The calendar numbers for the month, day and year synchronize but once a year, which is why some restaurants are jumping on the chance to promote one-shot 11-11-11 meal deals a week from next Friday. You don’t get a chance to offer a date-equals...
The daily deal segment never rests. The latest development: LivingSocial is launching a special fine-dining-only service, hoping to attract high-end restaurants that have previously stayed out of the game. Price of the first offering: $250...
Edgier global fusion cooking, beer gardens and more creative comfort foods are among the trends New York City-based consultants Baum+Whiteman International expect to take off in 2012. Here the firm, which creates high-profile restaurants for...
Political commentators and rival candidates scoff at Herman Cain’s restaurant industry background, saying that being president is a lot more complex than running Godfather’s Pizza or a bunch of Burger King units, two of Cain’s previous posts. It...
The Ice Hotel in Swedish Lapland and its subsidiary Ice Bars found everywhere from Istanbul to Orlando have proven there’s a market for below-freezing venues. But Tundra, a just-opened restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, is taking ice-theming to a new...
This budget steakhouse chain has plans to get hip in a hurry.
Want to tap into the red-hot Chinese economy? Think “green” restaurants are the wave of the future? Then perhaps you should buy stock in oddly named Yaboo, Inc.—that’s Yaboo, not Yahoo—currently valued at $11.82 million on the U.S. market. It’s...
You know small plate offerings are hot when big steakhouse chains add them to their menus. They aren’t a natural fit, so let’s look at how and why Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar made the transition...
You know restaurant managers would love to prescreen job candidates without plowing through a stack of resumes or conducting going-nowhere interviews. One company claims its new video technology can make it happen...
