Combining the comfort and beverage selection of a bar with the good cooking of a chef’s hand, gastropubs are popping up around the country. They appeal to careful spenders with a yen for dining as well as operators who welcome the full seats and...

CHANDLER, Ariz. Casual-dining chain Mimi’s Cafe has added a fast-casual component and a full-service bar to an existing unit here.The new Mimi’s Quick Cafe section is open for breakfast and lunch and sells espresso, breakfast items, soup, salad...

Dinosaurs will walk the earth again, if John Stage has anything to do with it.On the other hand, the founder, president and chief executive of the upstate New York cult-classic Dinosaur Bar-B-Que is not looking for them to break into a run, either...

California Pizza Kitchen Inc. became the latest restaurant company to delve into the deal making fires, which some analysts have said are heating up after transactions for CKE Restaurants, Papa Murphy’s and the Monday announcement for the...

Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises has named company veteran Marc Bernard executive chef of its Big Bowl casual Asian chain...

Jon Schlegel was thinking of leaving the restaurant industry when an alarm sounded—literally.Schlegel, a veteran of fine- and casual-dining restaurants and hotel properties, was trying to live his life in the daylight, despite his irregular...