When Blue Bottle Cafe, a new American eatery in the town of Hopewell, N.J., became a media sensation just two months after its debut in March 2006, the phone started ringing off the hook.The owners, husband-and-wife team Aaron and Rory Philipson...
Fine-dining restaurateurs are likely to face a challenging new year as the U.S. economy loses steam and operators across all segments step up their efforts to lure spending-conscious consumers already wrestling with skyrocketing energy costs.Even...
The January 2008 issue of the Spanish-language magazine Siempre Mujer includes a list of the United States’ best Latino chefs. Some of the usual suspects are on there, such as Washington, D.C.-based José Andrés and Douglas Rodriguez in Miami. But...
Restaurant industry insiders expect universal-health-care proposals involving employer mandates to remain a hot topic this year, even after a federal court in late December overturned a San Francisco law requiring businesses to provide insurance...