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Bar Milano 323 Third Ave. (212) 683-3035.Seats: 60.Cuisine: northern Italian.Specialties: rabbit terrine cooked with artichokes and carrots served with mustard seed vinaigrette and mustard greens; eggless pasta with cuttlefish and razor...
Time was that stocking a wine cellar, beer list or back bar was as simple as hanging out your shingle and waiting for the sales reps to arrive. Sometimes it still is. But in today’s competitive environment, more often the victor in the libations...
Chef Ian Sullivan cures pork belly with brown sugar, salt and herbs overnight, smokes it for two hours and then braises it in pork stock with Madeira and herbs. Then he sears it to crisp the edges. He reduces the braising liquid to make a sauce.He...
News of at least two class-action lawsuits challenging the accuracy of dietary data on restaurant menus has operators wondering if trendy menu-labeling mandates will open the floodgates for similar litigation. In complaints filed this...
San Antonio restaurateur Lisa Wong launched her career in 1981 by taking the $7,000 her parents had saved for her college education and opening her first eatery, Lisa’s Mexican Restaurant. She was 18, and the restaurant was a success. Wong, 44...
NEW ORLEANS Raving Brands Inc. of Atlanta said today it has completed the sale of its 48-unit PJ’s Coffee division to New Orleans Roast LLC and New Orleans Brew LLC of Louisiana. Terms of the deal, first announced in March, were not...
NEW YORK NexCen Brands Inc., parent of Maggie Moo's and other quick-service brands, said it has entered into an agreement with its lender that gives it short-term access to cash in order to continue operating as it works on restructuring the terms...
ANN ARBOR Mich. Domino's Pizza is banking on high gas prices keeping people off the roads with a contest that will reward the person with the most creative "staycation" plans. Contestants must e-mail their stay-at-home...
ORLANDO Fla. Restaurant Acquisition Partners Inc. is buying the eight-unit Oregano's Pizza Bistro in a merger valued at $25.5 million, officials from both companies said Thursday. The firm said it would acquire Oregano's, a full-service...
IRVINE Calif. Taco Bell asked rapper 50 Cent to change his name for a one-day promotion, and 50 Cent responded by calling the offer a “sleazy and ill-conceived publicity stunt” because it was leaked to the media before it was presented to his...
