ATLANTA Even as Mexico City's government ordered all the city's restaurants to suspend dine-in service over a growing swine flu outbreak, observers say there is no discernible impact yet to the U.S. restaurant industry...

Jeffery Adler, founder of the seven-unit Dlush Beverage Joint chain in San Diego, recently turned on his cell phone and found a couple of his employees following him on Twitter, the microblogging site that allows users to share updates...

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To keep sales flowing during the recession, more restaurateurs are letting guests bring their own bottles of wine to enjoy with meals, signaling a shift in the way many operators do business.Historically, wine has been an item with a large markup...

Want to spend a weekend with Wolfgang Puck? It’s too late. Someone already beat you to it. Sam’s Club’s website was offering a once-in-a-lifetime “L.A. Foodie Weekend” for two, a travel package that includes a three-hour private cooking class with...