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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:...

Chef Nyesha is a “Top Chef” alum and the former chef/owner of Native restaurant in Santa Monica; Chef Sherry is a 20-year veteran of the Wolfgang Puck Restaurant Group turned COO of iPic Entertainment...

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...

When Carlos graduated from ICE in 2001, he worked at Herbsaint and Bayona in New Orleans before returning to New York for stints at The Mercer Kitchen and Butter. Then he kicked off what would become...

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...

Bread Baskets: Gone, But Not Forgotten Naan with the works. Photo courtesy of Otium. In Los Angeles, bread service has become an integral part of the dining experience, spawning many iterations, from...

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...

Here’s how I recommend handling the situation to best develop your professional reputation and respect the team you work with. Be Honest My advice to anyone thinking about making a move is to always...

“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...