner table who sent back her cod, or the man at…
New Orleans restaurants seem to have recovered after the BP oil spill
The days of explaining exotic species of Hawaiian finfish to puzzled locals have passed at Grand Isle restaurant. After struggling…
10 Food and Beverage Trends That Shaped 2010
As the country began extricating itself from economic doldrums in 2010, which dishes and drinks did savvy food marketers and…
OpenTable Announces 2010 Diner’s Choice Awards for Best Overall Restaurants
OpenTable, Inc. (Nasdaq:OPEN), a leading provider of free online reservations for diners and guest management systems for restaurants, today announced…
Zagat Releases 2011 Seattle Restaurants Survey
Zagat has released the results of its 2011 Seattle Restaurants Survey, covering 828 eateries in the Seattle area based on…
Restaurants choke on food trucks proposal
Chicago restaurant owners are mobilizing to block City Hall from creating an “unlevel playing field” for their brick-and-mortar businesses —…
Penton Completes Acquisition of Nation’s Restaurant News
Sharon Rowlands, CEO of Penton, announced today that the company has acquired Nation’s Restaurant News (NRN) from Lebhar-Friedman. Terms of…
Casual Dining Entree and Drink Prices up in 2010
How do you explain a menu pricing strategy where discount meals complete with appetizers are offered up on the cheap,…
Top Wine Restaurants Innovate to Survive Tough Times
Operating a restaurant during the past three years has not been easy. While the economy is slowly improving and some…
For Restaurants, Social Media Is About More Than Just Marketing
Social media certainly has its benefits for those who love dining and drinking. From free drinks for Foursquare checkins, to…
Pizzerias Thrive in Slumping Economy
Pizza has thrown a flying wedge at the worst recession since the Great Depression. The recipe for surviving — even…
Alcohol Sales at Restaurants and Bars Expected to Increase by Nearly 2 Percent in 2011
Consumers are expected to increase their purchases of alcohol in bars and restaurants in 2011, with a forecasted uptick of…
Despite tough economy, some restaurants find the recipe for success
Danny Barbarigos, owner of La Tasca Tapas Restaurant in downtown Arlington Heights, was interested when Groupon approached him to offer…
Half of Restaurant Owners Proclaim, “Social Will Never Work”
A recent survey by MustHaveMenus a provider of restaurant menu templates, revealed that nearly half of the 1,300 restaurant owners,…