With the recent proliferation of restaurants featuring the food styles of Italy’s Puglia region, it’s fascinating to trace many of them to one small seaport town, Mola di Bari, a few kilometers from Bari.There are dozens of such restaurants in and...
AKRON OHIO. —Chrissie Hynde, lead singer for the rock group The Pretenders, is planning to open an upscale vegetarian eatery here this fall. The restaurant, to be named VegeTerranean, is...
Tony Gemignani’s eight world dough-tossing acrobatics titles have made his name almost synonymous with the quirky craft of spinning the skins.But when the co-owner of Pyzano’s Pizzeria in Castro Valley, Calif., entered the Trofeo Citta di Napoli...
SEATTLE Wash. Chain restaurants in Seattle and other parts of Washington’s King County would be required to post nutrition information on menus and menu boards as of Aug. 1, 2008 under a law approved Thursday by the county Board of Health. ...
OVERLAND PARK Kan. The merger agreement between Applebee’s International Inc. and its pending acquirer, IHOP Corp., calls for Applebee’s to pay IHOP $60 million should it back out of the deal, according to a Wednesday night filing with the...
OVERLAND PARK Kan. In Applebee’s first communication to employees since announcing its pending $2.1 billion purchase by IHOP Corp., the casual-dining company said Tuesday that job cuts at Applebee’s are expected should the acquisition close, and...
LUBBOCK Texas Abuelo’s, the 38-unit casual-dining Mexican chain based here, said it was converting to a cooking oil with zero grams of trans fat. The systemwide conversion, which follows extensive testing of oil options, has already begun...
GLENDALE Calif. Pancake specialist IHOP Corp. has agreed to acquire casual-dining behemoth Applebee's International Inc. for $2.1 billion in cash, or $25.50 per share, the parties disclosed Monday morning. The announcement cited a five...
ORLANDO Fla. With almost half its units shuttered and the rest up for sale, Smokey Bones Barbecue & Grill is continuing to tinker with its menu, perhaps in an attempt to make it more attractive to potential buyers. The Darden Restaurants-owned...
