The Arizona Senate has given final approval to a bill that would allow people with concealed weapons permits to carry a gun into a business that serves alcohol.
Restaurants in Mexico City are being ordered to serve only takeout food in a widening shutdown to prevent the spread of a deadly swine flu outbreak.
Restaurant stocks mainly fell Thursday after a Raymond James analyst downgraded his rating on a number of sit-down restaurant stocks, saying they are now fairly valued.
Earlier this year, Elvert Howard wined and dined women at fine restaurants in Chicago. Now, he's treating gals to happy hour appetizers and drinks at T.G.I. Friday's.
Beef may not be what's for dinner at your favorite restaurant come 2009.
While the credit crunch is making it hard for some restaurant companies to get loans to build new locations and renovate old ones, other chains are using the slowdown to secure better terms from landlords struggling to find viable tenants.
Olive Garden and Red Lobster customers will have to pay a bit more for their favorite dishes in the months ahead as the restaurant chains struggle to keep revenue and profit growing in a depressed economy.
Fall's cool winds could make eating out cheap a breeze — depending, that is, on what you order.
Restaurant companies may have depended too much on easy-to-borrow money to back aggressive expansion plans, industry experts say — a move that may lead to more bankrupt chains and fewer new eateries opening in the months to come.
Consumers may have had a bit more money this spring courtesy of Uncle Sam, but that small windfall is unlikely to translate into big second-quarter profits for restaurants.
In a June 17 story about fast-food restaurants, The Associated Press reported erroneously that McDonald's had not resumed serving sliced tomatoes after a health scare. McDonald's said on June 14 it was starting the process of returning tomatoes to its menu.
Two fast food companies are putting tomatoes back on the menu now that federal health officials have identified tomato crops that are safe from a salmonella scare.
The famed bean soup served in Senate restaurants is made up of dried navy beans, smoked ham hocks, onions and a million-dollar tab for the taxpayer.
The patrons at Champps, an upscale restaurant and bar chain, were eating ribs and drinking beer on a recent Saturday when customer Bruce Jackson stood up and made an announcement: He was armed, and so were dozens of other patrons.
It's a few days before Mother's Day and Robert Jenkins jumps every time the phone rings.
A Massachusetts study suggests that restaurant smoking bans may play a big role in persuading teens not to become smokers. Youths who lived in towns with strict bans were 40 percent less likely to become regular smokers than those in communities with no bans or weak ones, the researchers reported in the May issue of the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
New York City health authorities voted unanimously on Tuesday to ban the use of artificial cooking oils, known as trans fats, in the city’s eateries. Restaurants have been given 18 months to stop using the oils.
Restaurants, under fire from health advocates for too-big servings and not enough detail on nutrition, are fighting back.
Those heaping portions at restaurants — and doggie bags for the leftovers — may be a thing of the past, if health officials get their way.
Those heaping portions at restaurants — and doggie bags for the leftovers — may be a thing of the past, if health officials get their way.
Waffle House, which for more than half a century prided itself on serving the 'poor ol' cash customer,' now is looking to help diners who use credit cards.
The city is famous for inventing pizza, but don't let that narrow your taste buds.
Restaurants, let's not forget, are in the business of selling you food (emphasis on the word "selling.") All too often, restaurateurs rely on tired menu cliches that they believe make the food sound better. But we see through it. --"Grilled to perfection"
By STEVEN ERLANGER Published: June 30, 2009 New York Times, "Paris Journal"
1. Avoid eating out on holidays and Saturday nights. The sheer volume of customers guarantees that most kitchens will be pushed beyond their ability to produce a high-quality dish.
Surprise your taste buds with San Antonio's eclectic dining scene. Along with great Mexican fare, try top-notch Belgian food or macho burgers served in a historic landmark.
"SB1113 would allow owners of concealed-weapons permits to carry a gun into a restaurant that serves alcohol, as long as the person does not drink.
Against force-feeding geese or duck in order to fatten their livers, Bilderberg, Carlton and Mövenpick are taking foie gras off the menu.
"HI, I'm Judy Nichols. Welcome to my rant."
Saudi Arabia I couldn't believe it - although it should not really have surprised me that much. So it is over now, it has been. It is good for me to find out since I had not been keeping up with it. It must have been since 2002-3.
President Obama's March 9, 2009 Memorandum said, "The public must be able to trust the science and scientific process informing public policy decisions." Tobacco Control is well aware smoking bans have little effect on restaurants while bars are negatively impacted.
Is it OK for a restaurant to charge $1 for a glass of in-house filtered water? We all realize it's a tough economy and restaurants are dealing the best they can. Yet sometimes they go too far, at least that's what one reader thinks.
Bakersfield, you say? A Culinary Mecca? What the Hell? That's right, Bakersfield... Sitting right at the bottom of Hwy. 99 in California's Central Valley. There it sits, calling out to the gourmands and carnivorous creatures from far and wide.
Barack Obama. How many people on the globe doesn't know that name? The 44th U.S. president, attorney, golfer, author, husband, dad.
The French government offered some good news Tuesday for tourists and beleaguered consumers in France: The price of dining out will soon come down.
an posing as a waiter collected $186 in cash from diners at two restaurants in New Jersey and walked out with the money in his pocket.
Local sourcing and organic foods are among the top 20 hottest trends for 2009 for restaurants and it's no wonder. People want tasty, clean, farm-fresh fruit and vegetables from farmers they know and they want to support their local communities and businesses.
Excerpt: It's enough to put you off fast food for life. First came shocking footage which exposed a McDonald's restaurant diners branded the filthiest fast-food joint in the world.
Now is the time to learn how to save thousands of dollars a year and eat healthier. Such a simple trick that too many people don't learn.
The Pacific Grill is the highlight of the renaissance in the Tacoma restaurant scene and it is surviving the downturn in the economy better than most...it just opened a new conference center and among other events has recently hosted a monthly meeting of the TacomaAngel Network.
And I have been hitting the 15 worse restaurants thinking that I was making healthy choices. Who would have thought wendy's would be a healthy place to eat?
How do you screw up a Fish Taco? You'd think that would be hard to do, but the market seems to be flooded with sub-standard, generic versions of this Baja Classic.
Cap Hill Triangle gives the lowdown on where to find tasty vegetarian food for cheap on the Hill.
Excerpt: Alarming pictures released today show the conditions inside 'Britain's worst pub kitchen' in which environmental health inspectors found nearly 200 items of rotting food.
The idea that President Obama should focus on one thing (the economy) only and is making bad decisions because he is multitasking by speaking to the country on talk shows and town halls is ludicrous.
Excerpt: An owner of a local Wendy's restaurant said a disgusting find in a hamburger is an isolated incident.