If text messages aren’t part of your marketing strategy, you may be missing a chance to reach a big chunk of your potential audience, according to a recent study...

Operators seeking the key, not just to weathering the current economic storm, but to thrive going forward, got plenty of advice from seasoned pros at the 11th annual Restaurant Hospitality Concepts of Tomorrow Conference. The latest edition, set...

I had to tell you how happy I was after reading, “Are You Training Guests to Be Cheap?” [Editor's Space, August]. You hit it out of the park with your comments. In today's economy people are tightening their purses and wallets, but that does not...

As we're seeing right now with Top Chef and The Next Iron Chef, as we saw earlier this year with Iron Chef Masters and as we can see 24/7 up and down the TV dial, restaurants and food have reached a level of media prominence never seen before...

Trendwatchers have predicted for years that Indian cuisine would be the next ethnic food to explode onto the U.S. foodservice scene, but it hasn't happened yet. Other than for a few adventurous foodies, its popularity has been limited to the...

City Tavern: Birthplace of American Cuisine ...

One thing you don't know about me is that I am as good at the game of Scrabble as I am at cooking. If I could trade places with one chef it would be Francis Mallmann, the Argentian chef and author of Seven Fires. He is a genius when it comes to...

A not-so funny thing happened on the way to this year's Melman Award ceremony: recipient Michael Mina got mugged by the flu. But the star chef and restaurateur put up one hellluva fight. Check out the cover and above. There he is with the...

According to the Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, up to 20 percent of the American population gets the flu every year. Many of those people are your customers. They get sick, and so does your bottom line. Well, how about a promotion...

Sammy Hagar can’t drive 55 and, apparently, he can’t sit still, even at the age of 62. The rocker, restaurateur and tequila aficionado is teaming up with Food Network star chef Tyler Florence to open a new restaurant in their hometown of Mill...