You have to love the thinking behind stir-fry chain Genghis Grill's new Health Kwest campaign. The three-month-long contest takes elements of NBC's enduringly popular tv show Biggest Loser and recasts them online, relying on contestants' command...
Wish your brick-and-mortar restaurant could tap into the street food craze? P. F. Chang’s Asian Bistro has found a way: serving Kogi Asian tacos and similar fare from 3 p.m to 6 p.m. every day at its 200-plus units nationwide. The folks who run...
Diners are busy searching out new superlatives to describe the just-opened At.mospheres in Dubai. Sitting 1,350 feet above the ground in Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, it’s the highest restaurant in the world. But all its chef can...
If nothing else, MTV’s “Jersey Shore” had made us aware how many 20-somethings organize their lives around working out, tanning and partying. But New Jersey-based Muscle Maker Grill figured out long ago that these self-described guidos and...
Wonder what it’s like when a city starts giving out letter grades for health inspections and operators have to display them on their front doors? Let’s take a look at how it’s working in New York City, where this system has been a fact of life for...
Even though scarcely two percent of fish and seafood that shows up on American’s plates was caught in the Gulf of Mexico, last year’s horrific oil spill continues to depress seafood consumption...
A West Coast satellite of New York’s Fig & Olive kitchen and tasting bar is set to open in March. The Mediterranean concept pays homage to a single ingredient: olive oil...
No full-service restaurant trend is hotter right now that the use of locally grown and produced ingredients. They’re magic on menus, but does it cost operators more to use them than similar items sourced from afar and transported by a broadline...