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'America's Best Pizza Chain' Takes Aim at 100 Restaurants

Anthony's Restaurants

Slurp Up the Fun at Anthony's Oyster Festival

Anthony’s Restaurants celebrates its West Coast oysters in ways only a local restaurant could with its Oyster Festival.

Casual Dining

Buffalo Wild Wings

Cracker Barrel Launches Simplified Dinner Menu

Carrabba's Now Offering Contactless Payment, New Menu Items

Menu Innovations

Although Abuelo’s family packs are already prepared, its online videos and recipes add an interactive cooking component.

Amid COVID, Restaurants Shake Up the Meal Kit Game

Dream Dinners Adds New Family Friendly Entrees

Bennigan’s Ignites Sales with Summer Shenanigan’s Menu

Labor and Employee Management

Two waitresses wearing masks inside a restaurant.

For Restaurants to Recover, Unions and Lawmakers Must Step Up

Dream Dinners Founder Tina Kuna Becomes New CEO

What Should Restaurants Do if an Employee has COVID-19?

Kitchen Equipment

Chefs at work in a restaurant kitchen.

How to Budget for Restaurant Maintenance

VITO Tab Helps Make Deep Fryer Cleaning Easy

McCormick For Chefs Expands Culinary Blends Lineup

Restaurant Design

Interior of a modern restaurant with no guests.

The Restaurant of the Future 2.0: Off-Premises, Simplification, and the Evolution of Dine-In

Full-Service Restaurants Find Growth in Nontraditional Venues

The Allure of Japanese Interior Design in American Restaurants

Beverage

Tequila in a glass.

Alcohol Sales Help Restaurants Stay Afloat During Pandemic

Cocktails To-Go? Times are Changing

Great American Beer Festival Pivoting to 'Immersive Online Experience' in 2020

Consumer Trends

Produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), this highly magnified, digitally colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image, revealed ultrastructural details at the site of interaction of numerous yellow colored, Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) viral particles, located on the surface of a Vero E6 cell, which had been colorized blue.

Navigating the Coronavirus Crisis

Don’t Give Up on the Restaurant Recovery Just Yet

NYC Restaurateurs Launch Non-Profit to Help Industry Navigate COVID

Technology

Inside an empty restaurant.

Protecting the Bottom Line with Tech in Post-Pandemic Reopenings

Qu Partners with Franklin Junction on Host Kitchen Marketplace

MomentFeed Secures $10 Million in New Funding

Franchising

Famous Toastery

Famous Toastery Forges Own Path in COVID Comeback

The Melting Pot Plans to Grow by 30 Locations by End of 2024

East Coast Wings + Grill Unveils New Franchise Expansion Plan

Food Safety

Two people wearing gloves doing a fist bump.

6 Essential Factors when Purchasing Gloves for Restaurant Employees

ServSafe Expands Training and Certification Options

Restaurants Must Elevate Safety Culture, Not Just Protocols in COVID World

Marketing & Promotions

Buffalo Wild Wings' vendor carrying beer.

Buffalo Wild Wings is Turning Restaurants into Ballparks

Takeout Shout Out Sweepstakes Makes $10,000 Impact on Restaurant Industry

Chili’s Testing Exclusive 3 for $10 Menu for Loyalty Members

Delivery

Food delivery driver with an Ubereats backpack.

Uber, Postmates Agree to $2.65 Billion Merger

Chowbus Expands Delivery Service to Houston

Breaking the Dependency on Delivery Apps

Finance

With outposts in Las Vegas and Atlantic City, Il Mulino serves elevated Italian plates, like Ravioli ai Porcini with Champagne Truffle Cream Sauce.

Parent of Il Mulino Files for Bankruptcy

Texas Roadhouse Reimagines Life in a COVID World

Thompson Hospitality to Buy Matchbox Out of Bankruptcy

Chain Restaurants

Chili's burgers in a lineup.

The 50 Top-Grossing Full-Service Restaurants in America

Smokey Bones to Open 122 New Virtual Restaurants

Old Chicago Pizza & Taproom Supports Colorado Rockies 'Steal a Base, Steal a Beer' Deal

Chef Profiles

Luciana Giangrandi and Alex Meyer

The Independent Restaurant Industry Will Never Look the Same

Idahoan Foods Names Richard Hoelzel as Corporate Executive Chef

Chef Michael Lachowicz Reopens George Trois Restaurant