Restaurants

Georgia's Department of Labor is seeking $28,000 from a restaurant owner as repayment for unemployment claim mistakes.

Executive Vice President of Public Affairs at the National Restaurant Association Sean Kennedy argued that the industry is currently “struggling” to keep doors open, noting that the vast majority of owners say conditions are worse now compared to a few months ago.

Restaurant reservations are seeing big dips in cities where vaccine mandates were implemented.

The coronavirus pandemic and the rise of the omicron variant are impacting the restaurant industry — and in the world of steaks, it’s apparently led to a pile-up of meat as steakhouses cancel orders.

Over half a dozen restaurants in Minneapolis have banded together in a joint suit levied at Mayor Jacob Frey this week over recently instated vaccine mandates.

Taco Bell is on a mission to help its employees level up their skills and maybe even own a restaurant franchise in the future with a specialized fast food school.

A Tennessee jury has ordered Cracker Barrel, a Southern fare restaurant chain, to pay $9.4 million in damages after staff served a customer hand sanitizer instead of water in 2014.

Chains such as Starbucks Corp. and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. said they are temporarily limiting operations at individual stores or regions as they face labor shortages and a rise in Covid-19 cases.

Chick-Fil-A's plans for a restaurant at a rest stop on New Jersey's Garden State Parkway is facing some political pushback.

A Houston restaurant posted two signs mocking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Biden.

Businesses are concerned they could be liable for staff and visitors that test positive as the spread of COVID-19 remains high.

The pizza chain Little Caesars is bumping the price of its famous Hot-N-Ready pizza above $5 for the first time in a quarter-century, according to reports.

Short supplies and escalating costs of chicken breasts and wings are leading restaurants to add thighs and other dark poultry meat to menus and entrees.

New York City restaurant owner Thomas Makkos said that business has dropped by about 70% over the past two weeks due to worries related to the omicron strain.

Two servers at an Albuquerque restaurant recently got a big surprise when a group of business owners left a $5,555 tip.

FAT Brands Inc. CEO Andrew Wiederhorn warned that inflation is "definitely not transitory" for restaurants, noting that he has never seen operators roll back the increases once implemented.

Nations across Europe moved to reimpose tougher measures to stem a new wave of COVID-19 infections spurred by the highly transmissible omicron variant, with the Netherlands leading the way by imposing a nationwide lockdown.

A sign at an IHOP in Alaska said the franchised restaurant was reducing hours because of staff shortages and blamed President Biden's COVID-19 relief programs. 

An Arkansas restaurant says waitress who received $4,400 tip was not fired over the generous gratuity.

Philadelphia on Monday introduced a new mandate requiring that, beginning in January, individuals be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter “any establishment that serves food” in the city.