Certainly you don’t need to be told how tough it is out there in restaurant land. By many accounts, making ends meet hasn’t been this difficult in decades. In the wake of soaring oil prices and a government program to make ethanol from crops, the...

Chef SAm Choy, the Hawaiian Culinary Ambassador, welcomes all to dine on Sam Choy Cuisine on American Airlines.

It's one thing for a young restaurant chain to say it wants to be the next P.F. Chang's, quite another to pull it off. But Kabuki, a small chain just starting to stretch beyond its L.A. power base, has a good shot at doing just that. That's why we...

How's this for a confounded concept for destination dining...

Your guests may not want to cook, but that doesn't necessarily mean they want to invest the time it will take to order, consume and pay for a meal in your restaurant, either. To serve customers who value convenience or the freedom to chow down in...

What is it about burgers anyway? As if having some magical power over us, they climb into our psyche and gnaw away at us, teasing our carnivorous side with the promise of burgery goodness. And we give in to that craving every time. Ask Technomic...

There's been a buzz in Chicago about this mixologist dude who's been creating a scene at MK, which has long been known for its food because of chef/owner Michael Kornick. But now John Kinder is behind the bar and MK is delivering a one-two punch...

The U.S. economy may be tanking, but for four days at Chicago's McCormick Place this month, it will be hard to tell. That's when the 89th annual National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show sweeps into the Windy City. The show is...

When Chef Chu of Taipei, Taiwan, cooks for his family every Sunday, it's quite an elaborate event. In fact, during the course of this 1994 classic food film, Eat, Drink, Man, Woman, the chef prepares more than 100 recipes for the ritual of this...

On the constantly-changing stage of the $558-billion restaurant industry, it is no secret that casual dining is evolving. Most notably — and to the alarm of many — the middle of this segment is struggling, as fast casual operations capture more...