Chef David Myers, armed with one of the first Michelin Guide stars in Los Angeles and a superbly trained team, recently opened Comme Ça, a glamorous, modern brasserie, and Boule Atelier, a showcase of jewel-like sweets and soul-satisfying breads...
They've perfected the art in the fast food segment. Sign a deal for exclusive promotional rights to a studio's next big-budget kid's movie. Next, build a huge ad campaign around it, throwing in plenty of kid-friendly marketing collateral, toys and...
Fast casual restaurants seldom have the opportunity to do good for others in their community while simultaneously reinforcing one of their principal marketing messages. But that's what Costa Mesa, CA-based El Pollo Loco pulled off when it...
Adding Asian flair to your menu can be as subtle as incorporating traditional Asian ingredients and flavors into your favorite recipes, or as dramatic as offering some of the presentations that appear in this month's recipe section. Soup ideas...
Whether your restaurant is brewing, steaming or pouring water into glasses, the overall quality of the finished drink will never rise above the quality of the water...
Many of the old rules for retirement planning are under siege these days. Determining how much money you'll need to maintain the lifestyle to which you've become accustomed — and how to save it — has never been an easy task. Retirement planning...
Top Chef Tom Colicchio greets the world with his famous grin and relaxed manner in the new, Peter Bentel-designed, Los Angeles Craft. This high-profile chef fits in nicely with the talent agents and celebrities who find their way to his door. With...
A growing number of operators are finding that less is more. Less space means lower labor, rent and development costs and, if they can balance the smaller number of seats with the overhead, more profit...
Gone With the Wind, a 1939 film based on the novel by Margaret Mitchell, remains one of the most popular movies of all time. Starring Vivian Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara and Clark Gable as Rhett Butler, the action takes place during and after the...