Look At All The Restaurants Moving Into Dead Circuit City Stores And Excess...
With the death of Circuit City, there's a ton of vacant commercial space sitting around. But these spots — along with other dead retailers, Home Depot parking lots and space in Sears stores — are...
View ArticleShake Shack Has Started Posting Calorie Counts At Its NYC Restaurants
Danny Meyer's burger emporium Shake Shack opened its fifteenth location in New Haven last week, meaning the chain is now large enough to be required to post calorie counts at its New York City...
View ArticleThis Digital Bill Holder Could Change The Way You Pay For Meals At Restaurants
According to the Mercator Advisory Group, restaurants account for 70-90 percent of credit card information theft. And if you think about it, it makes sense—sit-down eateries are one of the only places...
View ArticleRed Lobster Is Expanding Its Menu To Reach Diners Who Don't Like Seafood
NEW YORK (AP) — Lobster isn't just for the seafood lover in you. It's also for that picky eater in every group who just wants a simple chicken dish. The chain that brought seafood to the masses is...
View ArticleOrdering Tricks That Will Get You VIP Treatment At Restaurant Chains
How can you make a fast food dinner even better? By bypassing the menu and using these ordering tricks to get VIP treatment. A Reddit forum revealed tips from fast food employees and savvy customers....
View Article5 Food Trends That Restaurants Are Going Crazy For
Food trend expert Nancy Kruse was at the 2012 MUFSO conference in Dallas and she shared the five biggest menu trends that hit restaurants everywhere in her annual "State of the Plate" address, reports...
View ArticleThe 10 Fastest-Growing Restaurants In America
We've already shown you the fastest-growing retailers in the U.S. Kantar Research has also released the 10 fastest-growing restaurants. The consulting group does an annual list based on earnings,...
View ArticleHere's A Great Customer Service Story About A Little Caesars Pizza Guy
Here's a fantastic customer service story from a reader who writes in to Laura Northrup at the Consumerist. The customer stopped by a Little Caesars while waiting at a bus stop, but there was another...
View ArticleMcDonald's Customer Freaks Out At Owner For Refusing To Take FOX News Off The TV
A customer at a New Jersey McDonald's wasn't too pleased when he saw FOX News playing on the store's television, reports Zak Koeske at the FairLawn-SaddleBrook Patch. Craig Lechner was at the...
View ArticleInside The Biggest Celebrity Chef Restaurant NYC Has Ever Seen
"Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" host Guy Fieri has become one of the biggest food show hosts out there, and it's only natural that he keeps trying to expand his brand. He has a new restaurant called...
View ArticleMcDonald's Really Needs Its New Set Of 'CBO' Sandwiches To Succeed (MCD)
McDonald's is feeling the pressure right now. Its earnings whiffed, the company says that same-store sales is "trending negative" and global economic conditions appear not to be improving anytime...
View ArticleApplebee's Worker Says The Chain Is 'Forcing' People To Work During Hurricane...
Businesses in several states are shutting down to prepare for Hurricane Sandy. But Applebee's is "forcing employees to work," one employee, whose identity was verified by moderators, said on Reddit....
View ArticleThe Restaurant Business Is Losing Its Biggest Source Of Eaters
Smacked down by the economic downturn, Millennials are doing something that no previous generation of 18- to 34-year-olds has done before them: eating out less.Millennials are eating out roughly once a...
View ArticleHow Restaurant Mogul Danny Meyer Coped When The Power Went Out
When Hurricane Sandy took out the power in New York City's Union Square neighborhood, famed restaurateur Danny Meyer got creative to keep in touch with the restaurants in his empire.According to The...
View ArticleInside The Guy Fieri Restaurant That Was Eviscerated By The New York Times
"Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" host Guy Fieri has become one of the biggest food show hosts out there, and he has a new restaurant called Guy's American Kitchen and Bar in New York City's Times...
View ArticleGUY FIERI: The NYT Went 'So Overboard' When It Trashed My Restaurant
Guy Fieri's new restaurant in Times Square, Guy's American Kitchen and Bar, was eviscerated by New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells in a scathing review.Now, Fieri has something to say about it....
View ArticleThe NYT Held A 160-Person Party At Guy Fieri's Restaurant The Same Day The...
Well, this is pretty awkward.The New York Times held a huge staff party at Guy Fieri's Times Square restaurant yesterday, Tina Nguyen at The Braiser reports.Yes, that's on the same day that the paper...
View ArticleRevenue At 'SoPo' Restaurants Was Down 88% After Superstorm Sandy
We knew that downtown restaurants took a hit in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, but some new numbers confirm that things were really awful.According to restaurant industry data firm Avero, downtown...
View ArticleNew Yorkers Rally Around Devastated Restaurants After Sandy
Though power is back on in Lower Manhattan and the subways are mostly running smoothly, many New Yorkers are still recovering from the disastrous impact of Hurricane Sandy. Devastated restaurants in...
View Article13 Fast Food Menu Items That Have Fanatical Cult Followings
Fast food menu items come and go, but only a select few develop a cult-like fan base.Some have disappeared from the fast food world, leaving raging fans pleading with the companies to one day resurrect...
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