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NEW YORK Mixologist Eben Freeman recently brought together bartenders from around the United States and the world for three nights here celebrating bartenders and their different cocktail making styles. Freeman, who works for Mangkut Group, a food...
SHARON Pa. Casual-dining chain Quaker Steak & Lube has appointed Dudley McMahon to the newly created position of vice president of culinary development and purchasing. He reports to company president and chief executive Ken Cole.McMahon, who most...
LOS ANGELES Debbie Lee, a finalist in the 2009 series of "The Next Food Network Star," is launching a pop-up version of a Korean-style pub that will be the theme of her first restaurant, which she plans to open here in the fall. From Feb. 24...
O’Charley’s Cotton Candy Shirley Temple is a simple concoction of lemon-lime soda topped with cotton candy. This drink is available at all O’Charley’s locations for $2.99, with free refills. The casual-dining chain with more than 230 stores is...
At the beginning of Lent, the 40-day, pre-Easter season for Christians, many U.S. customers will be giving up meat on Fridays or personal vices starting today on Ash Wednesday. Restaurants, however, are not willing to give up anything, especially...
MORRISTOWN N.J. Villa Enterprises Management, the operator of such quick-service brands as Villa Fresh Italian Kitchen, Green Leaf's and South Philly Steak & Fries, said it opened 30 new domestic and international locations last year. The 318-unit...
NEW YORK Emilia-Romagna and Sicily are two favorite Italian regions for food, according to a recent poll of Nation’s Restaurant News food blog readers. Among those who participated in the Food Writer’s Diary poll this month, 18...
MONTEBELLO Calif. Huntington Meat Packing Inc. has greatly expanded a January recall of 864,000 pounds of ground beef products to include an additional 4.9 million pounds of those items and selected veal goods, the U.S. Food Safety &...
ATLANTA Gandolfo's New York Delicatessen has tapped Seth Salzman, a founding partner and former executive of Moe's Southwest Grill and Raving Brands, as chief operating officer. The 45-unit Atlanta-based deli concept said Salzman, who spent more...
MIAMI Burger King restaurants across the United States will begin offering Starbucks-owned Seattle’s Best Coffee by September in a move that could ramp up the long-simmering quick-service coffee wars. In an agreement announced Tuesday by Miami...