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New York City is allowing indoor dining to reopen at 25% capacity, but...
Summary List PlacementNew York City restaurants are finally going to be allowed to reopen dining rooms. But experts and insiders say that the new measure is not enough to save the industry from a...
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Travis Scott was reportedly fined after his surprise stop at a McDonald's in...
Summary List PlacementTravis Scott and McDonald's were fined $200 each by the city of Downey, California, for holding a promotional event that attracted over 500 people, TMZ first reported on...
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New York is set to become the latest city to let restaurants add a COVID-19...
Summary List PlacementNew York's city council approved a measure on Wednesday that allows restaurants to tack on a "COVID-19 Recovery Charge" of up to 10% on diners' bills. The COVID-19 pandemic has...
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The coffee rush in the US has shifted from bright and early to later in the...
Summary List Placement The morning coffee-and-doughnuts rush at Dunkin' has shifted to mid-day, as workers skip their commutes to work from home, Dunkin' CFO Katherine Jaspon said on Tuesday."People...
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Restaurants need to brace for 18 more months of extreme challenges — and the...
Summary List PlacementTo describe 2020 as a bad year for restaurants is an understatement. Nearly 100,000 restaurants have closed across the US since the pandemic began, according to the National...
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Even with outdoor dining, 87% of NYC restaurants couldn't pay their full rent...
Summary List PlacementA new report from the NYC Hospitality Alliance found that 87% of restaurants couldn't pay their full rent in August — an increase from both June and July. The group surveyed over...
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Debby Soo got the top job at OpenTable in August when reservations were down...
Summary List Placement"It's an interesting time to be taking the helm of a company in the hospitality and restaurant industry," said Debby Soo, OpenTable's newly appointed CEO. This is an...
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New York City makes outdoor dining permanent in a major win for restaurants...
Summary List PlacementNew York City will allow restaurants to continue operating outdoor seating indefinitely, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Friday in an interview with WNYC's Brian Lehrer.Mayor de...
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The new 10 p.m. curfew on UK pubs, bars, and restaurants will 'devastate' the...
Summary List PlacementEngland's new 10 p.m. curfew at pubs, bars, and restaurants — designed to push down COVID-19 cases — is "another crushing blow" to struggling businesses now facing closure, owners...
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Dining sales recovery offers hope for credit card issuers
Summary List PlacementCoronavirus-mandated stay-at-home measures and dining closures led to significant losses for US restaurants, but recent figures from NPD Group indicate that those declines are...
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The owner of a line of DC restaurants shares how selling inventory,...
Summary List PlacementGeoff Tracy's line of Washington, DC-area restaurants have all miraculously managed to survive the last six months. It's certainly been an interesting ride for Tracy, husband to...
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Square introduced a QR code ordering feature for restaurants
Summary List PlacementThe functionality is available for Square Online merchants and will enable self-serve mobile ordering for customers within restaurants.Customers will be able to scan the QR code...
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A $500 restaurant card is being mailed to unemployed people in Hawaii that...
Summary List Placement Those who are unemployed in Hawaii will soon be getting some additional relief in the form of a new restaurant card.The state's Chamber of Commerce will use $75 million of its...
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See how NYC is reopening for indoor dining as a new state report warns that...
Summary List PlacementOn September 30, restaurants in New York City were permitted to reopen for indoor dining for the first time in more than six months. Restaurants are required to limit capacity to...
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The nation's largest supermarket chain is opening 'dark' kitchens inside some...
Summary List PlacementGrocery giant Kroger is converting 1,200 square feet in two of its stores to "ghost kitchens," the company announced on Thursday. "Ghost kitchens," also known as "dark kitchens,"...
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Tables at the $440-per-head restaurant in a grounded Singapore Airlines...
Summary List PlacementTables at pop-up restaurants in grounded Singapore Airlines planes, where meals cost up to $441 a person, were fully booked within half an hour of sales going live, the airline...
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No-tipping policies have failed for big cities and restaurant groups in the...
Summary List PlacementWhen the restaurant Dispatch opened last spring in St. Catharines, Ontario, the certified-living-wage employer adopted a no-tip model. That contrasted with other businesses in the...
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The world's best restaurant, located in the beautiful French Riviera, was...
Summary List PlacementIn June 2019 at the age of 24, Benoît Huguenin became the head sommelier at Mirazur, crowned the World's Best Restaurant of 2019. He was by Argentinian chef Mauro Colagreco's side...
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Michelin-starred chefs are leaving their jobs to become private chefs for the...
Summary List PlacementOn jobsinchildcare.com, an international professional childcare jobs board, one recent posting stands apart from the ads for nannies and tutors: A Russian-speaking family in...
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McDonald's is offering a million free meals to in-need UK children as part of...
Summary List PlacementMcDonald's is offering a million free meals for UK families over the October school vacations, the company announced on Friday.The fast-food giant is donating the food as part of...
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