July 2013

When it comes to tipping, everyone has their own standards. To keep diners and staff happy, restaurants should assess best tipping practices.To pool or not to pool?

Despite the dichotomies that exist in Mississippi, restaurateur Robert St.

The broad availability and purported ease of mobile “dongle-style” point of sale (POS) solutions like Square, Groupon, and Intuit’s GoPa

Full-service restaurants account for 5 percent of all franchised establishments in the U.S., notes Rick Bisio, franchise consultant and author of The Educated Franchisee.

According to the most recent report from the U.S. Labor Department, “restaurants have been adding an average of 50,000 jobs monthly since April – about double the rate from 2012.

“If you can’t stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.” It may be an old adage, but five minutes in a bustling kitchen leaves little doubt that it’s also literally true. According to the U.S. ...

Nothing beats a beautiful glass of beer.

Admittedly, I make snap judgments on a restaurant’s wine menu based on the number of wines—and the global breadth—available for a small pour.

Like others, David Volion, owner of Voleo’s Seafood Restaurant, Lafitte, Louisiana, felt he couldn’t afford flood insurance.