From his perch on the top rung of the St. Louis dining scene, Giovanni Gabriele takes a moment to remember his climb and when his dream of opening a restaurant in America became reality. “It was April 16, 1973,” says Gabriele, the 66...

Chef Bernard Cretier says he loves to prove his critics wrong.When he and his wife and business partner, Priscilla, decided to open a fine French restaurant in the middle of nowhere, skeptical friends told them they would never succeed. ...

NEW YORK Spotlight Live, which brings to New York’s Times Square an interactive dining and live-performance venue featuring modern riffs on classic American cuisine. —Las Vegas culinary sensation Kerry Simon has migrated back...

When Ann Cashion talks about her namesake restaurant, she almost always refers to it as a “project.” It’s one of those tics of operational language that could easily prove insignificant, but the particularities of the “project” seep...

For years casual-dining restaurateurs have carefully avoided the $20 price tag for entrées, letting menu items’ costs inch toward—but rarely pass—that unofficial ceiling.But now operators nationwide are pushing prices past the Andrew Jackson mark...

NEW YORK Daniel Boulud has signed an agreement with MDM Development Group of Miami to open a location of his DB Bistro concept in that city. —Award-winning chef-entrepreneur The...

Geoffrey Zakarian has a new baby, his third. This time around his wife, Margaret, put in the hard labor, but six years ago it was Zakarian himself enduring the pain.“I couldn’t sleep at night,” the chef recalls. “I was a bundle of nerves.”In the...

George Washington’s restored distillery opens at Mount VernonMOUNT VERNON VA. —George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens, once home to the nation’s first president, opened in early April a whiskey distillery first built...

For dozens of years many have recognized Yosemite National Park for its majestic natural beauty, but over time it also has garnered a reputation for fine food, mainly because of the high-caliber cuisine served in the dining room of the national...