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New York City restaurants may be able to offer outdoor dining as soon as June...
New York City could enter the second phase of its re-opening plan on June 22, but it's possible things are delayed, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday. On Monday, the city officially began to reopen...
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85% of independent restaurants may go out of business by the end of 2020,...
As many as 85% of independent restaurants may permanently close because of the pandemic by the end of 2020, according to a report commissioned by the Independent Restaurant Coalition.Independent...
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I ate a sit-down meal at a restaurant for the first time since the pandemic...
One of the things I missed the most about life before the pandemic was dining out.So when Seattle allowed restaurants to reopen their dining rooms, I jumped at the chance to sit down for a nice meal...
View ArticleWhat it's like inside North Korea's controversial restaurant chain
Over 100 Pyongyang restaurants are spread throughout Asia, all owned and operated by the North Korean government as a way to generate foreign currency.Female citizens are sent out from North Korea to...
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McDonald's announces plan to hire 260,000 restaurant employees this summer
McDonald's intends to hire 260,000 workers in the summer as states and counties continue the reopening process.The franchise adopted 50 new safety procedures during the pandemic including fever...
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What social distancing should look like at restaurants, in 5 diagrams
As restaurants and bars reopen, they're being asked to limit capacity and comply with social distancing guidelines.These public-health measures can significantly reduce profits — but designers have...
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These 5 charts signal that a US economic recovery is underway in key...
Sweeping lockdowns to curb the spread of coronavirus shocked the US in mid-March and quickly pushed the economy into a recession. But states started to slowly reopen parts of their economies in April,...
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The billionaire founder of Jimmy John's donated $100,000 to Trump's...
Jimmy John Liautaud founded his eponymous sandwich chain at age 19 with a $25,000 loan from his father.Liautaud went from spending late nights delivering subs to college students from a converted...
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Pictures of the first day of outdoor dining for New York City's restaurants...
New York City allowed restaurants to reopen for outdoor dining only on Monday.We walked through the city's Lower East Side neighborhood to speak to restaurant owners and workers about the reopening...
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'Financially it's been catastrophic': How hotel and restaurant owners in...
As travel and tourism shut down across the globe, hotels, restaurants, and resorts in Greece were hit hard.One restaurant owner in Thessaloniki, Greece's second-largest city, estimates he lost 180,000...
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The pandemic cut off the ultrawealthy from their favorite places to spend...
The United States is slowly beginning to reopen, but wealthy people still aren't spending as much money as they used to — and it's causing the economy to tank. Nathan Hendren, a Harvard economist and...
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Skyrocketing infections and an impending second wave of shutdowns proves that...
Coronavirus cases have been skyrocketing in recent weeks, and at least part of the increase can be attributed to restaurants reopening their dining rooms.On Friday, Texas became the first state to...
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Shaquille O'Neal and Papa John's just released a 'Shaq-a-Roni' pizza that's...
On Monday, Papa John's and Shaquille O'Neal announced the launch of the Shaq-a-Roni pizza, designed by O'Neal himself.The Shaq-a-Roni pizza is an extra-large pizza with extra cheese and pepperoni, cut...
View ArticleWhy potato farmers are stuck with billions of pounds of potatoes
When COVID-19 closed down restaurants and hotels, potatoes headed toward food service had nowhere to go.It had a chain effect down to processors and growers, trapping 1.5 billion pounds of potatoes in...
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3 restaurant brands with ghost kitchens explain how they've kept operations...
Before the pandemic, ghost kitchens were already starting to grow in popularity as restaurants explored new ways to drive revenue and reach new customers.For example, Daily Jam, a fast-casual brunch...
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The pandemic has made restaurant ratings much more complicated, and it's...
On Tuesday, The Infatuation eliminated restaurant ratings from its website.Ratings have become much more complicated because of the pandemic, which has caused a new, constantly changing set of consumer...
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Take a look inside this exclusive, socially-distanced tropical restaurant...
We visited the Garden of Love, a restaurant pop-up in Manhattan that has 24,000 square feet of lush outdoor dining space and a fully automated ordering system.James Gardner, the founder of Grupo...
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We analyzed 4.8 million PPP records and found the top 25 industries bailed...
The US Small Business Administration on Monday released a trove of loan data from the $530 billion doled out to companies from the Paycheck Protection Program.The budget for the program is $670...
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Masked waiters, cutlery in envelopes, and no loud music: How England's pubs...
England's pubs and restaurants were allowed to reopen Saturday after closing their doors for months during the COVID-19 lockdown.Owners must enforce coronavirus social-distancing rules, rethink their...
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How much should you tip during the pandemic? We asked 3 experts.
The pandemic changed a lot of social norms, including tipping practices. We spoke with three hospitality experts to find out how people should approach tipping right now.Experts said customers should...
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