NEW YORK —Freelance illustrator by day, bartender by night, Andy Markloff is also a “Jeopardy” game champion, even though he’s never been on the long-running televised quiz show. Markloff, who...
Reservations or no reservations: That is the question. Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous complaints from self-absorbed reviewers and pompous patrons or to take arms against a sea of cacophony by...
GREENWOOD VILLAGE Colo. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers will launch a contest Jan. 1 in which consumers can share their “amazing love stories” for a chance to win a Bahamas vacation. The “Fool for Love” contest will run through Feb. 10 and is...
SAN FRANCISCO —Presaged by the imminent openings of EPIC Roasthouse and Waterbar as the first newly built waterfront restaurants here in decades, a wave of culinary-star-studded dining spots is...
Limited-menu operators who had favored shopping mall food court sites are modifying their concepts for alternative venues that are less susceptible to inflated occupancy costs and traffic losses to discount retailers and e-commerce alternatives. ...
While many restaurateurs work hard to establish their brands in Manhattan, Howard Felixbrod, founder and chief executive of Blue Moon Mexican Cafe, says he would prefer to stay out of the aggressive borough.“There’s no point in spending four times...
Greater focus by restaurant companies on security for wide-area data networks and card-payment processing systems, and on revising policies for internal data-system users. This often was in keeping with requirements of the...
While jogging in Central Park yesterday and listening to National Public Radio, I heard a reporter interviewing Iowa voters who were participating in a mock presidential election caucus. One woman claiming to be “very successful” in her publishing...
Lawsuits continued to plague the industry in 2007 as special-interest groups, governmental agencies, customers, employees and franchisees pressed claims against restaurant companies for the usual range of alleged infractions.Those complaints run...
New York entrepreneur and restaurateur John McDonald has come up with a new “perk” for his employees, an energy and immunity booster call E-Boost. The effervescent product is a blend of vitamins and minerals, including B12, C, magnesium, zinc...
