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"After closing down my shops, I felt very restless and also almost useless, like I wasn't doing enough, but as I read more and more stories about our healthcare workers not having access to personal...

Thankfully, the firemen did a great job and we reopened about two weeks later. Had it taken longer, we may have never opened. We had no more capital, nowhere else to turn and were out of time. The...

Julia Sullivan had been paying attention to the news long before she realized it would affect her two businesses in Nashville. She’s the owner of a restaurant called Henrietta Red, part of Strategic...

There’s a common theme in the restaurant and hospitality industries, consistently echoed by students, externs and alumni among the reasons for choosing and enjoying their individual career paths:...

Despite that trend, there are some restaurants around the country fighting to revive face-to-face conversations and restore a sense of humanity to the dining experience. Strategically placed cold brew...

Here are three perspectives on restaurant management strategies to employ. Go with Guilt-Free Seasonality Los Angeles campus Director of Restaurant & Hospitality Management Mishel LeDoux suggests...

Reduction and Replacement of Plastic Straws L.A. sister restaurants Connie & Ted's and Providence use Harvest Straws. Photo by Jakob Layman. Los Angeles limited plastic straw provision to customer...

“I had just started working in restaurants after college, and I got caught in that trap of working my way up to be a fancy waiter and making really good cash,” Joncarl explains. “It got to the point...

When he left the business and moved from Boston to New York, Vinny was surprised he couldn't find good seafood in his Brooklyn neighborhood, Greenpoint. "I decided to open my own store and bring in...

The flavors like sweet potato casserole and maple pecans, bone marrow and bourbon-smoked cherries, and roasted strawberry with toasted white chocolate are anything but run-of-the-mill and, more...

Bret has balanced modernizing with extending a legacy during his 12-year tenure and shared insights on service, financials, ambiance and regulations with Restaurant & Culinary Management students last...

Average Check To understand the grand plan, you first must understand some general terms. Most (all) restaurants calculate their average check by adding the average price of a starter, entrée and...