Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: restaurant

restaurant stories: 123 news summaries

81 - 100 of 123 Stories | << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next >>

Switch to grid view »

 Benihana Founder Dead at 69 

'Rocky' Aoki led a colorful life

Jul 12, 08 10:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hiraoki “Rocky” Aoki, a former wrestler, daredevil speedboat racer and balloonist who also happened to have founded the Benihana restaurant chain, is dead at 69, the Los Angeles Times reports. The colorful Aoki opened the first Benihana in New York in 1964 with proceeds from an ice cream... More »

MORE ABOUT:
cancer • obituary • restaurant • Japanese food • Hiraoki Aoki • Benihana • eccentric

McDonald's: Hold the Tomatoes

Salmonella outbreak prompts cautionary ban on sliced garnish

Jun 9, 08 1:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - McDonald’s is pulling sliced tomatoes from its sandwiches following a nationwide outbreak of salmonella linked to the fruit. A spokesman was quick to note that the chain has not detected the bacteria in its supplies, “but with an abundance of caution, we want to make sure our food... More »

MORE ABOUT:
FDA • McDonald's • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • bacteria • restaurant • tomatoes • salmonella • outbreak • sandwich

Cancer-Beating Achatz Hailed as Top US Chef

34-year-old pushing progressive cuisine at Chicago's Alinea

Jun 9, 08 10:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just months after beating a cancer that nearly cost him his sense of taste, Grant Achatz was named America's top chef last night by the James Beard Foundation at the culinary world's equivalent of the Academy Awards. "I look at the award as the point of starting over,"... More »

MORE ABOUT:
food • Chicago • restaurant • chef • Grant Achatz • Alinea • oral cancer • James Beard Awards • molecular gastronomy

Senate Moves to Privatize Anemic Restaurants

Move takes money- losing subpar eateries off the taxpayer dime

Jun 9, 08 8:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Senate has voted to privatize its restaurants after decades of losing money, the Washington Post reports. The decision comes after much wrangling among Democrats, split between the $250,000 taxpayer subsidy that keeps the restaurants afloat and the lower wages workers would receive. “You cannot stand on the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Congress • taxes • Senate • Dianne Feinstein • restaurant • privatization • subsidies

Restaurants' Used Grease Draws Thieves

Once scorned, it's 'become gold'; can be turned into biodiesel

May 30, 08 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - For decades restaurants have thrown away their used cooking grease without a second thought; now, they’re trying to protect it from thieves. Almost anyone can convert the yellow grease into cheap biodiesel using kits sold on the internet, and restaurant oil bins have become go-to destinations for everyone from... More »

MORE ABOUT:
theft • biofuel • restaurant • oil price • cooking oil • grease

NYC Institution Bidding Final Bon Appetits

Night owls, celebs, hookers mourn the closure of Florent

May 21, 08 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Few places encapsulate New York's transformation from crime-ridden metropolis to Sex and the City-fied playground than Florent, a French restaurant housed in an old diner in the meatpacking district. A 24-hour hangout for slumming A-listers and transvestite prostitutes, Florent is closing after 23 years in the face of a 2,... More »

MORE ABOUT:
New York • restaurant • Gentrification • meatpacking district • Florent

 Hard to Swallow:
 8 Taboo Delicacies 

Death-defying gourmet dishes can be tough to find

May 20, 08 12:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - The return of foie gras to Chicago's menus inspires Newsweek to list dishes still considered too dicey to serve:
  1. Maggot cheese: Injected with larvae that pose health risks
  2. Puffer fish: Incorrectly prepared fugu can be fatal
More »

MORE ABOUT:
banned foods • FDA • foie gras • gourmet dining • restaurant • absinthe • fugu

 Chicago Ducks Foie Gras Ban 

Squawking Mayor Daley gets controversial pate back on menu

May 15, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Chicago restaurant ban on foie gras pate that animal lovers love to hate has been lifted by city legislators after two years. The ban caused widespread derision among foodies, fury in the restaurant industry—and plaudits from animal rights advocates who wanted to save the force-fed ducks and geese... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Chicago • foie gras • Richard Daley • restaurant • animal rights • city council • Farm Sanctuary

 Bans Keep Teens
 From Lighting Up 

Restaurant prohibitions seen to influence how youngsters see smoking: study

May 6, 08 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Restaurant smoking bans are effective at discouraging teen smoking, the AP reports. Studying Massachusetts because of its patchwork of local smoking restrictions, researchers found that teens living in places with strict bans were 40% less likely to become smokers. Local laws didn’t change how many experimented with cigarettes, but... More »

MORE ABOUT:
smoking • cigarettes • Massachusetts • restaurant • smoking ban • cigarette • teen smoking

Service Sector Sees First-Hand the Economy's Tipping Point

Tough times making for less generous patrons

Apr 29, 08 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Restaurants across the country have been dealing with shrinking dinner rushes as the economy slows, a trend that's hit their waitstaffs flush in the wallet. Though exact figures are tough to come by, anecdotal evidence suggests tips are falling, the Los Angeles Times reports—a big problem for the third-largest... More »

MORE ABOUT:
restaurant • recession • service industry • tips

Genitals On the Menu at Beijing's Penis Bistro

Dog's or yak's unmentionables for dinner, anyone?

Apr 26, 08 4:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - If your idea of good eating doesn't stretch to yak's penis or duck testicles, then Beijing's Guolizhuang restaurant definitely isn't the place for you. The exclusive restaurant's menu is made up almost entirely of penis and testicle dishes, Der Speigel reports. Well-heeled businessmen flock in for dishes such as "... More »

MORE ABOUT:
China • Beijing • restaurant • penis • Chinese food • restaurateurs

Restaurants Hungry for Economic Recovery

Rising food costs, tight credit cut into profits

Apr 24, 08 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rising costs, tightening credit, and trimmed consumer spending are giving restaurateurs indigestion as they struggle with a slowdown the industry says is its worst in decades, reports the Wall Street Journal. A spate of bankruptcy filings and woeful earnings reports have chains slowing expansion and cutting amenities. With a... More »

MORE ABOUT:
McDonald's • debt • restaurant • food prices • restaurateurs • Bakers Square

 NY Stays Calorie-Count Law 

Restaurants use delay to seek another delay

Apr 21, 08 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Today a New York judge delayed a law requiring Big Apple eateries to list calorie content on menus. Set to kick in today, the law is now slated to take effect Friday—which gives the city time to sort out a suit by New York restaurants, which are seeking yet... More »

MORE ABOUT:
nutrition • New York • public health • restaurant • calories • appellate court • calorie-posting law

 UK Balks at Hooters' Expansion 

Opponents say chain will encourage broader sex industry

Apr 11, 08 7:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some Britons are choking on Hooters' plan to serve up another 35 locations in the UK, the Guardian reports. Britain has one so far, but feminists are already accusing the chain of importing misogyny and sexist entertainment with its chicken wings. "Without the sexualised waiters and the soft porn... More »

MORE ABOUT:
stag parties • sexism • restaurant • strip club • Hooters • Britain • misogyny • sex trade • sex industry

Italians Find Their Cuisine in Foreign Hands

Immigrants more and more the backbone of foodie nation's cooking

Apr 8, 08 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - While immigrant-staffed kitchens are the norm throughout Europe, Italians regard their food as an integral part of national identity. So what to make of the fact that the best carbonara in Rome is made by a Tunisian chef? The ensuing debate—whether Italian cuisine made by non-Italians is authentic—is... More »

MORE ABOUT:
food • Italy • restaurant • chef • immigrant

 Top New Chefs: Read 'Em & Eat! 

Food & Wine takes a look at the freshest cooking talent the US has to offer

Apr 7, 08 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Food & Wine has posted its Best New Chef awards for 2008. Look for their profiles in the July issue, but take a peek at the winners here:
  1. Jim Burke: owner of James, a modern Italian restaurant in Philadelphia's Bella Vista neighborhood.
  2. Gerard Craft: owner and chef at
... More »

MORE ABOUT:
food • best restaurants • wine • list • restaurant • chef • Food & Wine

Now Taking Reservations
for Sometime Next Year

The country's hardest-to-get dinner reservation is in ... Pennsylvania?

Mar 22, 08 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Move over, French Laundry. The US' most in-demand dinner seat is in "flyspeck" Kennett Square, Pa., 35 miles from Philadelphia, Portfolio writes. Talula's Table takes reservations for its single, 12-seat table one year in advance. "My parents paid me $30 to stand out here," says one teen... More »

MORE ABOUT:
food • best restaurants • gourmet dining • Pennsylvania • restaurant • French Laundry • menu • Talula's Table • Per Se • waiting list • John Turturro • Bryan Sikora

Em-Bottled
SF Mayor Urges Restaurants to Tap City's Water

Newsom continues anti-plastic campaign

Mar 21, 08 3:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco’s mayor called on restaurants yesterday to quit selling bottled water and favor the tap, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Gavin Newsom, a former restaurateur, says the plastic containers pile up in landfills and hurt the environment. The request—which isn’t a requirement—follows Newsom’s ban... More »

MORE ABOUT:
California • bottled water • San Francisco • water • restaurant • drinking water • Gavin Newsom • green business • restaurateurs • tap water

SF Healthcare Tab Lands on Diners' Checks

Restaurateurs balk at measure to fund universal coverage

Mar 19, 08 5:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sweeping new health care legislation requires all San Francisco businesses with more than 20 employees to contribute to their health insurance—and restaurant owners are suing over the new burden, the Los Angeles Times reports. Owners say the fees cut into already-low profit margins; diners, who are seeing some of... More »

MORE ABOUT:
health care • California • San Francisco • taxes • tourism • restaurant • Gavin Newsom

Michelin Guide Knocks Classic Paris Eatery

After losing crown to Tokyo, more bad news for French cuisine

Mar 4, 08 11:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Now that the Michelin food critics have declared Tokyo the world's culinary capital, this week's publication of the 2008 guide to France had the feeling of a day of reckoning. Sure enough, the red book reduces Paris' vaunted Le Grand Véfour from three stars to two, citing inconsistency at... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Japan • France • best restaurants • restaurant criticism • restaurant • Paris • Michelin • L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon • Le Grand Véfour • Le Petit Nice

81 - 100 of 123 Stories | << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next >>


from our news partners