Carolyn Walkup

With holiday shopping sprees likely to be reduced this season, restaurants in retail malls and mixed-use lifestyle centers are girding for a Scrooge-like dampening of usually robust December sales.Retail chain stores...

As the economy continues to take a toll on discretionary expenses such as restaurant meals, high-end steakhouse chains hit by reduced business spending are confronting a bigger set of challenges. With 80...

From Wall Street to West Hollywood, operators are fighting dwindling customer traffic and courting penny-pinching guests while taking care not to cheapen their brand image or train guests to expect never-ending...

OAK BROOK ILL. McDonald’s Corp., reported upbeat third-quarter results and its highest same-store sales gain this year. —As independent and chain restaurants...

WASHINGTON —Nation’s Restaurant News honored the year’s most creative television and radio commercials with its Restaurant Advertising Awards, presented during the 2008...

WASHINGTON —A relentless dedication to hiring, developing and rewarding the right people is the way to improve employee satisfaction and reduce turnover in any economy...

C-House, the recently opened American seafood restaurant and chop house in Chicago’s boutique Affinia Hotel, is understated, much like the personas of its chefs. Unlike most restaurants with...